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Bolivar
Plan to fill in Rollover Pass proceeding
The Texas General Land Office next week is expected to submit its application to fill in Rollover Pass. The plan includes adding a fishing pier.
November 19, 2009 - News
911 caller, dispatcher reunited after year
CRYSTAL BEACH — Galveston Police Department bookkeeper Tricia McCulloch was reunited with a woman who called 911 during Hurricane Ike from her Crystal Beach house.
November 19, 2009 - News
Incumbents retain peninsula utility board posts
The three incumbents on the Bolivar Peninsula Special Utility District were re-elected Tuesday night, but two challengers made it a close election.
November 04, 2009 - News
Chemical leak prompts odor complaints
PORT BOLIVAR — Some residents complained about a nauseous odor after a chemical leak was reported from a barge.
October 28, 2009 - News
Meeting to address federal recovery funds
BOLIVAR PENINSULA — Residents will hear ways to tap into federal funds that are supposed to help homeowners recovering from Hurricane Ike.
October 06, 2009 - News
Utility board candidates will face challenges
BOLIVAR PENINSULA — Five candidates are running for the special utility district board, which likely will have to raise rates for water and sewer service.
October 05, 2009 - News
Peninsula's future still uncertain
CRYSTAL BEACH — County officials gave residents updates on rebuilding, debris removal and federal funding for housing help.
October 01, 2009 - News
Peninsula home delivery to resume
BOLIVAR PENINSULA — A year after Hurricane Ike wrecked much of the peninsula, The Galveston County Daily News is set to resume home delivery.
September 28, 2009 - News
Officials to hold Bolivar meeting
BOLIVAR — Galveston County will sponsor a public meeting Tuesday on Bolivar Peninsula.
September 27, 2009 - News
Peninsula community remembers those lost
CRYSTAL BEACH — More than 250 people showed up for a service to honor the 14 Bolivar residents who lost their lives during Hurricane Ike.
September 13, 2009 - News
Skeletal remains found might be Ike victim
ANAHUAC — Skeletal remains found Tuesday in a southern Chambers County debris field could be those of yet another Hurricane Ike victim.
September 09, 2009 - News
Crews remove shrimping vessel from muddy East Bay
CRYSTAL BEACH — Crews raised a commercial shrimping vessel piece by piece from the muddy bottom of East Galveston Bay.
August 12, 2009 - News
Foot stones puzzle solved
CRYSTAL BEACH — Three military grave markers found after Hurricane Ike are believed to be duplicates that weren't destroyed.
August 11, 2009 - News
Home of military grave markers perplexes neighbors
CRYSTAL BEACH — Neighbors are trying to find the proper place for three military grave markers that might have been displaced by Hurricane Ike.
August 10, 2009 - News
Investigators have suspects in 2007 slaying
CRYSTAL BEACH — Investigators now believe men from outside the state were involved in the beating and strangling of Bridgette Gearen two years ago.
July 17, 2009 - News
Mass at school draws protests
CRYSTAL BEACH — Protesters displeased with a decision to go ahead with a Mass at a school greeted churchgoers Sunday morning with a peaceful demonstration.
July 13, 2009 - News
Archdiocese moves ahead with new Bolivar church
BOLIVAR PENINSULA — The Galveston-Houston Archdiocese is pushing ahead with plans to construct a new church in Crystal Beach.
July 07, 2009 - News
Teacher tries to return storm-damaged photos
PORT BOLIVAR — A Dickinson resident who found photographs buried in the mud after Hurricane Ike hopes to reunite them with their owner.
July 06, 2009 - News
Peninsula church back in court July 13
PORT BOLIVAR — A federal judge is reviewing documents in the dispute between the Roman Catholic Archdiocese Galveston-Houston and the Our Mother of Mercy congregation.
July 03, 2009 - News
Bolivar protesters march at Mass
Bolivar churchgoers protested outside a Mass held by Cardinal Daniel DiNardo because the archdiocese plans to demolish their church.
June 25, 2009 - News
Man in hospital after arguing with drinking buddy
A Crystal Beach man who was beaten at his home Saturday waited until Monday to call for help, sheriff’s office officials said.
June 23, 2009 - News
Crews raise Bolivar Peninsula’s state Highway 87
BOLIVAR PENINSULA — Crews working on a $6.16 million road project funded by a federal economic stimulus program will begin raising Bolivar’s only highway.
June 22, 2009 - News
Metal utility poles built to withstand hurricane
BOLIVAR PENINSULA — Entergy Corp. is installing 201 metal utility poles on the peninsula to replace the wood ones Hurricane Ike leveled.
June 21, 2009 - News
Bolivar church fight moving to federal court
PORT BOLIVAR — A lawsuit in a dispute with parishioners and the Galveston-Houston Archdiocese about a church's demolition will move to federal court.
June 17, 2009 - News
Bolivar church fight moved to federal court
The Galveston-Houston Catholic Archdiocese successfully argued to have a lawsuit by parishioners over the proposed demolition of a church at Port Bolivar moved.
June 16, 2009 - News
Bolivar church planning Mass minus priest
BOLIVAR PENINSULA — The archdiocese ordered a priest to stay away from a planned service today, parishioners protesting church demolition said.
June 14, 2009 - News
Parishioners stop Bolivar church demolition
PORT BOLIVAR — Parishioners got a temporary restraining order barring the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston from demolishing a Catholic church.
June 10, 2009 - News
Perry still studying Bolivar exemption bill
Gov. Rick Perry has not whether to veto a bill that exempts Bolivar Peninsula property owners from the Open Beaches Act.
June 06, 2009 - News
Further tests could confirm lightning fatality
CRYSTAL BEACH — Further testing is needed to determine whether a lightning strike killed a Houston man who was jogging during a thunderstorm.
June 06, 2009 - News
Patterson fights Open Beaches Act exemption
Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson wants Gov. Rick Perry to veto legislation allowing Bolivar homeowners to rebuild houses on the beach.
June 05, 2009 - News
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