Baytown considers curb parking ban for lawns by boats and vehicles
Baytown City Council discussed drafting an ordinance to ban parking any vehicle in front yards and limit recreational vehicles in driveways. Officials cited similar rules in six nearby cities and emphasized exemptions for loading, moving, and active use while warning about possible backlash in non deed-restricted neighborhoods.
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Bob Leiper
Deer Park
Lynn Caskey
Brandon Capetillo
Caskey
Council
Leiper
Health Department
Scott Sheley
Hospital staff build bikes for underprivileged families
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital doctors and staff spent a day at St. Mark's Methodist Church to practice teamwork and communication then split into teams to assemble bicycles for 15 families in need. They opened white envelopes with mystery parts and worked together to complete pink, yellow, silver and purple bikes.
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St. Mark’s Methodist Church
June Loftis
Michelle Howison
Loftis
Louis Hughes
Hughes
Karen Pearce
Richard Garrison
Georgia Aljawadi
Aljawadi
Garrison
Aljawadi and
Amanda Taylor
Methodist Hospital
Baytown Man Arrested After Evading Police
A 46 year old Baytown man was arrested for evading arrest and failure to identify after giving a false name and fleeing, following a traffic stop in the 900 block of Northwood Drive. Police logs show 147 calls in the period with six alarms, three assaults, three burglaries, two auto burglaries, four criminal mis chief reports, 13 disturbances, eight thefts, and a mix of major and minor accidents.
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Baytown
Northwood Drive
City eyes Texas Avenue streetscape with TxDOT input
Baytown plans a Texas Avenue streetscape design to fit TxDOT rules while preserving local practice. The 90 day study will address lighting landscaping and ADA compliance with TxDOT reviewing street paving. Construction may wait a year as the Municipal Development District funds design and part of phase one.
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Txdot
Texas Avenue
Leiper
Dick Carter
Pruett
Carter
MDD
Green
Senate Appropriations Committee
Garth
Alexander Drive
Baytown
Raccoon Road upgrade sparks mixed local reaction
Residents weigh traffic delays against a $5.9 million joint city county project upgrading Raccoon Road with a new 14 foot left turn lane concrete curb and gutter sidewalks along the east side linking Parkwood and Bayou Oaks Estates to Holloway Park. Detour could last up to 14 months with heavy construction and signaled detours.
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Parkwood
Bayou Oaks Estates
Holloway Park
Raccoon
Sylvia Ingram
Tompkins Drive
Ingram
Willie Fowler
Cedar Bayou
Lynchburg Road
Raccoon Drive
Crosby- Cedar Bayou Road
Massey-Tompkins
Leiper
Harris County
Carter
Journo Jim Finley recalls Baytown Sun roots and long career
In May 1969 Jim Finley recalls joining Bill Hartman and Fred Hartman at The Baytown Sun. He notes mentors who taught him to mine local angles from big events and how Wanda Cash and David Bloom shaped his paper. Finley reflects on covering the Astrodome opening in 1965 and Enron Field debut in 2000, aiming for 25 more years.
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Bill Hartman
Bill
Fred Hartman
Empire State Building
Baytown
Wanda Cash
Sun
David Bloom
Cliff Clements
Astrodome
Enron Field
Minute Maid
Cliff
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