City OKs Texas Ave streetscaping project
Baytown City Council approved an advance funding agreement with the state for a Texas Avenue streetscaping project from North Main to Decker Drive. The plan includes surveying design, utility adjustments, and right of way work funded by a $693,000 federal grant with local and district input, plus tree preservation work around the Historic Oak Tree on Texas Avenue and related budget reallocations for paving on East Wye Drive and Felton Maplewood.
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Texas Avenue
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Gene Green
North Main Street
Decker Drive
Texas Department of Transportation
Green
Txdot
Congress
Market Street
Alexander Drive
Bob Leiper
Leiper
Scott Sheley
East Wye Drive
Felton
Maplewood
Time Warner
Baytown Man Receives Probation For False FEMA Claim
Daniel Darnell Kendrick, 26, pleaded guilty to making a false claim to obtain emergency assistance after Hurricane Rita. He received two years probation and a $2,000 fine, later waived, with a $100 special assessment per conviction. Investigators showed he lived in Baytown and did not suffer damage.
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Baytown
Daniel Darnell Kendrick
United States District
David Hittner
Beaumont
Federal Emergency Management Agency
United States
Don DeGabrielle
Kendrick
FEMA
Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General
Hittner
Baytown weighs phased aquatics plan with two rides
A Baytown proposal details a $7.5 million aquatics center package including a FlowRider and mat racer to attract teens, plus a $3.4 million neighborhood pool at Foote Park, a second spray park at McElroy Park, and three splash pads. The plan projects annual guest counts and revenue, with gate fees and phased construction considered.
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Stephen DonCarlos
Baytown
Brandon Capetillo
Hatcher
N.C. Foote Park
West Main Street
McElroy Park
Craigmont St
Pelly Park
Bergeron Park
Pinehurst Subdivision
Roseland Park
Foote
Gray
Foote Park
Bergeron Spray Park
Spray Park
Baytown seeks sex offender Benito Vasquez in missing registration case
Baytown deputies issued a lookout for Benito Vasquez a 34 year old convicted sex offender who failed to register since May 2001. He is 5 6 tall 210 pounds Hispanic clean shaven with black hair brown eyes and a Baytown address is listed as the last registration. Crime Stoppers offers a 5000 reward for information leading to his arrest.
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Harris County
Baytown
Benito Vasquez
Vasquez
Harold Dutton DWI arrest prompts party backing
The Baytown Sun recalls State Rep Harold Dutton's DWI arrest and the swift political support from colleagues including Sen Rodney Ellis who notes only mild ribbing is expected. The column reflects on changing norms and re election prospects amid the incident.
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Harold Dutton
Houston
Harold
Rodney Ellis
Rick Perry
Ellis
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