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Spring Break

Town prepares for big crowds


Accommodations are filling up. Restaurants and bars are stocking up. Police are gearing up. It all can mean just one thing. Spring Break is getting close. Tens of thousands of visitors are expected to flood into Port Aransas during the holiday period. Most Texas colleges (and perhaps most high schools) will observe March 10-16 for Spring Break. That includes the […]

Voters to decide on bond, council spot




The ballots are closed and voters will have only two decisions to make: one for Place 1 on the city council and the other on a bond issue being floated by the school district. Filing ended Friday, March 1. Election Day is May 11, and residents of the city and school district have until April 11 to register to vote. […]

Assault rifles

Residents speak out on topic


The subject of assault rifles has become a big topic of national discussion ever since a mass school shooting in Newtown, Conn. Like many Americans, Port Aransans have opinions on the issue. Adam Lanza killed 20 children and seven adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Dec. 14. He was carrying an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle. Bilmore and Son Hardware […]

Season ender



Island Agenda



Daily • Port Aransas Community Park Swimming Pool, 700 Clark Parkway:Open Tuesday-Saturday. Hours: Water exercise: Tuesday, noon. Openswim: Tuesday-Thursday, 1-2 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Lap swim(shared time): Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Wednesday,8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Lap swimonly: Saturday, noon-1 p.m. Deep water aerobics, Wednesday-Friday,1 p.m. Youth lessons, Tuesday-Friday for 2 weeks each […]

Fun on tap at style show

Thursday at Civic Center

In addition to the latest spring fashions from Port Aransas boutiques, shopping from a variety of “boothtiques,” wine and hors d’oeuvres, those who attend the Thursday, March 7, “Fashions and Flip-Flops” style show will have the opportunity to win a number of drawing prizes. A limited number of tickets still are available for the show for $20 each at participating […]

‘Tuna’ play wraps up run

Thursday through Sunday at PACT

The comedy “Red, White and Tuna” is close to wrapping up its run at Port Aransas Community Theatre (PACT). The remaining shows will be 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, March 7 to 9; and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 10. “Red, White and Tuna” is one of a few comedic plays (preceded by “Greater Tuna” and “A Tuna Christmas,” and followed […]

Impact of spill from Deepwater Horizon is MSI lecture topic



A research scientist will speak on the impacts of oil spills at a free public lecture Thursday, March 7, at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) visitors center. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The lecture, in the visitors center auditorium, starts at 7 p.m. The speaker will be Dr. Ed Buskey of UTMSI. A consortium of six universities […]

Little noticed, long lasting



Sylvia Garcia of Houston should be in the Texas Senate for the next several years. Or at least for three years and nine months. Garcia, 62, won a special runoff election Saturday, by just over a thousand votes, to pick a replacement for the late Sen. Mario Gallegos, D-Houston. He died Oct. 16 of complications from a 2007 liver transplant. […]