Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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April 16, 2019 Bridge City, Texas: The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce was excited to hold a Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for Rock’s Spot BBQ & Catering in Bridge City on April 16, 2019. Owner Eric “Erock” Nies cut the ribbon to commemorate the occasion. Erock started cooking with his dad 25 years ago for family gatherings and friends. After years of perfecting his rubs and recipes he decided to do catering in 2004. Originally an electrician, Erock gave up his full-time job to ta...
The Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the Grand Opening of First Financial Bank. President Stephen Lee spoke at the Community Fish Fry following the ribbon cutting. He spoke about how proud he is to open this branch in the heart of Orange and how he is excited about providing a welcoming environment to this community that he calls home. The staff did an amazing job of putting this event together and work hard every day to...
K It’s been 11 long years that was almost as painful for Tiger Woods’ faithful followers as it was for Tiger himself, but if last weekend was any indication of things to come, then Tiger is back. Very few folks either packed along the fairways at Augusta National, glued to their television sets at home or even on the course playing against him, did not feel good about Tiger Woods’ stunning comeback in the 2019 Masters Golf Tournament. As you could probably gather from my columns in the last quarter century, I’ve been a Tiger...
“I don’t know about Rayburn, but the spawn is definitely winding down here on T-Bend,” said James Hughes.If anyone would know it would be Hughes, a part time guide that worked the lake more than most full-time guides for years, but now guides only the grandkids. “I think that the fact that they have been pulling the lake so hard contributed to some fish getting it done early and some of them never even moving shallow,” he added.“I am already seeing small bream hustling the vacant beds and I can assure you they aren’t early....
April 16, 2019 Bridge City, Texas: The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce was excited to hold a Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for Bridge City Bank to kick-off their 60th Anniversary Celebration on April 5, 2019. Bank President Scott Hale cut the ribbon made of cash and red ribbon to commemorate the occasion. Bridge City Bank provided free food, live music and the Strutters drill team performed at the community wide celebration held at the Bridge City location. Senior Vice President Kim Davis, said, “Our strong point is that we s...
Photo: The Orange County Airport will be hosting a Fly-In from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 27th at the Orange County Airport located at 2640 S. Highway 87. It is open to the public and admission is free. For those wanting to really get up close and personal, rides will be available for purchase from the Commemorative Air Force Gulf Coast and Houston Wings in a1947 Beechcraft model D18S. In addition, free rides will be given to children ages 8 to 17 years old through the Young...
Photo: Bill Sizemore works on the wall mural representing first responders during Hurricane Harvey at Bridge City Fire and Rescue. Photos courtesy of Kelly Trahan Penny LeLeux For The Record William “Bill” Sizemore and his family were fortunate when Harvey came through in 2017. They didn’t flood. They didn’t have to evacuate. The Sizemore’s just hunkered down during the storm. They only lost lights for a couple of hours the entire time Harvey was here. After the storm Siz...
Dave Rogers For The Record Early voting starts Monday, April 22 and continues until Tuesday, April 30 for the May 4 city and school district elections. Bridge City ISD will hold one contested school board race and a $46.1 million bond election, with most of the money going to a new $35.9 million middle school campus with room for 950 students to accommodate the district’s growth. Although the cities of Bridge City and Pinehurst will not hold elections because of no contested r...
