Grand Parkway segment B to start construction in April
Baytown area gears up for the Grand Parkway super loop with Segment B first breaking ground in April in Brazos Bend State Park and Rosharon south of Houston. The 25 mile section precedes a 14 mile segment from I 10 midway between CIWA Canal and FM 3180, as plans call for a divided four lane highway with future six lane capacity and greenbelt trails. Portion One of Segment I 2 will run south from I 10 to a Chambers County road, with frontage roads limited to the south point noted.
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Baytown
Houston
Sugar Land
Grand Parkway
Brazos Bend State Park
Rosharon
Grand Parkway Association
David Garnet
FM 564
Chambers County Road
Needlepoint Road
Texas primaries set stage for first Hispanic governor nominee
Tony Sanchez and Dan Morales clash in a Democratic gubernatorial primary while a Texas U.S. Senate field includes Ron Kirk Victor Morales and Ken Bentsen. Sanchez spent about 20 million on ads Morales about 561 thousand. Voters weigh ethnicity and money in the clash as Perry, unopposed, awaits the winner.
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Austin
Texas
Tony Sanchez
Dan Morales
U.S. Senate
Dallas
Ron Kirk
U.S
Victor Morales
Ken Bentsen
Lloyd Bentsen
Phil Gramm
Sanchez
Laredo
Morales
Houston
McAllen
San Antonio
GOP
Rick Perry
Perry
George W. Bush
Tribute of Light honors 9 11 victims in New York
In ceremonies across the nation marking six months since September 11, 2001, 12-year-old Valerie Webb activated 88 searchlights to simulate the World Trade Center towers beside Ground Zero. President Bush urged resolve as the Tribute in Light lit the sky nightly through April 13, while relatives watched from Battery Park and New York Harbor.
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New York
Arthur Leahy
James Leahy
Boston
Pennsylvania
Bush
White House
Congress
Pentagon
Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Shanksville
United Flight 93
Memorial of Light
Jessye Norman
America the Beautiful
Michael Bloomberg
Battery Park
Trade Center Plaza
Brooklyn
New York Harbor
Bush appeals for commitment in war
President Bush urged world nations to maintain unwavering unity against terrorism six months after the September 11 attacks. He warned that nuclear weapons in the wrong hands threaten a catastrophic scale and called for a persistent global coalition without neutrality or excuses for violence.
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Washington
Bush
White House South Lawn
New York
Monday drawings Pek 3 6 7 2 cash 5
The fragment notes lottery style numbers Pek 3 6 7 2 and cash 5 with numbers 6519 26 21. The readable item hints at a sequence or draw entry. No names or places are clear.
Chambers County seeks new bids for Eagle Drive work
Chambers County Commissioners Court on Monday moved to consolidate Eagle Drive construction into a single project with a $575000 estimated total. Bids for phase two ranged from 271000 to 359000, while HUBCO had led phase one at 266000. Mont Belvieu will pay half the cost, and archeological testing bids were 68000 and 56000. The court also renewed Pinnacle Employee Testing Services for random drug tests for safety sensitive county staff.
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Anahuac
Chambers County Commissioners Court
Eagle Drive
Barbers Hill
Hubco Inc
HUBCO
Angel Brothers Enterprise Inc
Areial Construction
Triple B Construction Service
Buddy Irby
Mark Huddleston
Mont Belvieu
Fort Anahuac Park
Hicks & Company
Moore Archeological Services
Meredith Howarton
Pinnacle
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Sara Kugler
Chambers County
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