The annual October Chili/Gumbo Cook-off at Hooper’s Bar and Grille was once again great camaraderie and the weather was perfect! With all the cookers’ yummy fare, the Margarita contest, the silent auction sales, and good attendance the event was a big success! Friends of the Port O’Connor Library happily reports over $3,500 came in to […]

What better way to start off the Christmas Season than to participate in the 2016 Lighted Boat Parade, sponsored by the Port O’Connor Chamber of Commerce. This event will be held on Saturday, December 3, 2016. The parade is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. in the ICW from Larry’s Harbor to just past Clark’s […]

I know, I know, it is the season to be thankful. It is a holiday, a movement, a spiritual truth, even a buzzword. More importantly, being thankful may be the best selfish habit you could ever develop. Yes, selfish, self-serving, benefiting you, your children and your family. How you might say? Well, research supports the […]

A Surprise to Delmer Scott by his wife Bobbie Scott celebrating their 38 Wedding Anniversary — sitting at the old Dock that was once known as Bobbie’s Bait with an artwork by Sam Caldwell drawing of the Bait Stand and all the infamous characters that frequently visited the Bait Stand. -Photo by Bill Tigrett

Most of the citizens of Port O’Connor know that at Thanksgiving and Christmas, the churches and many other groups and individuals get together and try to provide Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets to the needy, not the greedy, of this community. This year, our funds are extremely low, so low, in fact, that we may not […]