Local Cheers and Jeers Highlight Murals and New Coffee Shop
Readers praise Baytown Sun for community art murals across the city including an Astros mural at a HEB stop and welcome J and H Coffee Shop on Texas Avenue open 11 am to 8 pm Monday through Saturday. Applause for Barbers Hill athletes Sydney Hoyt Samantha Landry and Maggie Herdejurgen all state team members. Jeers target train delays clogging Wade Road causing traffic snarls and fatigue amid daily commuting challenges.
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Three killed after boat collision in Chambers County
Top read Bay Town Sun week overview lists three dead in a Chambers County boat collision, a Baytown mayoral mall demo day, and a highway 146 gambling bust among the season’s most viewed local stories.
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Atlantic City Boardwalk first section opened
On this date historical notes mark the 1870 opening of Atlantic City's Boardwalk. Other moments include World War I troop landings in 1917, the 1948 Berlin Airlift escalation, Elvis Presley's 1977 final concert, and later political events in 1990 and 1993. A Supreme Court decision a year ago affirmed Trump’s travel ban in a divided ruling. Thought for Today quotes Babe Didrikson Zaharias on practice and concentration.
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Memories of polio era shared by Baytown editor
Former managing editor Wanda Orton recalls Jim Finley and other Baytown figures who faced polio. The account details moving to a housing camp, classmates struck by the disease, an iron lung life, treatment at Hedgecroft and John Sealy Hospital, and lasting fears. Finley notes harsh memories and limited lasting effects for some patients.
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Impeachment as TV Melodrama in Trump Pelosi Era
Arkansas Times columnist Gene Lyons argues impeachment could become a national televised spectacle to frame public understanding of the Trump presidency. He notes polls and past GOP moves limit gains, urging oversight, passage of legislation, and messaging ahead of 2020.
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