Candidate embodies integrity William Thomas Parent for Baytown District 5
Neighbor writes in support of Thomas Parent, an 18 year Baytown resident and Robert E. Lee High School alumnus, praising his city knowledge, community service on school district committees, and leadership on the MUD tax board. The letter argues he embodies integrity and is the right choice for District 5.
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Baytown
Thomas
Robert E. Lee High School
District 5
Susan Cummings for Baytown District 6 City Council
Support letter praising Susan Cummings for Baytown District 6 with 30 years in higher education. Highlights her people skills, outreach to constituents, advocacy for the district, leadership qualities, and long involvement in community improvement groups. Emphasizes diverse perspectives as beneficial to governance.
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Susan Cummings
Baytown
Susan
Community voices demand transparency on Facility Names committee
Baytown residents express frustration over exclusions from the Goose Creek Community Committee for Facility Names. They question changes to application questions, alleged bias, and the absence of faculty and business owners, urging clear justification and inclusive participation.
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Goose Creek
Baytown
Mosquitoes and Disease Risks Then and Now
The piece compares COVID-19 to mosquitoes, noting global deaths from mosquito borne diseases and urging precautions. It reflects on risk, accountability, and the limits of avoiding bites, citing WHO data and naming diseases like Zika West Nile malaria and St Louis encephalitis.
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WHO
St. Louis
Elijahs Flight Ends with Heavenly Return and Hope
The piece reflects on Elijah fleeing Jezebel and praying to die, then ending with his ascent to heaven in a whirlwind. It emphasizes God’s mercy, renewed purpose, and the reminder that life remains under divine writing. Stacy Parent, Baytown resident, shares awe at the Lord’s all encompassing goodness.
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Sad farewell to the worlds largest newspaper
Jim Finley, former Sun editor, explains a Baytown friend Carol Bartz ends her Martha’s Vineyard Gazette subscription. He shares why she subscribes from Massachusetts, notes the paper’s huge size, lists quirky items from the Gazette such as local marriages, Bird coverage, a Sharks pitcher signing with the Red Sox, and staff changes at the Edgartown airport.
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St. Joseph Catholic Church
Baytown
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Chappy
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Marie Massoudi
Alan Farshad Ravandi
New York
Geoffrey Freeman
Black Dog
North Tisbury
Stamp Act Enacts Sparks Colonist Resistance
On this date in 1765 the Stamp Act took effect prompting stiff resistance from American colonists. In 1861 President Lincoln named Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan General-in-Chief of the Union armies.
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George B. McClellan
Today in History Highlights Major U.S. milestones
The entry recalls 1870 first Weather Bureau observations, 1952 Ivy Mike hydrogen bomb detonation at Enewetak Atoll, and 1973 Bork appoints Jaworski as Watergate special prosecutor after the Saturday Night Massacre. It notes a Trump remark about Chad Wolf as DHS acting head.
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United States
Enewetak Atoll
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