Boardwalk Grill named for Bayland Island restaurant
Barry Terrell unveils Boardwalk Grill as the new Bayland Island restaurant name and owner. He says about 1,400 names were submitted, plans a March opening with dinner service, and will award $100 to the 100th Baytown diner. The menu will feature seafood and steaks, with later additions.
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Bayland Island
Boardwalk Grill
Baytown
Barry Terrell
Terrell
Texas
Clear Lake
Ninfa
Rice Farmers Face Steep Decline in Chambers County
A long‑running rice farming way of life in Chambers County is shrinking as acreage falls from about 30,000 a decade ago to 6,000–10,000 now. Production values have slid from 6.5 million in 1997 to 5.2 million in 2001, with prices and land ownership shaping farmer hardship and futures.
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Carrie Pryo
Sargent
Chambers County
Congress
John Jenkins
Jenkins
Inside Lottery Draws and Numbers Listing Texas Odds
A brief item lists Tuesday lottery drawings in Texas including 2 Step 33 4 10 23 25 Cash 5 92 3 2 1 19 Pick 3 95 6. It notes the draw schedule and numbers drawn without commentary.
Fire at Avalon Bay Apartments in Baytown
No injuries reported after a Tuesday afternoon blaze at Avalon Bay Apartments 25 Northwood. Three Baytown fire units battled a bedroom-focused fire confined to one unit with possible smoke damage to others. Residents aided by management and Red Cross. one resident evacuated after smelling smoke.
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Baytown
Avalon Bay Apartments
Northwood
Avalon Bay
Martha Gonzalez
Mike Burns
Gonzalez
Red Cross
Michael Martinez
Martinez
Matthew Cook
Cedar Bayou project drags on as dredging plan seeks permit
In Baytown, the Chambers County Cedar Bayou Navigation District hunts a 1960s dredging permit in US Army Corps archives to grandfather dimensions for a silt clearing plan. Officials estimate project costs at about 10 million, with 3.5 million district funds and 2 million for silt deposit sites.
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Baytown
Chambers County
Cedar Bayou
US. Corps of Engineers
Devil's Elbow
Harris County
Guido Persiani
Bayer
Texas Transportation Department
Persiani
U.S. Corps
Pat Younger
Younger and Associates
Younger
Congress
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