Port Aransans celebrated their town’s history with a parade, story telling, an oldfashioned surfboard paddling race and more. The Old Town Festival, on Saturday, Oct. 15, was a good time. “It went well,” said Rick Pratt, director of the Port Aransas Museum, which is run by the Port Aransas Pres- ervation and Historical Association, the organization that sponsored the festival. […]

Port Aransas city officials are looking to expand the community’s recycling program. City staff, elected officials and the town’s contracted waste carrier are talking about: • Starting a recycling program for businesses, including condominiums; • Replacing residential recycling bins with larger, totertype containers; • Establishing a drop-off point for recyclables at city hall . Mayor Keith McMullin said recycling has […]

Workers this week began a project designed to provide a big fix to a potholed street running through one of the most visited restaurant and bar areas in Port Aransas. The Trout Street rehabilitation work also will mean replacing decades-old water lines with bigger lines that are expected to mean better water flow to fire hydrants and water faucets. The […]