Have you made a bucket list?
Some of the best news for Galveston’s general appearance came this month when the city announced it finally was going to tear down a defunct and decrepit incinerator on Lennox Avenue.
Some people call him John, actually most people did. I call him Johnnie.
Kelly Burks-Copes, project director for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Coastal Texas Protection and Feasibility Study, was quoted in an article (“Groups say maps show corps’ true plans for Ike Dike,” The Daily News, Dec. 4) stating that the Army Corps is “only at 10 percent design at this point.”
Recent news that sheriff’s deputies had raided marijuana growing operations in San Leon and Bacliff inspired some interesting commentary among the newspaper’s readers.
This paper recently covered the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission’s staff report on the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (“Scathing report says insurer on ‘brink of extinction,’” The Daily News, Nov. 26).
Each morning, a small white tag dangles from a cotton string leading back to the tea bag gently dancing in my mug. And written on each tag is a phrase from which to launch my day. Wisdom, inspiration and soul-stirring caffeine in one tidy package.
What will climate change radicals try next? People are learning how good climate change can be?
We will remember President George H.W. Bush as dignified, respectful, decent, honest, humble, compromising, honorable, gracious, forgiving, compassionate, compromising and presidential in his emblem of conduct.
As Texas lawmakers have begun settling in for the biennial legislative session, and groups are setting agendas for what they think should be on legislators’ plates.
In response to the guest column by Bob Fields ("Trump's failures far outweigh his accomplishments," The Daily News, Dec. 2): Trump has had almost four years of bad press from all media. Attacks on his wife and children; even his 11-year-old son.
The Galveston Project for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth, called the Discovery Club, is a program that provides services to children that doesn’t have a fixed, permanent residence. Our office, here at the Galveston Independent School District, provides different resources to as…
For a few months, our newer full-time staff members have been getting acclimated to their new jobs. Josh Bailey is one of the six new hires we made in October. He’s a great addition to the staff and brings special skills to our team.
It took a few days for the words “Pearl Harbor” to take root in the national vocabulary.
This Christmas, as always, we look upon the Christ Child’s birth as the greatest gift ever given. Two-thousand years later in this dark and dangerous world, our faith in His love for us is the gift that remains in our hearts.
Read in the paper where city officials are contemplating raising parking fees for both hourly and seasonal passes ("City to consider doubling seawall parking rate," The Daily News, Dec. 2). The hourly rate increase probably could be justified; however, the proposed increase in the seasonal p…
A critical mass turning point has been reached when Bob Fields goes negative on any Republican — let alone Trump ("Trump's failures far outweigh his accomplishments," The Daily News, Dec. 2).
Again this year, our Ball High School students are coordinating the 38th annual ABC-13 "Share Your Holidays" Food Drive, which will be from 6 a.m. to noon at 4115 Ave. O in Galveston.
On Dec. 1 on the way to the Fertitta family reunion hosted by Tilman Fertitta at The San Luis, we opted for the ferry. What a huge mistake. It took my wife and I five hours to get from Bolivar Peninsula to The San Luis.
On Friday, islanders will have the opportunity to get a preview of what the island, the county and the general greater Houston metropolitan area will look like in the next decade; demographically and socio-economically.
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