Poco Bueno 2011 Port O’Connor once again doubled, tripled, or maybe quadrupled its size over the past weekend as folks who like to fish and like to see big fish and big boats crowded the docks, stores, restaurants and beach to join in with numerous Poco Bueno participants and their associates as they celebrated the […]
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Long on Fun, But Short on Blue Marlin by Joyce Rhyne
Trout Stocked in San Antonio Bay -by Joyce Rhyne
Captain Chris Martin of Bay Flats Lodge in Seadrift was pleased to take part in the recent release of trout into the San Antonio Bay-Matagorda Bay complex. On July 8 and 13, Texas Parks and Wildlife Coastal Hatcheries released 288,925 trout fingerlings into the bay. Bay Flats Lodge guides have been volunteering guides and services […]
Youth Rally
Friday Night Youth is teaming up with the Victoria Sectional Youth Representative to host a huge youth rally on Friday, July 29, at 6:30 p.m. It will be held on Port O’Connor’s King Fisher Beach. The live band, “After the Well”, will be playing for that evening’s activities. They have appeared at numerous Youth Conventions […]
Seadrift Depot Finds Its Way Back Home By Joyce Rhyne
More than 50 years have passed since the Seadrift Railroad Depot building was moved to Pine and Baltimore (Sgt. Rodney Taylor Ave.). On July 8, it was returned to its original location, 201 S. Main, only 100 feet from where it was originally built in the early 1900s. Back in its heyday, the depot saw […]
Ribbon Cutting at Seadrift’s First National Bank
First National Bank’s Seadrift Branch celebrated its grand re-opening on Wednesday, July 20. The bank had been in temporary quarters for some months while the facility was expanded and remodeled. Branch Manager Jason Jones, invites you to come by and see the facilities, and climb the lighthouse tower for a view of the City. Pictured […]