This past year, I was privileged to accompany my Father on a trip to the Normandy area of Northern France. The area is famous in history as the site for the D-Day Landings during World War II. The D-Day landings were the amphibious operations on June 6, 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy. The […]

Wow!!! Who would have thought that the 4th Annual Crawfish Festival would have turned out to be such a success, due to the fact that the previous week it was predicated to be 90% rain on the designated day. So glad everyone enjoyed themselves. Now the Chamber is gearing up for the Memorial Day  Events […]

Harbor/Channel Dredging Top Priority The Seadrift Municipal Harbor on San Antonio Bay was the topic of discussion about an application submitted for RESTORE ACT funding. The Municipal Harbor was dug by private interests approximately 1910-1911 but has not been dredged since the 1930s. The only maintenance of the channel has been by means of natural […]

Not far from Palacios there is a very special place for those who love nature and the great outdoors. The Clive Runnells Family Mad Island Marsh is part of an expansive coastal wetlands system. The huge wildlife management system is under the oversight of The Nature Conservancy. In 1989, Clive Runnells donated 3,148 acres of […]