Surfside Beach News

When Sharon and Tom Aust discussed how to decorate their yard for the holiday season, they decided to stick with the tradition of building a display of Santa Claus delivering gifts.

The officials of the local Ralph Hanson Post are anxious that the Freeport section do its part in the membership drive, and this assist in the move for additional hospital facilities for more than 5,000 mentally ill veterans.

When Freeport City Council gaveled a public hearing to session this week, officials looked around, but no one had anything to say.

A bar owner has asked the village to follow Freeport's lead and extend its alcohol serving hours.

Pat Benson moved to Surfside Beach to enjoy the water. She was worried about her beachhouse getting swept away by Mother Nature, though, so she bought one on the second row.

Rows of beachhouses have been toppled, and it probably took half of World War I for one army to move its front line enough to match the amount of ground lost to Mother Nature.

More than $6 million is being allocated by the state to bolster Bluewater Highway, which sustained damage during Hurricane Ike.

Noe Thomas laughed and spun around in a mixture of large snowflakes and small raindrops outside Northside Elementary School on Friday afternoon as several schoolmates expressed glee at snow falling so close to Christmas.

A Texas regulator intends to announce plans for the Surfside Beach waterfront Monday in Freeport, and island leaders hope those plans include truckloads of sand destined for the erosion-battered beachfront.

PoliceNewsLink.Com November 16, 2009 SURFSIDE BEACH, TX -- A suspicious device was found outside Surfside's City Hall this morning.

A weekend beach outing with the family, an afternoon round of golf with friends.

SURFSIDE BEACH Ongoing concerns over erosion in the beachfront town of Surfside Beach intensified this week after the eleventh home in fourteen months was swallowed by the Gulf of Mexico.

Some village roadways were submerged early Monday after strong northeast winds pushed water toward the coastline and elevated tides, but the flooding had receded hours later.

More than one year after a family raised concerns about pedestrian beach accessibility, those with special needs now have a way to enjoy the waves.

Howdy! Can you believe this beautiful weather? The ground actually still is a little moist, most of the cracks have swelled closed and the pond is almost full.

A 61-year-old surfer from The Woodlands who went missing Thursday was rescued overnight when he made it to an offshore oil installation.

Surfside Beach leaders have no problem with Freeport taking 122 acres adjacent to the village into the city limits, a move Freeport officials say is being done in advance of a possible development.

EDITOR'S NOTE - Last of three stories examining the proposed constitutional amendments voters will decide Nov.

The bulk of a proposed structure designed to protect a newly rebuilt Bluewater Highway would be underground and not infringe on any private property, Surfside Beach and Treasure Island residents were told during a recent public hearing.

Interviews are expected to begin next week in Freeport for a new police chief. The job has been filled since June by Gus Flores who took over after Jeff Pynes left to become city manager.