September was a big month at the Chester Island Bird Sanctuary (also known as Sundown Island). As the record-breaking 2014 nesting season came to an end on this important colonial waterbird rookery site, Orion Marine Group began a maintenance-dredging project for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the nearby Matagorda Shipping Channel (www.dredgingtoday.com/2014/09/04/orion-marine-nabs-matagorda-dredging-contract-usa/). This […]

POC’s Night Out photos by Bill Tigrett Our 2nd Annual Port O’Connor’s Night Out Against Crime was again a success. I want to give a thank you to the friends, families and neighbors of Port O’Connor for taking the time to be involved in our community. A special thank you goes to Sheriff George Aleman […]

My neighbors Parker and Patty are always telling me how proud they are to be a part of Port O Connor, Texas. They say it is a great community and so friendly. Tuesday night they took the grands to the POC Night Out. What fun. They had food, activities, special guests and some tours of […]

Plan to visit St. Patrick Catholic Church, 311 W. Cleveland in Seadrift for their annual Turkey Dinner and Rummage Sale benefiting the building fund. The Rummage Sale will feature gently used infant and toddler clothing and toys, lots of household items, fishing gear, hunting items, holiday decorations, and many other items. It will be held […]

I found Wanda Redding to be an extremely interesting person; warm with a very expressive countenance in her dealings with customers and other people. She was born and grew up in Vidor, Texas, a portion of our East Texas area. She with her parents moved to Port O’Connor in 1969 when they worked with her […]