Toxins Alert Warns Fishermen Around Galveston Bay
Caution notices appear around town after a study linked PCBs to the local aquatic ecosystem. Kirk Wiles of DSHS warns that speckled trout, a favored catch, poses long term health risks with regular consumption. Catfish and blue crab are also highlighted as cautioned species.
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Kirk Wiles
Dshs Seafood and Aquatic Life Group
Galveston Bay
U.S
Environmental Protection Agency
Wiles
Birdsong Place Villas Opens In Baytown For Seniors
Jacinto Medical Group and the Housing Corporation of Greater Houston opened Birdsong Place Villas in Allenbrook near San Jacinto Methodist Hospital. The $10 million project includes transportation, legal aid, and on site social services with a $7 million tax credit from Kilday Partners. Mayoral proclamation marked Birdsong Place Villa Day as Harris County officials praised the facility.
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Birdsong Place Villa
Helen Barton
Carolyn Moran
Shirley Averson
Jean Zatopek
Barbara Slaughter
Terry Sain
Tom Forester Lord
Houston
Bob Lanier
Baytown
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
The
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Lone Star Legal Foundation
Kilday Partners, LLC
Birdsong Place Villas
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Harris County Precinct 2
Sylvia Garcia
Sain
Birdsong Place
Gaskamp leads Baytown YMCA through growth and outreach
Gaskamp built new services at the Oaks of Baytown including lifeguards swim classes and a childcare expansion with a new site planned. The standout is Needs Night Out for special needs kids, backed by 200 volunteers and 80 children who recently built a new playground with help from ExxonMobil and Chevron Phillips.
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Oaks of Baytown
Baytown
Gaskamp
Ymca of
Greater Houston
Georgia
Texas
Lake Houston
YMCA
ExxonMobil
Community Resource Credit Union
Chevron Phillips
Baytonians
Baytown Family Ymca
Diesel fuel thefts at Flying J on I-10 fourteens days apart
Baytown police reported two thefts of diesel fuel at the Flying J in the 1800 block of Interstate 10 on July 13 and July 20. Investigators say more than $1,300 in fuel was stolen across the incidents.
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Flying J
Interstate 10
Baytown
Purse Stolen From Vehicle on Garth Road Burglarized
A purse valued at 75 dollars was stolen from a vehicle burglarized between 10 p.m. Tuesday and 10 a.m. Wednesday in the 7200 block of Garth Road. No arrests reported.
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Garth Road
Baytown Police Log Details 26 Offense Reports
Between 6 am Tuesday and 6 am Wednesday Baytown police filed 26 offense reports including one assault two vehicle burglaries two criminal mischief and one disord erly conduct report two DWIs one forgery five thefts eight other arrests and four miscellaneous offenses. Three major vehicle crashes and two minor incidents reported. Crime Stoppers offers cash tips at 281-427-TIPS.
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Baytown
Finley Continues From Page 2A With Quirky Dossier
Jim Finley, retired managing editor of The Baytown Sun, pieces together a mystery involving manager Tommy Lasorda and Ballys Hotel. The feather from a Black Capped Lory bird links the suspect to exotic dancers, while autofilled dramatic confessions reveal shifting loyalties and a columnist’s self reflection.
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Nick
Lasorda
Gil
New Guinea
Catherine
Bally’s
Bally
America
Larry King
Jim Finley
The
Baytown Sun
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