Top black drum
Waiting anxiously for a black drum to be weighed by Glenn Martin are the self-guided team of, from left, Zelina Rittiman of Sinton, Chelsie Thompson of Aransas Pass and Michelle Hampton of Ingleside. Recording the results at the table are Georgia Neblett, left, and Elisa Lunt while Tim Everitt looks on at right. The team brought in the first-place black […]
Crowded beach
Hundreds of visitors line the Mustang Island shore on Tuesday, June 16. This photo was taken from Gulf Shores Condominiums. Crowds have filled the beach, even on weekdays, since the coronavirus restrictions were lifted. The beach is packed with even bigger crowds on the weekends.
County orders masks
Requirement brings mixed reactions from PA merchantsAn order mandating Port Aransas businesses to require their employees and customers to wear face masks when social distancing by six feet is not feasible was issued by Mayor Charles Bujan on Friday, June 19, and rescinded on Tuesday, June 23. The reason, according to Bujan, is because an order handed down by Nueces County Judge Barbara Canales on Monday, […]
Cooking up a win
Chef Huesmann victorious on TVPort Aransas chef Gail Huesmann melted the competition on a nationally televised cooking show that aired on Tuesday, June 15. The chef and three other culinary professionals battled it out on Supermarket Stakeout on the Food Network. The chefs cooked in pop-up kitchens outside a Calabasas, California supermarket called Bristol Farms. They were tasked with having to buy groceries from […]
Harvey update
Council gets recovery reportHammers are swinging, piers are being designed and buildings are being erected since many were damaged in Port Aransas as a result of Hurricane Harvey. Many storm-related projects are underway or are in the design phase, according to Ben Castleberry, a project manager with Del Sol, a subcontractor for Broaddus, a firm that the City of Port Aransas has hired […]
Paws a moment, please
What you need to understand about Port Aransas is that it’s a town that loves its animals. Cats and dogs in particular. We know this to be true because, several years ago, we did a feature story on office cats in town. So many offices here have cats, including the South Jetty, that it seemed a worthy endeavor. Actually, Trixie […]
BLM move turns corner
The Black Lives Matter movement is finally getting traction as a catalyst for turning a much-needed corner on racial relations. It comes against the life-altering background of the coronavirus pandemic, which in four months has crippled the nation and the world. On Memorial Day — May 25 — the killing of George Floyd, 46, a Black Texan in Minneapolis, by […]
Trump talk toxic in Tulsa
President Trump’s speech Saturday night in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was a toxic stream of consciousness that ignored a great opportunity to speak words of healing and unity to a divided nation. His remarks, which lasted nearly two hours, were full of self-justifications and salted with crude language. He called one person “a son of a bitch.” Let’s hear his evangelical supporters […]
