Early voting opens as May 5 election nears for Baytown area
Early voting begins Monday for a May 5 general election featuring Baytown and Old River Winfree mayoral races. Aldermen will be chosen in Old River Winfree Anahuac Mont Belvieu Beach City with multiple names on each ballot. Barbers Hill ISD trustees also appear, and Baytown may amend the smoking ordinance for some stand alone bars. Old River Winfree residents will decide on a Section 4B sales tax. SEE VOTING PAGE 3A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old River-Winfree
Anahuac
Mont Belvieu
Baytown
Stephen DonCarlos
Carlo C. Spitaleri
David Lee
Ali Cuellar
Joe Landry
Colleen Fontenot
Dennis Demura
Adonna Creel
Anahauc
Paul S. Quin
Robert Holub
Sue Hawthorne
Danny W. Irby
Lonnie Follis
Arnold Peters
Kevin Yeager
Barbers Hill
Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day in Baytown
Gilbert Reyna hands a tire to David Selby during the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day at Baytown Storage Facility on Lee Drive. Materials accepted included paint, pesticides, fertilizers, motor oil and filters, antifreeze, gasoline, cleaners, solvents, car batteries, pool chemicals and tires with a five tire limit per household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Reyna
David Selby
City of Baytown
Lee Drive
Heavy rains stall events for second weekend
Frustrating weather disrupted Baytown events with Friday flash flooding closing roads and cancelling weekend activities. Saturdays Battle of San Jacinto reenactment was halted by standing water and Relay For Life canceled its closing ceremony at 9 p.m. Organizers expect to reschedule and still hope to meet fundraising goals as more storms loom per NWS forecasts.
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Battle of San Jacinto
Relay For Life
Leila Bates
Lori Tadlock
Baytown
Bay Area
National Weather Service
NWS
Matt Moreland
Houston/Galveston
Baytown Arbor Day tree giveaway vanishes amid Ike recovery
Baytown hosts its annual Arbor Day event at the Eddie V. Gray Wetlands Center as about 1,000 free saplings are handed out before 3 p.m. Demand ran high due to hurricane Ike destruction, with residents like Joann and Jimmie Landrum taking three trees each including green ash and cherrybark oak. Trees offered ranged from bald cypress to several oaks, with eventual heights from 40 feet to over 100 feet.
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Baytown
Eddie V. Gray
Camille Borowiak
Parks and Recreation Department
Ike
Joann
Jimmie Landrum
Baytown Sun
Nicki Evans Hailey Smith
Eddie V. Gray Wetlands Center
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Beach City
Rita E. Standridge
Ray Smith
Glenda Hernandez
Jay Hammes
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Jack Lasater
Nicki Evans
Jeanne Smith
Bill Sharber
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Tadlock
Bates
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