Impact Fees By Phil ReynoldsSouth Jetty reporter City council members will hear from the public, and then make a decision on Thursday, Dec. 20, on the matter of proposed impact fees to help pay for city roadways. The question of impact fees has been discussed for months by the council. They are designed to split the cost of roadway construction […]
Holiday hours will be in effect, and vary, at banks and public offices in Port Aransas. City hall will be closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Dec. 24 and 25, as well as New Year’s Day. Allied Waste will not collect trash on Christmas Day or New Year’s Day. The business office of the Nueces County Water Control and Improvement […]
Christmas and New Year’s days falling on Tuesday will mean changes in deadlines at the South Jetty. Deadline for the Thursday, Dec. 27, edition of the newspaper will be noon tomorrow, Friday, Dec. 21. The office will close at noon Monday, Dec. 24, and be closed on Christmas Day, Dec. 25. The office will open on Wednesday, Dec. 26, and […]
Port Aransas is part of the Port of Corpus Christi Authority’s (PCCA) plan eventually to widen and deepen the Corpus Christi Ship Channel, even though a dredge that’s working in the ship channel near the ferry landing now isn’t part of that long-range plan. If everything goes as planned – Congress approves funds, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is […]
Port Aransas school students could find themselves taking drug tests in the not-too-distant future if they drive on campus or take part in extra-curricular activities. The Port Aransas Independent School District Board of Trustees recently discussed the possibility of establishing a random drug-testing program. No decision has been made on whether to do it. All of the trustees have said […]
Today, Thursday, Dec. 20, you can help save a life, or two or three, at the mobile unit of the Coastal Bend Blood Center (CBBC). The unit will be accepting blood at the Family Center IGA parking lot, 418 S. Alister St., from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. A single blood donation could save as many as three lives, said […]
Enter the Civic Center this week and the feel of a winter wonderland will surround you. The annual holiday forest sports 21 trees this year, and the Christmas spirit is bound to overcome the senses, according to Gary Mysorski, director of the City of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department who sponsors the event. Each tree is decorated in the […]
The Port Aransas community has a chance to help save the lives of children by saving snap-tabs from soft drink, pet food, soup and beer cans. Each tab can provide one free minute of chemotherapy for a child whose family cannot afford the treatment. The program is sponsored by the Ronald McDonald House. Bill Smith of Port Aransas has been […]
