Jumping for joy



‘Party in Port A’ is Friday at Civic Center

CHECK AT CHAMBER FOR TICKET AVAILABILITY

A few individual tickets to the “Party in Port A” scheduled for tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 9, may still be available. Check with the Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce-Tourist Bureau, which sponsors the event, for availability. No tickets will be sold at the door. Highlighting the evening will be recognition of Chuck Borders as the 2007 Citizen of the Year. Doors […]

Veterans Day program slated Friday morning



Honor veterans with other community members at a Veterans Day program to be held tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 9. The program by Port Aransas High School (PAHS) students and faculty is open to the public and will be held in the PAHS gym, 100 S. Station St. Constable Bobby Sherwood will lead the veterans and dignitaries into the gym at 9:35 […]

‘Operations’ may become public works



They may not see eye to eye with City Manager Michael Kovacs on how he wants to do it, but at least some city council members are apparently ready for a reorganization of the city’s operations division. Kovacs sent councilmen on Thursday, Nov. 1, a proposal for reorganizing the department. Nov. 1 is the deadline the council had set for […]

All shook up



Day’s end



Memorial service held for former councilman Corder



Former city councilman John Tennison Corder, 63, died at his home on Sunday, Nov. 4. A memorial service was held Wednesday, Nov. 7, at Community Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Richard Safford officiating. Corder, a former member of the Port Aransas City Council, the Planning and Zoning Commission and the Rotary Club, was born Oct. 19, 1944 in San Antonio. […]

Shuttle hoppers’ bus in question

Ridership dwindles as temporary service shuts down

There seems to be no consistent reason why people stopped riding the shuttle bus that started from the ferry landing and circulated through Port Aransas for a few months. Ridership started off strong – 99 riders during the first week of operation, which started Monday, July 23. By October, however, those numbers had dropped to 41 during the first week, […]

Auditions open for ‘Mostly True



Six women and six men are needed for main roles in an original musical “The Mostly True History of Port Aransas” to be presented at the Port Aransas Community Theatre. Auditions will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, at the theater, 2327 State Hwy. 361 Singers, dancers and actors of various ages will be chosen. Some non-singing and […]

Homeward bound