San Jacinto River Waste Pits emails reveal containment bias
Coalition officials released internal emails from 2011 showing Waste Management officials discussing keeping the San Jacinto River Waste Pits capped and selling the armored cap as final remedy. The emails allege containment decisions were not based on sound science or best practices. The 14-acre site contains mercury PCBs and dioxin from a Pasadena paper mill, with disposal long ago approved by authorities.
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Chuck Rivette
Young
Pasadena
San Jacinto
Harris County Health Unit
Waste Management
MIMC
Waste Management of Texas, Inc
Baytown native Lanny Griffith to write Sun column
Longtime media figure Lanny Griffith, a Robert E. Lee High School graduate and Baytown native, will begin writing a weekly Sun column starting Friday. He is renowned for radio and TV work at KLOL 101.1 and Fox 26.
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Baytown
Klol 101.1
Fox 26
William Moss Obituary Notice Zulema Cantu
William Moss obituary notice and Zulema Cantu memorial item appear in the same brief obituary cluster. Names are presented as featured individuals within a compact public notices page, noting their passing and remembrance context. The readable fragments indicate these are obituary notices from a local newspaper.
Bible Verse On Law And Sin Through Christ
A verse explains that the law could not save due to human sin, but God sent his Son in human likeness as a sin offering. It states that sin is condemned in people who follow the Spirit, not the flesh, so righteousness is fulfilled in them.
Ground broken for Goose Creek CISD Transportation Center
Ground breaking ceremony under a hot August sun announced the start of Goose Creek CISD’s $14.6 million Transportation Center next to Stallworth Stadium on Archer Road. The project, after a two year site fight, adds 262 bus parking spaces plus future spaces, staff and visitor lots, fuel and washing stations, a detention pond and bus storage, delivering expanded operations for the district’s bus fleet.
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Goose Creek Cisd
Stallworth Stadium
Tracy Viel
Gccisd
Randal O’brien
O’brien
Transportation Center
Goose Creek
Board of Trustees
Baytown
Gentry Junior School
Archer Road
Anthony Price
Transportation Department
Grito Fest lineup announced headlining Kumbia Kings
This year's Grito Fest at Bi centennial Park features Kumbia Kings as headliners with Mariachi Los Gallitos opening from 4 to 5 30 p m followed by an accordion contest and preliminaries from 5 30 to 6 p m The Hometown Boys Tejano Conjunto Band perform 6 to 7 30 p m with jalapeno and salsa contests and a Grito Championship after 7 30 p m Vendor booths are available call 281 420 6597 or visit Baytown org slash grito fest for details
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Kumbia Kings
Bicentennial Park
Market Street
Corpus Christi
Los Gallitos
Parks and Recreation
Scott Johnson
Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla
Dolores
Lubbock
Baytown
Baytown Council Tackles Budget Annexation and Grant
Baytown City Council meets to discuss the $177,856,439 proposed budget with no tax rate hike, an annexation hearing on 230.36 acres east of North Main, and a $10,097.95 Helping Heroes grant to equip the police fleet with headrest mounted first aid kits. Public hearings are set for Aug 25 and Sept 8 with potential adoption Sept 22. The Baytown Sun reported the July 20 hearing posting. a link to the budget is available at www.baytown.org. The Baytown Municipal Development District also convenes to vote on its revised budget after a July 14 submission.
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Baytown
Cityhall
North Main
Blue Heron Parkway
Stolander Road
Barkaloo Road
Baytown Sun
Helping Heroes
Police Department
Flint Hills Resources and Koch Pipeline Company
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