Baytown Voters to Decide Renewal of Street Tax
Baytown residents will vote on May 10 to renew a .25 cent street sales tax first passed in 2004. The four year levy funds crack sealing and panel replacement, has repaved over 22 miles and brought in about $2 million annually. early voting runs April 28 to May 6 at City Hall Goose Creek building or Chambers County annex.
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Garth
City Hall
Goose Creek Administration
Chambers County
Easter Messages from Area Pastors Reflect on Daily Life
Area pastors offer Easter sermons and daily reflections on biblical principles and inspirational thoughts, applying faith to everyday life and guiding congregations through the holiday season.
Deaths of LeRoy Veselka Tina Davila Jocelyna Estrada
Obituary notices for LeRoy Louis Veselka Tina Davila and Jocelyna Estrada list their passing with no further biographical details provided. The brief notice appears amid a local weather snippet forecasting sunnier and warmer conditions with a high near 81 and a low around 63.
Center marks 10th year at Eddie V. Gray Wetlands Center
Baytonians recall the origin of the Eddie V. Gray Wetlands Center named after Eddie V. Gray who led Goose Creek Stream restoration efforts starting in 1990. A doctor from A&M proposed turning an old bowling alley on Market Street into an environmental project. ExxonMobil donated $20,000 to the Goose Creek Stream Committee. Gray bought the six acre site for $20,000, then secured a $400,000 Texas Parks and Wildlife grant to renovate the building. The center opened and celebrated a decade of operation.
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Eddie V. Gray
Goose Creek Stream Committee
Gray
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Wetland Center
Barbers Hill School Board Faces Ballot Battles
Barbers Hill ISD voters head to the May 10 election with six-year incumbent George Barrera facing Perry Carrington Sr. and 12-year incumbent Benny May facing Lawrence Elmo Camp. A Meet the Candidates forum hosted by the West Chambers County Chamber of Commerce is set for April 24 at 7 p.m. at the C.T. Joseph Conference Center. Carrington, 47, a Barbers Hill graduate and City of Mont Belvieu employee, highlights district traditions and education as priorities and calls for unity and equal treatment if elected.
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Barbers Hill
Barbers Hill Middle School
Barrera
Carrington
Barbers Hill School Board
Perry Carrington Carrington
Mont Belvieu
Outgoing Lee College president grateful for support
Martha Ellis, Lee College president for six years, thanked colleagues and hundreds of supporters at the Board of Regents meeting as she prepares to leave this summer for the University of Texas. She praised faculty and staff and expressed intent to continue collaboration, while Regent Mark Hall acknowledged her backing of a program aiding inmates at Huntsville Center before release.
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Martha Ellis
Board of Regents
University of Texas
Ellis
Mark Hall
Huntsville Center
Hall
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