Bay Area Heritage Society to honor Wanda Orton at gala
Baytown Sun columnist Wanda Orton, longtime chronicler of Baytown history since 1952, is to be honored by the Bay Area Heritage Society at its 38th annual Gala June 3 at Goose Creek Country Club. Finley praises her career and character, noting 45 years of friendship and her deserving spotlight.
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Wanda Orton
Baytown
Baytown Sun
Bay Area Heritage Society
Goose Creek Country Club
Jim Finley
Finley
Wanda
Heritage Society
Terry Presley
ExxonMobil BTEC East Earns Baytown PIE Partner of the Year
The Baytown Chamber honored ExxonMobil BTEC East at its 26th Partners in Education luncheon for a decade of collaboration with Lee High School. The program, praised by Rob Tully, has seen volunteers in science and math uplift students. Other long term partners also recognized for 15 and 25 years with local schools.
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ExxonMobil Btec East
Robert E. Lee High School
Goose Creek Country Club
ExxonMobil Research & Engineering
Tim Covington
ExxonMobil
Donna Woolsey
Lee High
Kim Fox
Rhonda McDougal
Greg Lyndh
Baytown Chamber of Commerce Board
Gary Englert
Baytown Technology and Engineering Complex
East
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Lee High School
Baytown Cham
Ber Pie
Baytown Chemical Plant
Rob Tully
Tully
ExxonMobil Btec
Cedar Bayou
Centerpoint Energy
Gentry
Snc-Lavalin
Horace Mann
Crespo & Jirrell
Peter Hyland
Highlands Chamber of Commerce
Bonnie P. Hopper
Tracey S. Wheeler
Baytown Chamber
Baytown Receives Brunson Theater Redevelopment Plan
Robert Martin Jr lays out a plan to transform the Brunson Theater on Texas Avenue into the Brunson Theater Arts and Entertainment Complex with live acts and films and a neighboring Citizens Bank building repurposed as a history themed restaurant. He plans to fund the project privately with city improvements sought later. The proposal awaits Baytown City Council review with a May 22 or early June agenda.
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Robert Martin Jr
Baytown
Brunson
Texas Avenue
Martin
Bob Leiper
City of
Patti Jett
Brunson Theater
Citizens Bank
Harris County urges full removal of San Jacinto pits toxins
Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan pushes the EPA to mandate complete cleanup of the San Jacinto Waste Pits, arguing that leaving waste in place with a containment cap risks hurricane or severe weather damage. The EPA designated the site a superfund site in 2008, with International Paper and MIMC proposing a reduced plan.
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Harris County
Vince Ryan
Environmental Protection Agency
San Jacinto
San Jacinto River
Ryan
EPA
International Paper, Inc
MIMC
Waste Management, Inc
Two Men Injured In Baytown Bar Tire Iron Assault
Police probe a Saturday beating at Limelight Bar that left two men unconscious in the back lot. One victim released with head and neck fractures. the other remains in critical condition with severe head trauma. Witnesses saw an older red Dodge pickup leave rapidly. Call Baytown Police or Crime Stoppers with tips.
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Baytown
Limelight Bar
Highway 146
Memorial Hermann Hospital
Houston
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