Goat Island dredging aids Mid Bay Channel expansion
The Goat Island restoration project in the Mid Bay segment of the Houston Galveston Navigation Channels expansion uses electric dredges to form dikes from dredged material. The US Army Corps of Engineers funds 75 percent, Port of Houston Authority funds 25 percent. Boaters should stay clear of the shoreline and dredge pipelines marked by yellow buoys.
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Baytown Sun
Ken Fountain
Goat Island
Houston Ship Channel
Ship Channel
Kruger
US. Army Corps of Engineers
Port of Houston Authority
Betterbay.org
Baytown Council Approves Industrial Agreement Plan
The council backed a rate based on city levies for annexed industrial zones amid concerns over 27 separate agreements. They approved the Garth Road signalization project bid at 256,542, Baytown Community Center asbestos removal at 114,606, and a Lee College elevated tank equipment lease. They also discussed TIRZ guidelines and approved street program policies and $1.4 million in CDBG funds for various services. Budget workshop dates were set for 2003-2004.
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Calvin Mundinger
Pete Alfaro
Alfaro
Don Murray
Garth Road
CST Environmental
Baytown Community Center
Lee College
Park Street
Lee College Regents
West Chambers County
Huff and Mitchell
Pinehurst
Baytown
Lewis Foley
Commonwealth Housing Corp
Foley
McLean Road
Harris County Flood Control District
Goose Creek
Texas Governor's Office
Criminal Justice Division
Baytown Prepares for Claudette Storm Across Agencies
Red Cross volunteers Baytown police and Bay Area Homeless Services coordinate shelter plans while San Jacinto Methodist Hospital stockpiles seven days of supplies. Emergency managers monitor evacuation routes as flood maps are distributed and residents urged to prep before landfall expected late Tuesday.
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Baytown Red Cross
Baytown Emergency Management
Fletcher Hickerson
Fran Parent
The
Red Cross
Parent
Claudette
Guam
Bob Corbett
Bay Area Homeless Services
Corbett
Lisa Rynearson
Baytown
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Richard Vera
Vera
Olive
Sterling Public Library
City Hall
East Wye Drive
Goose Creek
Cedar Bayou
Hickerson
Claudette Chambers County
Mark
Aeiley
Orth of Liberty
Hainley
Texas
Anahuac
Bayside Community Hospital
Claudette shaped for possible hurricane hit on Gulf coast
National Weather Service and Hurricane Center forecast Claudette moving northwest into the Gulf, then arcing toward the Rio Grande as winds strengthen toward a possible first hurricane of the season. Authorities urge preparedness with no evacuation ordered yet. residents of Brownsville and Cameron County plan to ride out the storm.
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Jeff Philo
National Weather Service
Brownsville
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Rio Grande
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
Cancun
The
Hurricane Center
Miami
Weather Service
Philo
Claudette
Cameron County
Arnold Fiores
Flores
Baytown bust uncovers large drug lab with ephedrine stockpile
Police say enough material was found to manufacture 1000 additional grams of the drug. Xanax was also recovered. DPS Drug Task Force helped Baytown Police remove ephedrine, methyl alcohol, acetone and sulfuric acid. This marked the third similar lab bust in a month. Tomlinson remains jailed as detectives file charges and prepare transfer to Harris County Jail.
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Police Department
Texas Department of Public Safety
Baytown
Hudson
Tomlinson
Lisa Rynearson
Harris County
Houston
Complex apartment scheme shields blighted Woodcreek Village
Antonini allegedly built a web of properties and ownerships to dodge taxes worth about 200000 dollars owed to the city, Goose Creek schools, and Lee College while warding off local authorities. The Baytown complex deteriorates into a ghost town as eight families remain, managers and workers tied to Tarantino, with court-ordered evictions and ongoing rehab efforts by city officials and developers aiming to revive the site.
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Antonini
Woodcreek Village
Goose Creek Schools
Lee College
Jackson
Tarantino
M. Nieto
Nieto
Woodcreek
Kevin Byal
City of
Baytown
Friedrichs
Byal
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