Many full-time Port Aransas residents were shivering this week as temperatures dipped to the low 40s, the coldest of our winter so far. But Winter Texans say it’s no big deal. They’ve seen worse. Much worse. Back home in Minnesota, Jack Weston has experienced some of the most extreme cold that the United States can offer. “The worst I can […]

The 2010 Citizen of the Year is probably most familiar to patrons of the Port Aransas Community Theater, but the time and talents of Jack Dreessen also have been shared with the Art Center for the Island, Keep Port Aransas Beautiful, Community Presbyterian Church, the Port Aransas Preservation and Historical Association and the Port Aransas Museum. Dreessen was named Citizen […]

Fierce wind, rain and hail that struck Port Aransas before dawn Sunday, Jan. 9, knocked out electrical power and caused damage to at least a few structures, but no injuries were reported from the storm. Hugh Pruett was asleep in bed in his 741 Sea Breeze Lane home when gusty winds peeled back a 20-by-30-foot section of roofing material from […]

Port Aransas Airport Advisory Board Chairman Jim Polewchak Jr., who died in a plane crash Jan. 5, is being remembered as a dynamic man with a bright personality and a penchant for civic mindedness. “Jim was a very energetic person who wanted to contribute to his community,” said Deputy City Manager Dave Parsons, who worked with Polewchak on airportrelated issues. […]