Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Greater Orange Area Literacy Services (GOALS) is currently accepting new participants in our literacy program. Our program focuses on teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) and on tutoring students, age 16 and older, who are working towards their GED. We also teach adults with a reading level below the 6th grade to read and write. Everything we offer is free to the community. If you or someone you know needs our services, please contact Rhonda Powell at (409) 886-4311...
The public is invited to view first-hand how history is fascinating at The W.H. Stark House's First Floor Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on July 21. Guests will visit the first floor of the Queen Anne style home, completed in 1895, which is furnished and decorated with the Stark family's original pieces. An additional feature of First Floor Fridays is the opportunity to view the special exhibition "Brilliant: Cut Glass from The W.H. Stark House," located on the second floor of...
The Friends of the Orange Depot are inviting anyone who would like to volunteer to beat the heat with watermelon and cool drinks at the next board meeting, on Thursday, July 13, 5:00PM, at the Depot on Main and Eleventh Street. The meeting will commence at 5:30PM. Visitors and members will learn about new initiatives and events planned for the fall. The organization plans to hold more tours of the depot, so will be needing tour guides. Also, in 2024, FOOD will be celebrating...
First Saturday will be giving away school supplies for July! We are getting ready early because school will be starting soon. Please see us on the 1st of July from 10:00 am until 12 noon at the blue canopy will be in the parking lot of First Baptist Church of Bridge City, 200 W Roundbunch Rd. in Bridge City. The basics of supplies such as pencils, paper, erasers, Crayolas and markers will be in bags ready to hand out. Supplies will be for all grades. Over a hundred bags are...
An historic location in the City of Orange will be the site on the third Saturday in July of a special confrontation featuring one of the oldest games played. The century old First Presbyterian Church in Orange will host a chess tournament on July 15 between the Beaumont Chess Club and the Casa De Ajedrez (Spanish for House of Chess) club from Sulphur, Louisiana. The game of chess dates back over fourteen hundred years. Texts referring to the origins of chess date from the beg...
First Saturday will be giving away school supplies for July! We are getting ready early because school will be starting soon. Please see us on the 1st of July from 10:00 am until 12 noon at the blue canopy will be in the parking lot of First Baptist Church of Bridge City, 200 W Roundbunch Rd. in Bridge City. The basics of supplies such as pencils, paper, erasers, Crayolas and markers will be in bags ready to hand out. Supplies will be for all grades. Over a hundred bags are...
The Bridge City High School Strutter Officers and new Strutters Director, Chassadi Decker-Cude attended Crowd Pleasers Platinum Dance Officer Camp in Galveston recently. The dancers attended leadership workshops, learned numerous routines, and danced a total of 52 hours during their 3 days at camp. The new Strutter Officers are (L-R) Lt. Marleigh Boyd, 1st Lt. Addisyn Watts, Captain, Olivia Romero, Lt. Raely Ply, and Lt. Zoee Buchanan. The Officer line scored High Platinum...
Local residents may help make a positive impact in the community by bringing items to our Edward Jones office in town during regular business hours from July 5, 2023 to August 4, 2023. Monetary gifts, including gift cards, cannot be accepted. The branch address is: 715 Texas Ave, Suite D Bridge City TX 77619. Edward Jones is a leading financial services firm in the U.S. and through its affiliate in Canada. The firm's nearly 19,000 financial advisors serve more than 8 million...
The Bridge City/Orangefield Rotary Club presented a check to the Director of the Ministerial Alliance, Melissa Issac, for the purchase of a new refrigerator. Pictured are Rotarians: Sam Comer, Kirk Roccaforte, Jack Comer, Mike Lund, Melissa Issac, Mark Bunch, Jerry Jones, Courtney Arkeen, Mark Messer, Karen Collier, Lucy Fields, David Olsen and John Dubose....
An art museum might be the only place that it's acceptable to stop and stare. The Stark Museum of Art invites the community to do just that now through July 8 to take a longer look at "A Noble Pastime: Hunting Pictures from the Collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation." Since October, guests to the Museum have been able to view a different perspective on a common theme in Southeast Texas - hunting - in "A Noble Pastime." Now the museum wants visitors to take a...
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Field Day will begin Saturday, June 24, in Orange. The ARRL Field Day is held annually on the fourth weekend of June when thousands of radio amateurs gather worldwide to operate their radios from remote locations. The ARRL is the national association for Amateur Radio in the United States representing over 170,000 FCC-licensed Amateur radio operators. The Orange Amateur Radio Club is such a club that will be operating radios on June 24...
The military and social officers of Orangefield High School's drill team, Sophisticats, attended the American Dance and Drill Team officer camp in Dallas/Rockwall and learned many leadership skills along with earning the following individual awards: All American Honorable Mentions: Lt. Landri Bertrand, Lt. Karleigh Engle, Lt. Makayla Merendino, and President Elyse Gunter All American: Capt. Georgia Jones, Lt. Madison Moore, and Lt. Blair Butler All American Kick Company,...
Drama students from West Orange-Stark High School donned Victorian costumes to assist during the Stark House's Summer Reading Festival featuring Sherlock Holmes. The students gave out books and gave some colorful assistant to youngsters sent on a trail to solve a mystery. The community event also got help from the city of Orange fire and police departments, the Orange Public Library, other Stark Cultural Venues, plus others....
Bridge City High School hosted its annual summer basketball camp for youth last week. The camp was led by Coach Smith and Coach Geedertz with help from varsity players on the girls and boys team. A number of awards for different age groups were given. Among the recipients were Ryken Hebert with an MVP. Also, Sutton Gray (left) won for hustle heart and Nora Aycock for MVP....
The City of Orange is thrilled to host the 2023 4th of July Concert and Fireworks Celebration. This event will be open to the public at 5 P.M. on Tuesday, July 4, at the Riverside Pavilion, located at 709 Simmons Drive. The celebration will begin with concessions and activities at 5 P.M. followed by live entertainment by the Drywater Band from 7 P.M. to 9 P.M. A spectacular fireworks display will begin immediately following the concert at 9 P.M. Concessions and kids...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is delighted to announce that Debbie Beard with Bridge City Bank has been named June Employee of the Month. Pictured: Skyler Head, Michelle Richardson, Lucy Fields, Debbie Beard, Paula McGalin, Kim Gilliam, Kim Davis and Brenda Foreman. Photo courtesy of Bridge City Chamber of Commerce...
The annual Cops N Kids was held Friday, June 9, at Claiborne West Park. The event was another successful effort organized by the Orange County Sheriff's Office to introduce young people to local first responders to enhance trust and better relationships between law enforcement and the public. Personnel from the Sheriff's Office in addition to the county constables, officers from police departments in the county, troopers with the Texas Department of Public Safety, first...
The Julie Rogers Gift of Life program will be giving free health screenings for men this Saturday, June 10, at the campus of the former Baptist hospital on Strickland Drive. Appointments are necessary for the screenings, which will include a PSA for prostate cancer, along with testing of blood pressure, cholesterol, hepatitis C, and blood glucose. A physician will be on-site for a consultation. Appointments may be made through giftoflifebmt.org, or by calling...
The Bridge City school district has honored teachers and staff for the 2022-23 school year. Teachers of the Year are Jennifer Fall of Bridge City Elementary, Brittany Lee of Bridge City Intermediate, Marty Taylor of Bridge City Middle, and Daniel Auchenback of Bridge City High. Fall was named Elementary Teacher of the Year and Auchenback was named Secondary Teacher of the Year. Judith Brownlie was named as one of the regional winners of the Wayne A. Reaud Award for excellence...
The American Legion Post 49, Auxiliary Unit 49 and S A L Squadron 49 located at 108 Green Ave in Orange, will host a fish fry on Thursday, June 8th. The menu will consist of fried fish, potato salad, cole slaw, green beans, bread and dessert for $10.00. Orders can be placed on Wednesday, June 7th or Thursday morning, June 8th. Walk-ins are welcome. Delivery is available. To place an order call (409) 886-1241...
Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center invites the public to experience the gardens after-hours during the final Sip and Stroll event in their summer series on June 15 from 5-8 p.m. This event is a collaboration with Free State Cellars. All Sip and Stroll events are free of charge. “We are excited to give the public one more opportunity to join us for Sip and Stroll this summer. With cooler evening temperatures, this is the perfect time of day for visitors to enjoy a...
The 27th Annual Orange County Cops N Kids Picnic will be held Friday, June 9, at Claiborne West Park. The purpose is to allow young people a time to interact in a friendly and fun atmosphere with law officers and other first responders to develop good relationships between them. Cops N Kids is a function where first responders come together to bridge the gap between children and law enforcement according to Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy Richard Guzman. “We want to let the...
The Stark Museum of Art has installed a new acquisition just in time for the influx of professional anglers and fishing fans to the area for the Bassmaster Elite Tournament on the Sabine River, the highest level of professional bass fishing tournament. Artist Tom Windham’s painting, “Trophy Room,” is a beautiful depiction of a largemouth bass, with a twist. Windham transposed the concept of a “trophy room.” In this painting, the largemouth bass is not a taxidermied mount. Th...
