2019-10-24 E-Edition

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Building boom

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All day long, you hear the nail guns firing around Port Aransas. Now, here are the numbers that all that construction activity has produced. The City of Port Aransas has issued 31 commercial building permits so far this year. That’s the most the city has cranked out in any one year in at least nine years. Port Aransas also looks […]

Celebrating

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Planter tours

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Members of the Port Aransas Garden Club led a tour of Farley Boat planters through Old Town as part of the Old Town Festival events on Saturday, Oct. 19. The planters are a fundraiser for the club. Folks can purchase and paint the planters fashioned after the original Farley boats. Standing in front of the Farley Boat planter in front […]

Spooky times

FREE Halloween activities for all ages slated

Halloween festivities continue in Port Aransas with more events dubbed “Fall- O-Ween” by the City of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department, the sponsor of the events. Sand Pumpkin Patch. Folks of all ages are invited to the beach on Saturday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., on the beach at Avenue G, to help create a pumpkin […]

Trick-or-Treat costume surfing contest is Sunday

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Surfers in costumes are invited to compete in a Trick-or-Treat Halloween Surf Contest on Sunday, Oct. 27. All ages and skill levels are invited to compete beginning at 1 p.m. next to the Horace Caldwell Pier. The entry fee is $20 per person for each division: 12 and under, 13 and up and tandem. All those who compete must wear […]

Learn cooking tips, eat well at demo

FREE Thursday at Roberts Point Park

Learn some cooking tips from award-winning chef Gail Husemann and taste her creations on Thursday, Oct. 24. The Cooking and Eating Well Demo will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Fred Rhodes Memorial Pavilion at Roberts Point Park. Husemann and Christopher Beasely, executive chef at Bluewater Cowboy, will cook and serve up some tasty food that folks […]

Bias charge is off base

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Cal Thomas’ recent column (South Jetty, Oct. 17) proclaiming how biased and unobjective journalists are today can best be compared to cable channel reruns of Andy Griffith, Lucille Ball or Gomer Pyle. It is repeated over and over again to the point many of us in journalism have memorized the script. His source for a renewed and continuing attack about […]

Prop 4 not necessary to stop income tax

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Of the 10 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution in the Nov. 5 election, the one that seems to have drawn the most serious opposition is Proposition 4, which would outlaw a state income tax. Opponents point out that, while Texas does not currently have an income tax, and no serious plans for one, there is already a steep hurdle […]

Political Cartoon

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