Students in Mrs. Anderson’s first grade class and Mrs. Ochoa’s fifth grade writing class worked together to create acrostic poems about swimming at the beach or at the pool.  The older students offered suggestions and the younger students wrote the poems.     Examples of Acrostic Poems   Purple swim suit Oval pool Oily sunscreen […]

Discovering Seadrift by Jasmine Gordon The sun was in full force and the mosquitoes on duty as I headed south on 238. I arrived in Seadrift, turned right on 9th Street and headed towards Bay Avenue. I was excited to see the new pier which recently opened. The pier stands at 300 feet plus a […]

What an awesome Summer, 2013! Your Chamber directors, members and even ones that are not in our local chamber deserve a huge pat on the back. This group went above and beyond to represent our great little town and help us achieve a dream that we had when we came aboard in the beginning of […]

Sometime between the years 1909 and 1919, five acres on Monroe Street in Port O’Connor were set aside for the community’s use as a cemetery. It wasn’t until March of 2005 after the Port O’Connor Service Club built a pavilion to host services at the cemetery, that much thought was given to just how many […]

If you consider your family’s gumbo recipe to be the best there ever was, or if you’re one of those Texas cooks who excels in the preparation of chili, Jim Hooper invites you to show what you can do at the 5th Annual Chili and Gumbo Cook Off on Saturday, October 26, 2013 at the […]