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When you spend here, most of it stays here
A primary factor that makes Port A so unique is local ownership of most businesses in town. These are folks...
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Bizarre beliefs For all you kooks who plan to vote for Trump and Vance, ‘splain this: they now contend that...
‘So what?’: Trump’s real threat to democracy
How sweet it is that Donald Trump’s crimes in the wake of his 2020 defeat are finally back in the...
Kamala has nothing to offer
Jeeze. In just one day everyone in the country saw why the people in charge of the Democrat Party want...
Early voting starts Monday
Early voting in the General Election starts Monday, Oct. 21, and continues through Nov. 1. While Nueces County voters may vote at any of the early voting locations in the...
It’s mime time at PAHS
You can get some free entertainment and support local students by checking out this event. Port Aransas High School students will put on “Brother, Can You Spare a Mime?” on...
Watercraft, cars, food, fun on tap
Everyone is invited to attend the 2024 Port Aransas Wooden Boat Festival, set for Friday through Sunday, Oct. 25 through 27. The festival will feature a variety of wooden craft:...
Flynn’s Beach Run sign-ups continue
Runners are invited to participate in Flynn’s Beach Run, a 5K, 10K or family fun run on Saturday, Oct. 26, benefiting Port Aransas ISD cross country teams. The Port Aransas...
Young Marlins, Lady Marlins win big
Big wins were scored by Brundrett Middle School cross-country runners at the district meet. The eighth-grade boys and girls, took first place at the meet, held at West Guth Park...
Cross-country teams advance to district
The Port Aransas High School boys’ and girls’ varsity cross-country teams will advance to regional competition as a result of the strong performances they put on at the recent district...
Library learning
Ashley Schmitz, a volunteer at the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History, presents a slideshow on monarch butterflies at...
All smiles
Cameron Fowler, of the Port Aransas Tourism Bureau & Chamber of Commerce staff, paints 2-year-old Liv Mustian’s face Saturday, Oct.12...
Nice grouper
Jonathan and Chelsea Pytel show off the 28-pound Warsaw grouper they caught on a 12-hour trip on Saturday, Oct. 5....
French angelfish anglers
The Lehrers of Cherokee fished aboard the Tica Rica on an 8-hour federal water trip on Saturday, Oct. 12. They...
Jetty Bandits cast lines
A group who call themselves the Jetty Bandits fish on the south jetty on Saturday, Oct. 12. There are Jetty...
Monster ‘jack
Billy Boland of Blanchard, Okla., caught this massive amberjack on Thursday, Sept. 26. He was on a 56-hour longhaul trip...
Anglers catching lots of big redfish
Anglers in the bays and along the jetties are catching a lot of tagged, oversized redfish as well as black...
Community involvement, voting essential
Education NotesAs president of our high school student council, I’ve had the incredible opportunity to witness firsthand the power of youth engagement in our community. Today, I want to discuss two...
Breast cancer in October spotlight
State of AffairsEach year, the month of October is recognized as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Spearheaded by the National Breast Cancer Foundation, this annual initiative serves to raise awareness about breast cancer...
God’s plan for our lives
Pastor’s PenFBC Port A has been going through an Identity series, (much different than an Identity crisis). Understanding our identity actually helps us avoid a crisis. We have seen in the...
It’s fall in Texas y’all
Coffee GirlAccording to the weather lady, this weekend is one of the last chances I’ll have to swim. It’s supposed to be in the upper 90s on Sunday, but after that,...
PAISD kitchen cooks international cuisine
You might not think of a school cafeteria as a place where international cuisine is a thing. Then again, you may never have lunched at Port Aransas schools. A new program this school year allows staff and students to occasionally enjoy foods native to countries all over the world. On Thursday, Oct. 10, at Port Aransas High School, ninth-grader Eli...
PAHS grad leads school safety effort
At the state level ...A 2002 Port Aransas High School graduate now is the executive director of school safety and operations at the Texas Education Agency. Brooks Straub manages more than $1.5 billion in school safety grants, oversees policy and rulemaking for school safety and intruder detection audits for schools all over the state. Straub, 40, attended Port Aransas schools from the time he...
Don’t feed them!
Motorists shoud be cautious of feral pigs at ferry landingIf you take the ferry during your morning commute into Port Aransas, you may see some of the city’s newest visitors: Wild hogs. Reports that commuters have seen a band of feral hogs at the landing on Harbor Island during their morning commute has been posted on Facebook recently. People might feel the urge to provide the little critters with...
Big fun
One-year-old Thalia Bergstrom of Corpus Christi runs around a giant blow-up octopus with her father, Rowdy, on the beach in Port Aransas on Saturday, Oct. 12. They were near Marker 13, where the Fall Kite Fly event was held.
Musical Addams back on stage
A musical about a ghoulish family with an affinity for all things macabre, “The Addams Family: A New Musical Comedy,” continues its run on the Port Aransas Community Theatre stage. The production will continue Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 17 through 27. Show times are Thursdays through Saturdays, at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $22 with a...
Bowman to mark 45 years in business
The public is invited to a join Dinah Bowman, an artist well-known in Port Aransas, as she celebrates 45 years in business. Bowman will host a gathering at her business, Bowman Art and Framing, at 312 Fifth Ave. in Portland, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 24. The event will include live music and libations. Well-known for her...
Port A, area cities see negatives
August sales tax receiptsPort Aransas’ share of sales taxes collected in August was down 10.47 percent, leaving sales taxes collected year to date up by a mere 0.57 percent. Cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts last week received $1.1 billion in local sales tax allocations for October, 1.2 percent less than in October 2023, according to Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts...
Back to the Gulf
The Amos Rehabilitation Keep (ARK) released three rehabilitated sea turtles on Friday, Oct. 11, on the beach in Port Aransas at Marker 35. A crowd of folks looked on as a loggerhead turtle named Hangry was put back into the Gulf. Carrying Hangry are, from left, Thom Erbaugh, ARK volunteer, and Lori Moraine, ARK volunteer. Looking on is Annika Gorman,...
Going up
Photographed on Wednesday Oct. 9, construction workers piece together the roof over a pavillion at Old Town Square, a new park that is being developed on Alister Street, just north of the Port Aransas Community Center. The Port Aransas city council decided in May to name the pavillion stage after the Mathews family of Port Aransas.
Proposed TWIA rate hike rejected
Texas Commissioner of Insurance Cassie Brown has rejected a move by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) to raise residential and commercial windstorm insurance rates 10 percent. Brown issued her order on Monday, Oct. 14. “The Coastal Bend came together, and we defeated the unfair 10 percent rate hike proposal by TWIA,” said State Rep. Todd Hunter, whose district includes...
Foundation work
A-Z Rebar workers Jose Gonzalez, left, and Joel Maldonado discuss construction plans on a recent day at the site where a new fire department and EMS station is being built in Port Aransas. A concrete slab for the foundation is expected to be poured this week. The $10.6 million facility is going up at Ninth Street and Avenue C.
ARK aid
Dozens of folks gathered at Stars Over Port A, a Friends of the ARK fundraiser benefiting the Amos Rehabilitation Keep. The event at the Port A Sip Yard raised $25,050 on Saturday, Oct. 12.
Free trees
Kartrina Ploszay of Rockport, left, and Melissa Kelly of Port Aransas, right, were among folks picking up trees that were being distributed in a parking lot on Port Street on Saturday, Oct. 12. Some 500 trees and shrubs were given away, free. The City of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department, the Port Aransas Nature Preserve, the Texas A&M Forest...
In Asheville
Richard Kay, left, stands with his son, Zachary Kay, on Thursday, Oct. 10, at an Asheville, N.C., hub where volunteers were making distributions to victims of flooding brought on by Hurricane Helene. Zachary has been working as a volunteer, but at a different hub. Richard drove from his home in Port Aransas to help Zachary and Richard’s daughter, Britany Dugas,...
Island Science Day
Among folks attending Island Science Day at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute are, from left, Luke De La Fuente, 11; Killian De La Fuente, 3; Sarah De La Fuente; and Gracie Balderaz, all of Flour Bluff. They were at a booth operated by the South Texas chapter of Texas Master Natualists. At right is Cherie Heimann, a member...
‘Addams Family’ features striking visuals
Just in time for Halloween, the production on stage at the Port Aransas Community Theatre boasts a spooky set, creepy costumes and monstrous makeup. “The Addams Family: A New Musical Comedy” opened on Thursday, Oct. 10 and continues through Oct. 27. (A full show schedule, ticket prices and other information is in a separate story in this edition.) Dark and […]
Working to foil illegal fishing
This week’s tides were interesting i n that we never had a very low tide, however, that will all change this weekend when we have extreme high tides in the evening and low tides in the morning. Among the discoveries this week were disc dosinia clams, skate egg casings and several highflyer floats. Highflyer floats are used by illegal fishing...
Wheelie good tan
German Mendoza took advantage of the sun and cool Gulf breeze to get a ‘wheelie good tan’ in the summer of 1984. Mendoza was visiting from Mexico City, Mexico while working as an architect on the La Concha Beach Resort project. This photo originally appeared in the Aug. 9, 1984 edition of the South Jetty.
