Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Magnificent Oak Deep in the Heart of Beautiful, Downtown Historical Orange, Texas lives a magnificent and stately century old live oak tree. It is clear that this Fourth Street specimen with its knurled roots and huge canopy has survived many a high wind and hurricanes in its long lifetime. Recently this Live Oak was the recipient of some much-needed tender loving care. The City of Orange was repairing a sidewalk damaged by the storm or just by years of abuse. Street and Drain...
Jerry Ziller, deputy chief of the Orange Fire Department, retired on April 11 after 30 years of service. A ceremony was held in his honor at the central fire station. Ziller will begin working for Open Industrial Partners in Orange. RECORD PHOTO: David Ball Jerry Ziller, deputy fire chief of the Orange Fire Department, has seen several changes in his 30 years of service to the city. For instance, Ziller is the only firefighter in the history of the department to advance throug...
Growing up, I always wanted to be the kind of person who read the New Yorker. These days, I devour it. I’ve been reading it for a few years, in fact, but I resisted bragging about it. Until now. You see, as a twelve-year-old girl, I equated it — and several other magazines and book titles — to the trappings of sophistication and worldliness. And young Caroline, from small-time Beaumont, Texas, perpetually clad in unflattering private school garb, wanted more than anything to be glamorous and sophisticated. Sitting on the e...
The cremated remains of a dozen Texas veterans who never received a military funeral will be re-interred with full honors at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery from 9:00 a.m. to noon on Monday, April 28. A full escort will accompany the Texas veterans' remains to the cemetery, located at 11463 State Hwy. 195, in Killeen. The services are being sponsored by the Missing in America Project, a non-profit organization that finds, identifies, and inters the unclaimed remains...
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between April 15, and the morning of April 16: Traffic accident, 16th and Green Warrant service, 201 8th St. Larceny from yard/land, 2320 3rd St. Miscellaneous incidents, 2717 Enner Rd. Fraud, 3110 16th St. Warrant service, 201 8th St. Burglary, 1004 W. Cypress Ave....
Tuesday, Google Glass went on sale for one day only to anyone for $1,500, but Les Daigle, of Orange started Beta testing for Google two months ago. “I was on the list for two years,” he said.”It takes a long time to get it.” Daigle demonstrated the different things Google Glass can do. “I just used Blue Tooth and paired it to my phone,” he said. Not only can he read his e-mails and make phone calls, but it has a built in translator. He can look at a sign in English and read th...
