Part-time Port O’Connor residents since 1972 August 24, 2012: Bill Gaffney was born on June 16, 1922 in Texarkana, TX. Bill was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Sarah Kathryn Lobdell and Frank B. Gaffney; and his step-father, Bill Lobdell. Bill is survived by […]

    With entry fees, proceeds and generous contributions from Terry Wright of Garage Door Service of Lockhart and from Paul McGee of Costa Bonita Properties, the annual Hurricane Junction Cook-Off raised $850.00 for the Port O’Connor Library. Cook-Off winners were: Showmanship          Team Sandy Bottoms 1st Place Chili        Nancy Wright 2nd Place […]

“The Way I See It” is an attempt by the guest columnist to enlighten readers on a subject, as he views it, and does not necessarily reflect the views of this publication.   Death of our Republic I think most of the readers here understand that our Founders gave us a Constitutional Republic. They knew […]

  The Annual Christmas Tree Lighting at the Bayfront Peninsula on Dec. 4th at 6:30 kicks off a week of Christmas festivities with the Chamber of Commerce Annual Parade of Lights Christmas parade on Dec. 6th at 6:30 with lots of beautiful lighted floats, music, and Santa Claus riding in on the fire truck, and […]