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Abbott book slams feds
Gov. Greg Abbott is releasing his first book May 17, that follows the time-honored practice of slamming the federal government...
Digital divide
The internet is such a great invention, until it’s not. We’re reaching the point that it’s not . Among digital...
Saudis practice mafia tactics
The Mafia, in its heyday, ran lucrative protection rackets. Pay them and your business would be kept safe from “unforeseen”...
No-hitter!
A no-hitter lead the Lady Marlin softball team to victory, 13-1, against Pettus High School Lady Eagles on Tuesday, April...
Soccer champs
The Port Aransas Youth Soccer League U12 girls team, the Lady Marlins, finished second in the South Texas Youth Soccer...
Mack strikes out 14 for Marlins win, 9-5
A comeback after the second inning paved the way for a Marlin baseball win, 9-5 against the Three Rivers High...
Big Blue scores early to defeat Bobcats, 2-0
Marlin pitcher Chase Denton threw a shutout against the Refugio High School Bobcats, helping give the Marlin baseball team a...
Dance, dance
H.G. Olsen Elementary School students, above, dance in the OES gym during a Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) dance night on...
Deadline set to apply for summer camp aid
Summer camp registrations are starting to open up for the 2016 summer season. The Kiwanis Club of Port Aransas is...
Marlins believe, Marlins achieve
One of my favorite TV shows, and I’m not afraid to admit it, is Penguins of Madagascar. In this particular...
District nurse files suit against PAISD
A civil lawsuit filed on Thursday, April 14, by Port Aransas ISD nurse Melissa Ramsden against the district alleges violations...
Eighth grade science symposium set for Thursday at UTMSI
Eighth grade students from Brundrett Middle School will show off their environmental sampling experiments at the Second Annual Brundrett Research...
See turtle?
Xavier Harrison, treasurer with Friends of the ARK (Animal Rehabilitation Keep), shows a sea turtle to spectators at the beach in Port Aransas on Saturday, April 16. Volunteers were releasing sea turtles that had been rehabilitated. (More photos are on page 1B. Video is on the South Jetty’s website, www.portasouthjetty.com.)
Flexibility
City looks at strategy for workforce housingCity officials are set to consider tweaking an ordinance to encourage construction of workforce housing in Port Aransas. The idea is to make it easier for people to slightly bend some of the city’s usual construction rules in exchange for agreeing to build less expensive homes and making legally binding promises not to allow short-term rentals on the property. The...
Teachers showered with grants
Foundation awards total over $156,000Students from H.G. Olsen Elementary School, Brundrett Middle School and Port Aransas High School waved pompoms, cheered and congratulated their teachers who were awarded grants from the Port Aransas Education Foundation on Tuesday, April 12. During an assembly at the Doyle Marek Gym, the PAEF gave out $156,208.11 for new technology, lessons, field trips, workshops and more. “The generosity of...
Toothy grin
An accommodating alligator at the Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center seems to smile for the camera on Friday, April 15. The birding center is home to two known alligators named Boots and Bags. While they’re sometimes out of public view for days at a time, doing whatever it is that gators do when they’re not seen, the big reptiles have been...
New library director welcomed
A reception was held on Wednesday, April 13, to welcome the new library director of the William R. ‘Bill’ Ellis Memorial Library, Geanette ‘Jenny’ Dailey. The city council appointed Dailey to the position on Feb. 18. Shown from left are Dailey, Jo Leta Gavit, vice-president of the Friends of the Library; Patsy Krauskoph, of the library board; Helen Garrett, member...
Spring cleanup
30th annual Adopt-a-Beach event is SaturdayGet some friends and family together on Saturday, April 23, and make your way to the beach to help in the 30th annual Texas General Land Office (GLO) Adopt-A-Beach spring cleanup. Organizers will be at the beach at Avenue G beginning at 8:30 a.m. for check-in. Volunteers will be assigned an area of the beach to clean upon check-in. The...
Golf tourney Friday to benefit day school
Golfers will compete in the 2016 Trinity-by-the-Sea Episcopal Day School Charity Golf Tournament on Friday, April 22. They will check-in for the tournament beginning at 11:30 a.m. at the Palmilla Beach Resort and Golf Club on State Hwy. 361, south of Beach Access Road 1A. Play will begin at 1 p.m. with a shotgun start for teams of four. Participants...
Poetry, art show is to aid Project Graduation
Bid on art and the poetry that inspired it at an event to benefit Project Graduation on Sunday, April 24. The exhibit and auction items were created by Port Aransas High School students. The show will be from 2 to 7 p.m. at MacDaddy’s Family Kitchen, 118 Beach St. This year, Port Aransas ISD elementary and middle school students were...
Stuff to do and see
Parks and Rec RoundupThe following are upcoming events and activities sponsored by the Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department. For more information or to register for events, call 749-4158. This Week Interval Training Monday and Wednesday, at 7 a.m., noon and 5:15. Fridays at 7 a.m. and noon. Personal trainer Karen Decker leads the classes for women and men, all ages and fitness...
Thompson movie, ‘TV Family,’ free showing slated on April 29
A new movie created by a Port Aransas native is about to hit a film screen in Corpus Christi. “TV Family” will be shown, free, at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 29, at the Art Museum of South Texas. Ethan Thompson, who grew up in Port Aransas, put together the film. He is an associate professor of communications and media...
Council to vote third time on development
The Port Aransas City Council soon will vote on a third and final reading of a proposed ordinance to rezone large tracts of land along State Hwy. 361 for expansions of the Cinnamon Shore subdivision. It’s one of several matters the council will discuss when it meets at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 21, at council chambers, 710 W. Ave....
City to consider farmers’ market
The Port Aransas City Council is scheduled to discuss the possibility of a farmers’ market being held at Roberts Point Park. The meeting will be at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 21, at council chambers, 710 W. Ave. A. Billy Joe Wilson, a Corpus Christi resident who is an operating partner in a Port Aransas restaurant called Eat’s Port A,...
Deadline extended for ArtFest artists
Saturday, April 30Booth space is still available for the 11th annual Art- Fest set for Saturday, May 14, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, May 15, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., in Roberts Point Park. The annual event is an opportunity for artists to sell their original fine arts and crafts. To apply for a booth space, send an...
Try-outs for roles in next PACT musical set Sunday
Those folks who missed the auditions for the July production of “Bye Bye Birdie” at the Port Aransas Community Theatre on April 18 and 19, have another opportunity to try out. Auditions for those ages 10 and up are set for Sunday, April 24, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the PACT, 2327 State Hwy. 361. The production has speaking...
Swimming home
Folks gathered on the beach near Pole 35 on Saturday, April 16 to watch volunteers from the Animal Rehabilitation Keep release sea turtles back into the Gulf of Mexico. Several turtles were released including green sea turtles, a loggerhead sea turtle and a Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle. Clockwise from upper right: Sara Rodriguez releases a green sea turtle taken care […]
