Island Life

New access road may move



The City of Port Aransas is moving forward with a plan to build the proposed Beach Access Road B in a different location than where the road was previously planned. The city owns a 40-foot-wide easement directly adjacent to the south side of Cinnamon Shore North that stretches from the beach to State Highway 361. This is where the city […]

Party time!

Spring breakers flocked to Marker 32 on the beach in Port Aransas to kick off Spring Break on Saturday, March 9. The crowd here seemed to be in full party mode. Subscribe Purchase Single Issue The full version of this story will be available to all readers after 2 weeks. Full versions of news stories from the most recent 2 weeks are […]

Stage 2 water restrictions start March 18



Starting Monday, March 18, Port Aransas residents will only be able to use sprinklers to water their lawns once every two weeks. That is when enforcement of Stage 2 water restrictions will begin. The Nueces County Water Control and Improvement District No. 4 entered Stage 2 water restrictions on Tuesday, March 12, according to a water district news release. The […]

Primary election vote totals tallied



Incumbent Michael Cloud defeated his challengers in the Republican primary race for the District 27 seat in Congress and this fall will face Democrat Tanya Lloyd, the winner on the Democratic side of the election. With 99 percent of the vote counted after balloting on Tuesday, March 5, Cloud had raked in 53,246 votes – 74.5 percent of the total, […]

Dancing ribbon

Wendy Garcia of San Antonio danced and played with a ‘Rainbow Dancer Ribbon-wand’ on the beach in Port Aransas on Saturday, March 9. Garcia was in town for Spring Break. This year’s annual holiday for students and families is packed into one week, March 11-15, rather than spread over two weeks as is usually the case. Subscribe Purchase Single Issue The […]

Helping out Helping Hands

Members of the Parrot Heads of Port Aransas presented a check for $7,800 to the Helping Hands Food Pantry on Thursday, March 7. The money was raised at the club’s annual Spring Phling event on Feb. 17. The Helping Hands organization will use the money to support the food pantry’s Backpack Program. The backpacks are filled with food and snacks […]

Serenading

Svala Starcher was serenaded by her boyfriend, Aidan Keck, at the beach in Port Aransas on Saturday, March 9. Both are from Spring Branch and chose Port Aransas as their destination for the annual break from classes. Subscribe Purchase Single Issue The full version of this story will be available to all readers after 2 weeks. Full versions of news stories from […]

City details finished street work, works to begin



The City of Port Aransas is moving along with construction work for the $6.5 million street and drainage bond voters passed in Nov. 2022. So far, the following projects have been completed: • Tarrant Avenue (from North Street to the bend heading south) – overlay • White Avenue (from Alister Street to Station Street) – overlay • Cotter Avenue (from […]

Ribbon cutting

City and county officials plus other folks gathered on Thursday, March 7, for a ribbon cutting to commemorate the completion of the rebuilt headquarters of the I.B. Magee Jr. Beach Park in Port Aransas. The building underwent nearly $4 million worth of work after being heavily damaged by Hurricane Harvey. Standing in front, from left, are Scott Cross, director of […]

Cash tribute

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