Fireworks will fill the night sky as part of a Port Aransas tradition on Tuesday, July 4. The annual Fourth of July fireworks display will begin at “dark-thirty,” about 9 p.m. For more than 20 years, the City of Port Aransas and Charles Butt of H-E-B Food Stores have split the cost of putting on the annual pyrotechnic show. Butt, […]
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Jet skiers cross the Dennis Dreyer Municipal Harbor on a recent day. With temperatures hitting traditional summer highs, water activity nearly always is a good thing right now. While the weather has been rainy this week, forecasters with the National Weather Service have forecast clearing skies for the weekend.
Legendary
Boatmen to give Mathews lifetime achievement awardHardly anyone has more fishing experience in Port Aransas than 84-year-old Johnie Martin Mathews. He got started when he was about 13 years old, in the mid-1940s. Harry Truman was president at the time, and the commercial district in Port Aransas barely extended beyond the waterfront at all. Fast-forward more than 70 years, and Mathews now is being re-inducted into […]
Island Agenda
Daily • Port Aransas Community Park Swimming Pool, 700 ClarkParkway: Open swim: Tue.-Thur.,Sun. 1-6 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 1-8 p.m.Lap swim and exercise: Tue.-Thur., 7 a.m.-6 p.m., Fri., 7 a.m.-8p.m. and Sun. 12-6 p.m. Closed Monday. Call 361-749-2416 formore 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 […]
For a cause
Card players gathered on Saturday, June 24, at the Port Aransas Community Theatre for a Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament to benefit the Susan G. Koman 3-Day. Above, poker players play their hands. At left, James Garrett, on left, watches as Jim Burke deals a hand. The Susan G. Komen 3-Day is a 60-mile walk to raise money for breast cancer […]
City offices, more set to close Tuesday for Fourth
In observance of the Fourth of July holiday, Port Aransas City Hall as well as other municipal facilities will be closed. The City of Port Aransas business offices and Municipal Court will be closed on Tuesday, July 4. Police and EMS workers will be on duty; however, administrative offices will be closed. The Port Aransas Community Park pool will open […]
Celebrate our nation
Public invited for barbecue at VFW postThe public is invited to join in Fourth of July celebrations at the Moore McDonald VFW Post 8967. The folks at the post will begin serving barbecue chicken, sausage, potato salad and beans beginning at noon out in front of the post building, 311 N. Alister St. The “All American 4th of July” barbecue is free to the public. Be […]
Stuff to do and see
Parks and Rec RoundupThe 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 on Page 2A for recurring weekly events. Activities This Week Drive-in Movie Saturday, July 1, at dusk. Sing a-long to the movie ‘Frozen’ at the Patsy Jones Amphitheater in Roberts […]
