Track still not done

School officials: Firm not responding


The new synthetic track at the Port Aransas High School track and field complex remains unfinished, with wrinkles, poor drainage, raised seams, rough edges and finishing touches left undone. The contractor on the $750,000 job, DMA Sports Design Group of Lubbock, has apparently walked off the job, district officials say. A call to the company’s Lubbock office seeking a statement […]

Dolphin dance



Paired up like dancers, two dolphins leap ahead of a swell pushed by the bow of a ship, the Cos Lucky, on a recent morning in the Aransas Pass. The north jetty can be seen in the background.

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Beachgoers line the Port Aransas shoreline as the summer season came to a close on Sunday, Sept. 4. Business owners say the summer of 2016 was hurt by factors including the downturn in the oil and gas industry, inaccurate news stories about vibrio and other factors. (See story below.)

Summer season suffered




Summer 2016 didn’t have the cash registers ringing in the rapid-fire way Port Aransas merchants have experienced it for the previous several tourist seasons. Several factors combined to hurt summer business this year: • The downturn in the oil and gas industry meant there was less money to go around. • Fuller lakes and rivers gave folks other options for […]

No more pain

Port Aransans help Pendzinski


If you’re getting tired of reading in the national press about shootings, bombings, politics, racism, debt, disease, scandal, riots and the impending divorce between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, here’s a Port Aransas story that might pick you up. Natalie “Pepper” Pendzinski recently had back surgery that eliminated the constant and debilitating pain she’d been suffering for more than a […]

Island Agenda



Daily • Port Aransas Community Park Swimming Pool, 700 ClarkParkway: Open swim: Tue.- Sun. 1-5 p.m.; Lap swim and exercise:Tue.-Fri. 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. and Sun. 12-5 p.m. Closed Monday.Call 361-749-2416 for more information.• Computer Center, Free internet. Monday – Friday, 10 a.m.-4p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; closed Sunday. Hours subject tovolunteer availability. 430 N. Alister St. 749-4011.• Port Aransas […]

Public invited to attend a VFW birthday celebration



Enjoy a light meal and cake at the Moore-McDonald VFW Post 8967 on Thursday, Sept. 29, beginning at 5 p.m. Post members will celebrate the 117th birthday of the founding of the national VFW organization. The first Veterans of Foreign Wars Post was established after the end of the Spanish American War, on Sept. 29, 1899. “ The organization was […]

National Night Out

Get together with neighbors on Tuesday

Get out, meet your neighbors and send a message to criminals that your neighborhood is off limits to crime by attending the National Night Out event closest to your home on Tuesday, Oct. 4. Folks in different areas of town will host neighborhood block parties from 6 to 8 p.m. The Port Aransas Police Department, EMS and Port Aransas Volunteer […]

Stuff to do and see

Parks and Rec Roundup

The following are upcoming events and activities sponsored by the Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department. For more information or to register for events, call 749-4158. See the Island Agenda for weekly events. Activities This Week Youth Birding Course Wednesday, Sept. 28, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Youth in third through eighth grades will meet every Wednesday for eight weeks. […]

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