Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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In all honesty, the real reason we were crossing the Intracoastal early Saturday morning was that the drive would culminate with lunch in Lake Charles at a favorite spot.I knew as soon we could see the open lake, however, that the 169 anglers participating in the 45^th edition of the Memorial Classic Fishing tournament were in for a challenge from more than other anglers. The Intracoastal was white capping and even the white caps weren’t white!Far too much wind was once again churning up what was already a very dirty body o...
Most of today’s major league baseball players are millionaires and really don’t have to take an off-season job to make ends meet. And everybody today knows who the stars of most teams are thanks to television and the internet. But that was not the case back in the 1920’s when newspapers and radios with more static than anything else were the only means of keeping up with the major league scene if you didn’t live near a city with a franchise. The 1927 World Champion New York Yankees team was arguably Major League Basebal...
Photo: A new owner could receive up to $200,000 in city reimbursement on a $1.3 million renovation of the newly renamed Downtown Orange Apartments across from the Orange Boat Ramp. RECORD PHOTO: Dave Rogers For The Record The “deciders” at Chevron Phillips Chemical could decide as soon as next spring to place a new $6 billion ethylene plant in Orange County. So said Chaney Moore, the company’s Woodlands-based real estate and property tax manager after taking part in a pair of...
Photo: Local farmer Jim Frasier says rain has delayed local crops this year. RECORD PHOTO: Penny LeLeux Penny LeLeux For The Record Fresh veggies are one of the best things about spring and summer. Unseasonable weather pushed back harvests this year, so farmers markets are opening later than usual. Saturday will be the first day of the season for Bridge City Farmers Market and the North Orange County Farmer’s Market started opening on Thursday evenings in Mauriceville just two...
Dave Rogers For The Record Hurricane season begins Saturday, June 1, for the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts and the experts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are predicting the 2019 season will be “near-normal.” Recent normal in Southeast Texas means being hit by three – or four – major hurricanes in the past 14 years. “You never want to let your guard down,” Joel Ardoin, Orange County emergency management coordinator, said. “It’s only a bad year if you get...
Photo: Iraq War veteran Aaron Pollock, an LCM grad, looks to find his dead comrade’s name at the Orange Veterans Memorial Plaza after Sunday’s Memorial Day Tribute at Orange’s First Church of the Nazarene. RECORD PHOTO: Dave Rogers Dave Rogers For The Record Aaron Pollock was among the hundreds attending Sunday’s Tribute to Orange County Veterans at the Heritage Veterans Memorial Plaza – his 10th year in a row to attend. The Memorial Day weekend event at Orange’s First Churc...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce held the Second Annual Judge James B. Scales Memorial Golf Tournament at Babe Zaharias Golf Course in Beaumont on Saturday. Stella Claire Scales, granddaughter of James B. Scales, is seen above on the Scales family golf cart during the event. The golf tournament's first place team was Ritter Forest Products....
DON’T MISS SPECIAL ISSUE Next week, in a special issue, “The Record, celebrates the 60th anniversary of publication. The anniversary issue is always very popular; along with current stories, we publish stories from out of the past and some historic events from yesteryear. The big deal for the annual celebration is recognizing and honoring the “Person of the Year.” The award will be presented on June 5, at the Lunch Bunch gathering at Robert’ Restaurant, 12 noon. The presenter this year will be Judge Buddie Hahn. The recip...
Dave Rogers / For The Record Early voting begins Monday, June 3, for the June 15 runoff election for two seats on Orange City Council. Incumbent Annette Pernell is being challenged for the District 4 “Historic District” seat by Mary McKenna; and incumbent Bill Mello is being challenged for the Place 6 at-large seat by Caroline Mazzola Hennigan. The terms for both seats are three years. Both incumbents finished second in a three- or four-way race May 4. Because neither McKenna nor Hennigan was able to win a 50 percent plu...
