Harris County to fund two new Lynchburg Ferry boats
Harris County commissioners unanimously approved funding for two replacement boats for the Lynchburg Ferry, moving forward after a study found the toll free service remains well used at about 1,000 vehicles daily. The plan shifts the bill to Precinct 2, with possible federal and state grant support, and the ferry added to the National Register of Historic Places to aid funding.
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Lynchburg
Harris County
William P Hobby
Ross S. Sterling
Wilbur Smith Associates
Precinct 2
Sylvia Garcia
Texas Attorney General
Nathaniel Lynch
Texas
San Jacinto
Texas Department of Transportation
Galveston-Port Bolivar
Port Aransas
Baytown Sun invites public input to editorial board
The Baytown Sun invites community discussion with a weekly 2 PM editorial board meeting on Wednesdays. Submit letters up to 300 words or guest columns up to 500 words with a signature, address, and phone number, including a photo for guests.
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Today
Joseph Lohan
The
Baytown Sun
David Bloom
Wanda Gamer Cash
Dee Anne Navarre
Jim Finley
Sun
Jane Howard Lee
the Sun
P.O
Baytown
Sunnews
Baytownsun.com
Founding Mothers illuminate revolutionary era voices
Cokie Roberts highlights Esther DeBerdt Reed Abigail Adams Mercy Otis Warren and Martha Washington in Founding Mothers. The book argues women pressured independence while supporting family and troops during 1775 1776 with letters and actions across Massachusetts Pennsylvania and beyond.
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Esther DeBerdt Reed
London
Abigail Adams
Reed
Pennsylvania
Esther
Lexington and Concord
Bunker Hill
Continental Congress
Great Britain
King George
Congress
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Esther Reed
George
Braintree
Mass
Philadelphia
Boston
Abigail
John
America
Mercy Otis Warren
Mercy
Massachusetts
England
Cambridge
George Washington
Martha
New York
Abigail Adamis
Lord Cornwallis
Cokie Roberts
William Morrow
Hot topics from The Suns online Baytown Talk
Online forum items from The Suns Baytown Talk invite readers to share opinions on current issues. The prompt directs readers to visit www.baytownsun.corr for involvement and discussion.
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Suns
Baytown Talk
Baytownsun
Top 10 reasons to re elect Bush
A fragmented pro Bush list cites terror fears, Halliburton profits, moral values, job fears, economic gains, and a mix of personal anecdotes. It includes praise for Cheney era policies, critiques of Kerry, school board notes on zero tolerance, and school cell phone policies.
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Bush
Halliburton
Clinton
Kerry
School Board
EuUcass
Canada Day highlights from history
This July 1 summary flags key events tied to Canada Day and notable global milestones. It notes 1867’s British North America Act, Gettysburg start in 1863, Roosevelt’s Rough Riders at San Juan Hill, Bretton Woods IMF and World Bank creation, Bikini Atoll atomic test, Idlewild airport opening, subway fare rise, Princess Diana’s birth, Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty signing, O Canada adoption, Hong Kong handover, and Arafat’s return to Palestinian lands.
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Canada
Great Britain
United States
Bikini Atoll
Pacific
New York International Airport
John F. Kennedy International Airport
Idlewild
New York City
Diana
Princess of Wales
Sandringham
England
Paris
Britain
Soviet Union
Hong Kong
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Egypt
Gaza
Blockade condemned by Knights in protest note
In 1938 Knights of Columbus wrote to the Motion Picture Association of America calling the film Blockade un American influenced propaganda.
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Knights of Columbus
Motion Picture Association of America
New
Tri-Cities
Hugh Echols Jr
Odis Muennik
Baytown
Galveston County
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Harris County
Sylvia Garcia
Bayport
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Cokie & Roberts
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