Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Countryland Properties is sponsoring a community wide Christmas Lights competition! If you and your family decorate the exterior of your home in Christmas Lights, you are eligible to join the Fight! To enter, go to: https://www.countrylandtx.com/lightfightand fill out the submission form to register your home for the competition. You will then be added to our Light Fight map and will receive a yard sign with instructions on how to vote for your home. We highly recommend that you light up this sign so it can be read at night....
The little children in Orange are invited to sit on Santa's lap and tell him what they want for Christmas at the annual event, Santa at the Depot, on Saturday, December 7 from 1:00-4:00 pm, the Depot is located at 1210 Green Ave. Assisting Santa at the Orange Depot Saturday, December 7th from 1:00 to 4:00pm will be elves Rose Simar and Alicia Booker, volunteers for the Friends of the Orange Depot, who is sponsoring the free event for area residents. There will be toy prizes,...
he bi-monthly meeting of the board and volunteers of the Friends of the Orange Depot will be held on Thursday, December 12, at 5:30PM at the depot. Reception will be at 5:00PM. Meeting will begin promptly with the last presentation by our museum consultant, Chris Frison. The Museum Committee has been meeting with him and will have the results at this meeting. Museum exhibits are planned to be installed in phases, beginning in the first quarter of 2020. All completion will be accomplished as funds are raised. There will be...
Please join us for the Senior Citizens Supper in Mauriceville this Saturday, December 7th at 5:00 at First Baptist Church in Mauriceville. The Supper is for all current and pass citizens fifty years and older. Judge Chad Jenkins will be the MC, entertainment will be The Martin Family and The LCMHS Choir....
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church will host an Open House before the Bridge City Christmas Parade on this Saturday, December 7. The church will be open at 5:00 pm and will share some delicious hot cocoa and to provide bathroom facilities as needed. Please come and join us before the parade and get a front row seat for the parade. The church is located at 945 W. Roundbunch Rd....
On Tuesday, December 17, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church will be having Pizza & Santa at 6 pm. Come and feast on pizza and get a picture with Old Saint Nick. The church is located at 945 W. Roundbunch Rd. in Bridge City....
Beverly Kay McQuady, born August 19,1944 passed away on Tuesday, November 26th at age 75. She was a nurse for over 30 years, spending most of her life in Bridge City and Houston. There will be a Memorial Service at First Baptist Church of Bridge City on Saturday, December 7th at 2pm....
December 3, 2019 Bridge City, Texas: On Tuesday, December 3, 2019 the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce held a Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for Bridge City Lock & Key celebrating the completion of their new building. Co-owner Martha Garrett cut the ribbon to officially start the celebration of their new location. Bridge City Lock & Key has been locally owned and operated by Billy & Martha Garrett since 2002. They offer superior service from their storefront location at 145 Roberts...
“It was a tough decision,” said Todd Bray, “but I couldn’t lose with either choice.”Todd and his wife, Lisa, were forced to choose between flounder fishing or driving up to T-Bend to cash in a guided trip that was an anniversary gift from their kids. “It was really easier than it sounds,” said Bray.“Once we saw that the weather was going to be decent, we called the guide and booked for a day earlier than we had hoped to fish.Since I won’t be able to fish again this month, two possible limits of white perch sounded more appe...
The Orange County Master Gardeners Association will have their Christmas Party on the regular meeting date of Thursday, December 12, 2019, at 6:00 P.M. at the Ochoa Recreation Center at 555 Elmwood Drive in Mauriceville. The club will furnish the meat and members are asked to bring either a salad, a vegetable, a dessert, drinks or rolls. Members are also asked to bring an unwrapped toy for the Bridge City Blue Santa Project and a plant to participate in a Thieving Plant game. Gwen Ochoa and her helpers are in charge of...
Dave Rogers For The Record Santa Claus is riding in on a sea of red, white and blue this year as Orange County communities kick off the Christmas year-end holidays with parades. The Kiwanis Club of Orange is hosting the 71st Annual Orange Christmas Parade Friday, Dec. 6, beginning at 6 p.m., and the Christmas in Orangefield parade is at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 14. But in between, the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce has combined its 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 parade with a remem...
Photo: Sophie Broad is excited to return to the Lutcher Theater Saturday, where she theatrically debuted in her first recital at the age of 3. Courtesy photo. Penny LeLeux For The Record Sophie Broad got the entertaining bug with her first recital. “My mom actually put me in Lorne Badon School of Fine Arts at the age of 2½,” said Broad. “My first recital was at the Lutcher Theater at 3 years old and that’s the same theater I’m coming to…I’m so excited, It’s finally here!” B...
Photo: Looking for an open receiver, quarterback Jerren Terrell throws a 19 yard touchdown pass to junior Jerold Brown. Terrell completed 10 of 20 passes for 114 yards and one touchdown. RECORD PHOTO: Meri Elen Jacobs Meri Elen Jacobs For the Record The Bellville Brahmas got more than they bargained for when they showed up at Randy Reed Stadium in New Caney Friday night. The Mustangs (10-1) beat the Brahmas, 24-14 and will move on to face a familiar foe in the Silsbee Tigers...
IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS BEGAN For the third time in my life, the United States is going through impeachment hearings to find out if the president purposely violated his oath of office. The testimony and evidence have been clear from the start. The summery of Trump’s July 25 call with the Ukrainian president shows Trump asked for a “favor” that would directly assist his reelection. Military aid appropriated by congress was being withheld by Trump conditioned on Ukrainian investigations of Trump’s political rival Joe Biden a...
Dave Rogers For The Record Orange County Commissioners Tuesday passed a resolution approving participation in a new eight-county flood control district. The proposed Southeast Texas Flood Control District would be a local government corporation to allow the counties of Orange, Jefferson, Chambers, Liberty, Tyler, Hardin, Jasper and Newton to pool their populations – more than 500,000 – to compete for large-scale disaster mitigation projects. The state of Texas has set aside hundreds of millions of dollars to fund reg...
Photo: Troy Johnson, Judge of the Orange County Court At Law No. 2, appeared before Bridge City Council Tuesday night, asking audience and council members alike for their vote in his bid for reelection in 2020. RECORD Photo: Dave Rogers Dave Rogers For The Record City Council of Bridge City approved a new housing addition Tuesday night. City fathers are hungry for more. But the wide open spaces are getting fewer and fewer. “That’ll be a few lots we got opened up,” City Manag...
