“A black, round spot-and that is all; And such a speck our earth would be If he who looks upon the stars Through the red atmosphere of Mars Could see our little creeping ball Across the disk of crimson crawl As our sister planet see.” -Excerpt from the Flaneur, Boston Common, December 6Th,1882 By Oliver […]

A total of 104 Seadrift voters casts their votes in the City Election for mayor and two Council positions. 81 persons voted on the May 12 election day, and 23 voted absentee. The results of the election are as follows: Elmer DeForest (un-apposed) was re-elected Mayor with 82 votes. Ranier Brigham received 52 votes and […]

At 12:11 a.m. Friday morning, May 11, Seadrift Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to the South end of Lane Road next to the Intracoastal Waterway. Several mobile homes and travel trailers near Charlie’s Bait Camp were damaged by a possible tornado. A few vacation homes in the Shoalwater subdivision were also damaged. Seadrift Firefighters, assisted […]

Local Builders Win Awards The 2012 Builders Association of Victoria Parade of Homes was recently kicked off with an Awards Banquet at Victoria Country Club. This year’s “Lifestyle Choices” presented by the Builders Association of Victoria presented thirteen beautiful homes built by eight area builders. The awards were presented to builders in nine categories. Judges […]

Maddie, Cameron and Zachary Hawes help to pull up the flags after Warrior’s Weekend. 100 flags, purchased by the Service Club, were erected along Hwy 185 to welcome our heroes. (Thanks go out to the volunteers who installed the flags.) Some of the flags are now flying at the Port O’Connor Cemetery in honor of […]