Port O’Connor Community Service Club is home and happy to be here. We did not have our new officer elections due to the interruption of Hurricane Harvey. We got together to catch up and fellowship on Thursday, September 7th. We will pay our annual dues, elect our new slate of officers and get to work […]

OK–Harvey has Come and Gone!!!!! So much has happened in Port O’Connor since last Chamber Chat. Last month I was saying how Port O’Connor has so many new citizens and how much we’ve grown. Well, everyone had a chance to come together with Harvey coming into the Gulf. Neighbors helping neighbors, if someone needed something, […]

Whew! I don’t know about you but hopefully you were as lucky as we were when we met Harvey. We evacuated. For unusual reasons we had not evacuated when Claudette came around way back then. She was a low numbered hurricane. As you all know Harvey was a four. We were trapped because Claudette came […]

When tragedy such as a natural disaster strikes today, the world outside the affected areas tend to only see the damage and the heartbreak through television and the instantaneous magic of the internet. Additionally, once the disaster has had its time as a ‘current’ news event, it tends to slip into the background of those […]

Although Harvey tried very hard to make a spectacular appearance in Port O’Connor, he left without causing too much damage. The normal utilities that one takes for granted were down; i.e., electricity, water, sewage were unavailable for some time; however, all have been restored although vehicular gasoline is somewhat limited. But the good news is […]