2020-03-05 E-Edition

Party time

Merchants stocking up for Spring Break holiday


Port Aransas restaurants, shops and bars are stocking up supplies and hiring more staff. All of this is being done for the thousands of visitors who could be coming to town for Spring Break. Spring Break 2020 spans over a two-week period, from March 9 to 20, but the majority of Spring Breakers are expected in Port Aransas March 13 […]

Extra police coming to handle beach crowd



Get ready to see a large contingency of police in Port Aransas over the next few weeks because Spring Break is almost here. Port Aransas streets, beaches and stores will be flooded with law enforcement officers from several agencies during the holiday. The two-week long break will run from Monday, March 9, to Friday, March 20. What is known as […]

Officials: Coronavirus risk appears low here



The appearance of the coronavirus in the U.S. has officials with Port Aransas schools, plus county, state and federal government agencies sounding off on the issue. Port Aransas ISD “I can assure our community that our school district is keeping track of this situation through proven and trustworthy sources: our local emergency management officials, the Texas Department of State Health […]

Island Agenda

Daily • Port Aransas Community Park Swimming Pool, 700 Clark Pkwy. Pool is closed for repairs. • Port Aransas Art Center, Classes, workshops,104 N. Alister St., 749-7334. Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Saturday, closed Sunday. • Port Aransas Museum, Alister at Brundrett Streets, 749-3800. 1-5 p.m. Thursday – Saturday. • Farley Boat Works, 716 W. Ave. C, near Cut-off Rd. Open […]

Focus on fashion

Garden club style show is Thursday

Fashion, refreshments and entertainment will be on tap on Thursday, March 5, at the Port Aransas Garden Club “Fashion ‘N Flip Flops Under the Sea” style show. Folks will want to bet there when the doors open at 1 p.m. at the Civic Center for shopping, light lunch and wine. The Civic Center is located at 710 W. Ave. A. […]

Rescue underway

Port Aransas EMS and volunteer fire department personnel carry a woman on a type of stretcher known as a SLEDD after she took a fall on the south jetty rocks on Saturday, Feb. 29. The first responders walked about 200 yards out on the jetty to get to her and then carried her back to the beach. She wasn’t seriously […]

Hay ride

A helicopter flies over Mustang Island with two big bales of hay, en-route to San Jose Island on Friday, Feb. 28. The chopper was making repeated deliveries of hay bales to San Jose Island to assist with a continued effort to restore vegetation and sand dunes on the island, known to many simply as St. Joe. The landscape was damaged […]

All Member show opens voting for People’s Choice

Enjoy refreshments, live music and artwork and vote for the 2020 People’s Choice winner while attending the First Friday reception on Friday, March 6. The March show in the gallery, the annual Tiddle Caylor All-Member show will open at the reception, set for 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Dinah Bowman, Jane Gillette and Guy Morrow will judge the artwork in the […]

Museum to close for one day, March 7

Folks who plan to visit the Port Aransas Museum or take a Chapel on the Dunes Tour on Saturday, March 7, make note: the museum will be closed that day. Due to the Tarpon Rodeo Fundraising Gala, the museum will be closed, so that organizers can set up for the event, according to Cliff Strain, museum director. Chapel on the […]