Surfside Beach News

While some are packing their bags with Dolly on the way; others packed their surf boards and headed for the stormy waters of Surfside.

Some residents grabbed umbrellas while others broke out their surfboards Wednesday as Brazoria County was brushed by the outer edges of Hurricane Dolly.

While some are packing their bags with Dolly on the way; others packed their surf boards and headed for the stormy waters of Surfside.

As the Hoys made the trip from Smithville to their Surfside Beach house Friday, the family anticipated a week of fishing and relaxing on the sand.

The battle between people who feed birds and squirrels who eat birdseed is a never-ending saga.

According to reports the small plane lost power just before it came down about 100 feet from the shore.

Bear with me as I work my way through a bits-and-pieces column. Nothing of earth-shaking importance, you understand, but I do have a nifty little bird poem to share and I will remark on two tragic deaths that ...

The high price of fuel might be behind a more laid-back Fourth of July weekend than law enforcement officials have seen in years past, officials from several local agencies said.

Visitors and residents will notice beefed-up patrols and a greater law enforcement presence at area beaches this Independence Day weekend.

Let me tell you how things are in Surfside Beach this gloriously hot summer. I recently spent a week at this small community about 40 miles south of Galveston, living in a rented beach house, "The Breakers," ...

A marriage ceremony is a big commitment in more ways than one. There's that part about "until death do you part." But the blessed event also can be a huge commitment in time and money, with the average wedding ...

The number of visitors arriving in the Islands fell more than 7 percent in May and visitor spending declined for the first time in more than a year - more fallout from the recent shutdown of two airlines and ...

The only hurdle contractors laying the revetment along Surfside's Beach Drive have had to overcome so far is the heat.

MONEY RECEIVED FOR LOT AT NEW SURFSIDE BOAT RAMP Surfside Beach has received a $71,000 check from a Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife grant to lay a crushed limestone parking lot at the village's boat ...

Heavy equipment, excavators and dump trucks normally would mar a sunrise beach vista.

Tens of thousands of people hit Brazoria County beaches over the three-day Memorial Day weekend, taking officials and residents of the normally quiet beach village by surprise.

Plowing your husband's Corvette into the Gulf of Mexico is one way to end an argument.

“We do have a proposed project”

A major energy company is considering running an underground petrochemical pipeline from offshore rigs to the inland market through one of several possible routes under Surfside Beach and Quintana. via The Facts

“We would agree with the president's statements”

Defying President Bush's threatened veto, the House overwhelmingly approved a bill Thursday making the Coast Guard enforce security zones around eight liquefied natural gas terminals, including Quintana's ... via The Facts

“This is my city and I want to make sure it is brought forward into the future”

Some new faces join the familiar ones among six candidates for two at-large Surfside City Council seats on the May 10 ballot. via The Facts