Fire Station 5 project moves forward with groundbreaking
Blake and council members joined residents and firefighters as crews broke ground for the new Station 5. Architects Slattery and Tackett, contractor Setex, and district leaders celebrated the start while noting the old station may be demolished. The project aims to serve the community for decades.
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Gerald Tackett
Setex
James Shell
District 3
Baytown
Lakewood
Capetillo
DonCarlos
Scott Sheley
Terry Sain
David McCartney
Baytown Fire Union Pushes For Market-Rate Wages
City firefighters seek pay increases to reach the market rate. Baytown probation starting wages and long term pay lag behind averages, with officers from lieutenants to assistant chiefs earning less than benchmarks. City vows to study numbers and may implement changes by 2009, targeting immediate effect for new Station 6 staff.
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Neal
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Union Time Bank
Baytown Fire Department
Sylvan Beach Comeback Era and Bay Area Heritage
Wanda Orton recalls Sylvan Beach’s 1950s revival by ORTON Commerce and Rotary Club, noting Harris County bought the property for about $1 million and built a smaller hurricane‑resistant dance pavilion. The column hints at more Sylvan sequels beyond the blue horizon and reflects on the bay area’s enduring landscape.
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Commerce and Rotary Club
Sylvan Beach
Harris County
Bay Area
Ernabeth Foxworth
Think
St John’s United Methodist Church Celebrates 95th Anniversary
The church traces its history from a small portable chapel on Main Street to a 1950 Palm Sunday dedication on SH 146. Renamed in 1949 to St John’s United Methodist, it evolved from First Methodist through Pelly rumor to its current identity, with Rev. James Heflin guiding expansion.
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Main Street
Fourth Avenue
Thibodeaux Street
First Methodist Church
Thibodeaux and Bolster
F.T Pelly
Pelly Methodist Church
C.E. Clark
Pelly
James Heflin
SH 146
St. John’s
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Mayweather memorial banquet encourages youth scholarships
Christina Bryant, Zina Evans, and Emily Warnke join a fundraising banquet honoring Mayweather of Shiloh Baptist Church. Kathy Bass, his mother, hopes scholarships help local youth as the event funds grow. Tickets cost 10 dollars and can be bought by calling 832-984-8710.
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Christina Bryant
Zina Evans
Emily Warnke
Roshaad
Narcisse
Mayweather
Shiloh Baptist Church
Word of God
Kathy Bass
Bass
Retiring La Porte police captain Richard Reff to host meet and greet
La Porte Police Chief and former Baytown Captain Richard E. Reff, a Vietnam veteran and the La Porte department's first licensed polygraph examiner, plans a Thursday meet and greet from 11 am to 2 pm at the La Porte Police Department to celebrate his retirement effective May.
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la Porte
University of Texas System
City of Baytown
Baytown
BPD
LPPD
Bobby Powell
Robert Herrera
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