The Port O’Connor Chamber of Commerce is very excited to announce that Phase One of the Chamber’s Little Jetties Project is complete. Phase Two is now underway. Thank you to Commissioner Gary Reese and his team for all their help.

Abandoned crab traps are unsightly litter, navigation hazards and they can entrap and kill crabs, fish, and turtles (ghost fishing) and land-based animals too when washed ashore. This is why in 2001, the Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 1410 creating a ten-day crab trap closure that begins the third Friday of each February. During this […]

On February 23, 2022 the Seadrift City employees gave Larry Green a grand sendoff with a delicious BBQ meal with all the trimmings! Larry was presented by the Seadrift mayor a retirement plaque honoring his twenty-four years of service. He will be missed! -Photo by Kenneth Reese

The Seadrift School 7th & 8th grade robotics team, the BAYRAT TECHB0TZ won a share of the local robotics league championship held at Palacios High School on Saturday, Feb 12. The TECHB0TZ compete in the First Tech Challenge – Houston South League, which includes high school and intermediate school teams from Calhoun County, Matagorda County, […]

Spring and Gardening in the Air Greetings from the island everyone. As I sit here at my little kitchen table the morning of the second week of March, I am happy to know that Spring is only a few weeks away. But as I speak, Mother Nature is on the verge of reminding me that […]