Having a frightening bit of fun with a giant skeleton are, from left, Dave and Tesha Ogle and their children, Sam and Ryan Ogle. With Halloween coming on Monday, Oct. 31, Ogle family members have heavily decorated their home in the Port Street subdivision. More Halloween-oriented photos and stories are inside.

Brundrett family members and city officials celebrate the opening of Ancel Brundrett Pier with a ribbon cutting on Wednesday, Oct 19. The pier was severely damaged by Hurricane Harvey and was rebuilt. Pictured are, from left, Glenda Balentine, Johnny Brundrett, Christina Brundrett, Josie Yeargain, Mary Jo Brundrett Mathews and Robert Brundrett, all of Port Aransas; Ancel, Molly and Bill Furlow, […]

City officials, builders and others celebrate the groundbreaking of the new harbor master’s office at Dennis Dreyer Municipal Harbor on Wednesday, Oct. 19. Standing in the front row are, from left, Michael Dorris, vice president of Del Sol; Terry Lopez, city consultant; Rob Phillips, city harbor master; Dale Christianson, city councilman; Kelly Owens, city councilman; Jo Ellyn Krueger, city council […]

Teachers from all over the state find their way to seats just as the Red Dragon Pirate Cruise was about to depart Dennis Dreyer Municipal Harbor for a dolphin-watch and sunset cruise on Sunday, Oct. 16. They were among 200 teachers attending the 4th annual Teach Rhymes With Beach – the (Not Your Ordinary) Conference for English Teachers and Instructional […]

Frank Ernst, a boat captain and employee of the University of Texas Marine Science Institute, will be honored at the upcoming 2022 Coastal Bend Bays Foundation Conservation and Stewardship Environmental Awards banquet. He will be awarded the Coastal Steward Professional award. Ernst has worked at UTMSI for many years, according to a press release from the foundation. “Ernst has dedicated […]

A new era has begun at the Port Aransas Coast Guard station. The project to build the station’s new headquarters building now is almost completely finished, and personnel over the past few weeks have moved into the $ 27 million facility, according to Coast Guard spokesmen. Workers last week were preparing to take away the portable buildings that personnel had […]

Charlie Clark, 4, and his sister, Coral, 6, sculpt sand pumpkins at the beach near Avenue G in Port Aransas on Saturday, Oct. 22, as part of a Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department function. They are the children of Corpus Christi residents Cassidy and Charlie Clark, formerly of Port Aransas.