Long Neck Festival Launches Busy Baytown Weekend
The Baytown festival runs Saturday and Sunday with multiple show times, a petting zoo, touch tanks, paddleboat rides, a rock wall and inflatables. Live music features Catch 35 Slappy's Groove Shack and others. Candyland Amusement offers rides before and during the event. Baytown Sun faces off in Dodgeball. Proceeds aid Eddie V. Gray Wetlands Center and Baytown Nature Center via Baytown Outdoor Inc. Advance tickets available at Crossroads Travel.
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Dave Elles
Troy McManus
David Glenn
the Beaners
Gene Kelton
Candyland
Baytown Sun
City Council
Baytown Outdoor Inc
Baytown Nature Center
Crossroads Travel and Tours
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Robbery at Decker Drive beauty salon nets $550
At 8 20 p m Wednesday two Hispanic men entered a beauty salon on Decker Drive flashed a handgun and a baseball bat and demanded cash. They fled in a late 1980s white Cadillac after taking 550. Surveillance video depicts the suspects. Separately a burglary on East Lobit Avenue saw guns valued at 2350 stolen from a locked cabinet with the cabinet locks cut but no forced entry at the residence.
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East Lobit Avenue
Baytown Police Log Reports Volume of Calls
Baytown Police responded to 189 calls between 6 am Wednesday and 6 am Thursday. The beat lists 15 alarms, three assaults, seven auto thefts, three burglaries, three burglaries of motor vehicles, three criminal mischief reports, 16 disturbances, four forgeries, one robbery, one shots fired report, eight thefts, one major accident and six minor accidents. Crime Stoppers pays cash for tips. anonymous callers at 281-427-TIPS.
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Baytown
Bond bids exceed budget for two school projects
Robby McGowen said construction estimates for the two schools run from 23.5 to 23.8 million with contingencies. Durotech proposed 24.2 million for both, Sedalco 23.9 million total with partial splits. Administrators expect May 22 board recommendation after Citizens Bond Advisory Committee May 11 meeting. Negotiations may trim costs. both firms are reputable.
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VLK Architects
Durotech Inc
Fort Worth
Tives
Jacobs Engineering
District Board
Citizens Bond Advisory Committee
McGowen
Durotech
Goose Creek
Horace Mann
Highlands
Matt Brown
SHW Group
Stallworth Stadium
Brown
Sterling staff honor retiring art teacher Evans
Sterling teachers and students celebrated Evans as she retires, with remarks by principal Trey Kraemer and tributes from colleagues and former students. The ceremony highlighted Evans's impact through creative performances, personal memories, and letters from graduates.
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Cathleen Auld
Lamar
Cindy Bigham
Pumphrey
Kelley Campbell-Conner
San Jacinto
Patsy Nelson
Travis
Mary Rohrbacher
Baytown
Diane Baker
Cedar Bayou
Kim Baker
Gentry
Brandon Toulson
Highlands
Sue Payne
Horace Mann
Dick Heyen
Mark Garrett
Stuart Career Center
Retha Swindell
Robert E. Lee
Nora Stippel
Stephen F. Austin
James Becker Thomson
Sterling
Evans
Trey Kraemer
Cheryl
Rembrandt
van Gogh
RATS
Kraemer
Trey Whitley
Michael Heinrich
Heinrich
Whitley
Martha Olin
Shay Brunson
Brigham Young University
Austin Elementary
Laura Smith
Thomas
Smith
Emily
Austin
Keller
Notable Neighbor Gifts Fresh Batch of Greek Cookies
Finley notes appreciation for a batch of Greek cookies from neighbor Maria Saphos. He recalls mentioning her baking skills in a column and jokes about the surprise. A light, personal aside targets High Sun Management about hat wearing.
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Maria Saphos
Maria
High Sun Management
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Red Cross
Mit. Rose Church of God In Christ
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Texas
Shane Barnhill
Beacon Federal Credit Union
Baytown Fairgrounds
N. Main
Tony Dahlquist
Burl McBride
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