Part of Alister Street closed
Car fire is culpritEmergency workers closed Alister Street between Avenue A and Avenue C today, Thursday, March 29, while handling a car fire,...
350-foot change excludes Port Aransas
200-foot set-back still in effect for buildings in Port Aransas city limitsA Nueces County proposal to extend dune building requirements an additional 150 feet from the vegetation line on Mustang and...
Checking a winner
The Adams family – from left, Gus, Rick, Clare and Olivia – take a look at the H.G. Olsen Elementary...
Food, toy drives make difference
With property values skyrocketing, high-dollar construction booming and more luxury vehicles than ever cruising the streets of Port Aransas, it...
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JV to host tourney on Jan. 22
The junior varsity Marlins will be visitors on their own court, at least part of the time, when the Junior Marlin Classic takes place in Doyle Marek Gym Saturday, Jan....
Lady Marlins
2011-12 Basketball Schedule Home Games are in BOLD TYPE October 29 Kingsville (Scrim.) JV/V 10 November 1 Refugio (Scrimmage) V 5 8 Bloomington JV:40-29 V:55-43 12 Odem JV: 23-19 V:...
JV Ladies stop Mathis, 28-20
Despite a letdown in the final period, the junior varsity Lady Marlins prevailed on a visit to Mathis, handing the 3A Lady Pirates a 28-20 loss. The Port Aransas girls...
Mathis falls victim to scoring barrage
The Lady Marlins took no prisoners on a trip to Mathis on Tuesday, Jan 3, handing the Lady Pirates a 51-22 loss. The Port Aransas girls jumped to an early...
58-22 over Kenedy on the road
Ladies open district with winPHIL REYNOLDS STAFF WRITER The Lady Marlins opened District 31A play on Friday, Jan. 6, by stomping on the host Kenedy Lady Lions, 58-22. The mayhem began in the first...
Young Ladies go to Kenedy for 36-2 win
Not only were the freewheeling junior varsity Lady Marlins spreading the scoring during a visit to open district play at Kenedy on Friday, Jan. 6, they also may as well...
4A John Paul stops JV squad by 36-25 score
Facing a strong 4A John Paul II team in Corpus Christi, the junior varsity Marlins had a tough time getting their offense established on Friday, Jan. 6, and went down...
Tall, talented, tough John Paul delivers 53-65 loss to Marlins
Early foul problems and a 4A John Paul II High School team that used talent, height and athleticism combined to hand the Marlins a 53- 65 defeat in Corpus Christi...
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TUESDAY, DEC. 5 SCORING QUARTERS BY PA 5 20 6 5 40 BHS 3 10 19 8 36 POINTS: REID COPELAND, 8; CHARLIE WALKER, 2; MATT DUNTON, 3; DRAKE SAWYER,...
Ladies win tourney title
The P ort Aran sas Lady Marlins won the Ingleside Tourney Dec. 7-9, beating three teams by wide margins, and c oming fro m behind to beat a fourth one....
Part of Alister Street closed
Car fire is culpritEmergency workers closed Alister Street between Avenue A and Avenue C today, Thursday, March 29, while handling a car fire, according to the Port Aransas Volunteer Fire Department. (Details to...
350-foot change excludes Port Aransas
200-foot set-back still in effect for buildings in Port Aransas city limitsA Nueces County proposal to extend dune building requirements an additional 150 feet from the vegetation line on Mustang and Padre islands will not affect Port Aransas, county commissioner Chuck...
Checking a winner
The Adams family – from left, Gus, Rick, Clare and Olivia – take a look at the H.G. Olsen Elementary School entry in this year’s Holiday Forest, now on display...
Food, toy drives make difference
With property values skyrocketing, high-dollar construction booming and more luxury vehicles than ever cruising the streets of Port Aransas, it might be easy to overlook the idea that low-income families...
Powering up
Workers completing switch station projectWork on a new gasinsulated switch station on State Hwy. 361 is expected to wrap up in mid-February. (See related story, page 1-A.) Clockwise from upper right: Roger Lopez of Hi-Tech Electric, of Houston, drills holes to install lighting in a high-voltage vault; John Casas, left, and Rolando Castillo, who...
Watch your health
Health fair is Jan. 21 at Community CenterKeep abreast of your health by attending Port Aransas’ second annual health fair on Saturday, Jan. 21. The public is invited to the Community Center, 408 N. Alister St., from 9 a.m. to noon, to see what traditional and non-traditional medical professionals and facilities are available in the Coastal Bend....
Dine Around tickets go on sale tomorrow
Tickets go on sale tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 6, for the Port Aransas Merchants Committee’s 15th annual Dine Around. The evening of gastronomic pleasure, during which some 30 Port Aransas restaurants, clubs and shops serve up tasty morsels, is set for Monday, Jan. 30, 5-8 p.m. Participants will be treated to...
Computer Center expands hours again
The Port Aransas Computer Center has expanded its hours once again. Computer Club president John Somers said one of the club’s volunteers had agreed to work two shifts of two hours instead of just one. That means the center can stay open until 6 p.m. on Fridays, Somers said. Last...
Winners light the night with spirit of Christmas
Judges in the 2006 Christmas Lights Contest sponsored by the Port Aransas Garden Club surveyed entries on the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 13, and reported their findings. Contest chairman Nancy Phillips reported no takers in the new category for boats, and judges awarded a tie for first place in the...
A-caroling they go
This group of mothers and their children serenaded friends and neighbors on Monday, Dec. 11. The families load up on a flat-bed trailer piled with hay bales every year to sing Christmas carols. The dads do the driving, and the moms keep a reign on the kids and lead the...
Computer Club expands sales of laptop raffle tickets to Chamber
Tickets for a laptop computer to be raffled off by the Port Aransas Computer Club are now also available at the Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce Tourist Bureau, 421 W. Cotter Ave., John Somers, Computer Club president, said. The tickets had been available at Computer Center, 430 N. Alister St....
Bigger hole
Workers are making progress on the Wetland Education Center, being built at The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute (UTMSI). Looking north toward the south jetty, much of the main basin of the center has been excavated and a weir dam, center back- ground, has been erected to...
Intrigued by art
Three and four-year-olds from Trinity-by-the-Sea Day School went to watch .A Story Book Christmas’ play at the Rialto Theatre in Aransas Pass Thursday, Dec. 7. The children shown were looking at the art in the gallery before the show started. The children also posed on stage with the cast for...
Port Aransas School Menus
Dec. 18 - 22Breakfast Monday Assorted Cereal, Graham Crackers, Juice, Milk Tuesday French Toast, Sausage Link, Juice, Milk Wednesday Pigs in a Blanket, Juice, Milk Thursday NutriGrain Bar, Fruit, Juice, Milk Friday Assorted Cereal, Graham Crackers, Juice, Milk Lunch Monday Chicken Shoestrings, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans, Rolls, Fruit, Milk Tuesday Fish Burger, Tator...
Brundrett band to perform
Sixth, seventh and eighth graders will make melodious sounds at the annual Fall/Christmas concert Tuesday, Dec. 19 at 7 p.m. in the middle school gym. The concert will consist of both concert band music and traditional Christmas music. This will be the first public performance for the sixth grade beginner...
Holiday schedule set for Olsen
A special holiday schedule is planned for students at the H.G. Olsen Elementary School on Friday, Dec. 22. From 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., a Writer’s Tea will be held in the kindergarten through fifth grade classrooms. A Christmas sing-a-long in which students in each grade sings a special song, and...
Scientific solutions
Port Aransas High School sophomore C h r i s R e d m a n balances a chemical equation recently in the school’s integrated physics and chemistry class. PAHS students could find themselves getting lessons from scientists from the University of Texas M a r i n e S...
