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Birds on a 500-acre peninsula. A Cuban at 4 a.m. A free ferry that still crosses the ship channel. HERE is the daily index of Baytown, Texas.
Today's edition
Breakfast before work
The earliest doors serve plant, construction, hospital and driving schedules.
Did you know?
Screenwriter William Broyles Jr., raised in Baytown, earned an Academy Award nomination for co-writing Apollo 13 and later wrote Cast Away and Flags of Our Fathers.
Source: docs.gato.txst.eduHappening now
- NTHSThu, 3 p.m.
- Gamma Nu Monthly MeetingThu, 5:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball: Ross S. Sterling High at TournamentFri, 8 a.m. · Lee High School
- Credit Recovery/EdgenuityFri, 3 p.m.
- Basketball: Ross S. Sterling High vs Northbrook High School BBB VFri, 7 p.m. · Sterling Boys Gym
- Basketball: Goose Creek Memorial High vs Channelview High School ChannelviewFri, 7 p.m. · Goose Creek Memorial competition gym
Daily game · Guess the place
Which shop is on Garth Rd?
Correct.Not quite. The answer: Burlington. See it →
Did you know?
The Baytown Nature Center's peninsula, once the Brownwood subdivision, now hosts more than 300 bird species according to Texas Parks and Wildlife's coastal birding trail.
Source: tpwd.texas.govHappening now
- Credit Recovery/EdgenuityFri, 3 p.m.
- Basketball: Ross S. Sterling High vs Northbrook High School BBB VFri, 7 p.m. · Sterling Boys Gym
- Basketball: Goose Creek Memorial High vs Channelview High School ChannelviewFri, 7 p.m. · Goose Creek Memorial competition gym
- Attendance RecoverySat, 8 a.m.
- Neighborhood Clean-UpSat, 8:30 a.m. · Baytown Shrine Club
- Little Movers: Dino Dance by 404 DanceSat, 9 a.m. · Jenkins Park
Daily game · Three questions
Fill in the missing number.
1. Lee Junior College opened its doors in September ____ with just 177 students and four full-time faculty among twelve total instructors.
Correct.Not quite. The answer: 1934. Source: tshaonline.org
2. The ____ Galveston Bay and Sabine Lake oyster reef restoration project, costing about $4.7 million, was funded largely through federal fees paid on offshore oil and gas leases under the Coastal Impact Assessment Program.
Correct.Not quite. The answer: 2014. Source: tpwd.texas.gov
3. In the early 1970s a Houston-area congressman called Galveston Bay the most polluted body of water in the United States; the ____ Clean Water Act helped turn that around.
Correct.Not quite. The answer: 1972. Source: gbep.texas.gov
Today's edition
Cove and Old River-Winfree
Cove and Old River-Winfree are two small Chambers County cities east of Mont Belvieu, and not the Cove near Fort Hood.
Did you know?
Texas recreational anglers landed more than 12 million pounds of saltwater finfish worth about $700 million dockside in a single recent year, much of it caught in bays like Galveston and Trinity.
Source: tshaonline.orgHappening now
- Neighborhood Clean-UpSat, 8:30 a.m. · Baytown Shrine Club
- Women's Golf ClinicSat, 9:30 a.m. · Eagle Pointe Golf Course
- North Main MarketSat, 10 a.m. · VFW Post 912
- Girls Basketball: Ross S. Sterling High at Lee TournamentSat, 10 a.m. · Lee High School
- Kokedama WorkshopSat, 10 a.m. · Snobs Coffee
- Coffee with Christians: Pasadena, TXSat, 12 p.m. · Restaurant of the Week
Daily game · Word game
Unscramble the letters · A street name here
Correct.Not quite. The answer: Commerce.
Today's edition
Where the wind comes from
Did you know?
Golfer Fred Marti, born in Baytown on November 15, 1940, played on the University of Houston's 1962 NCAA championship golf team before turning pro.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHappening now
- 5th Grade Lunch OutingSun, 12:15 p.m. · Little Flock Baptist Church
- Computer AssistanceMon, 1 p.m. · Stratford Branch Library
- Ideal Book ClubMon, 2 p.m. · Stratford Branch Library
- Credit Recovery/EdgenuityMon, 3 p.m.
- Tween STEM: Pumpkin TowersMon, 5 p.m. · Sterling Municipal Library
- Basketball: E F Green Junior School vs Michael R. Null Middle SchoolMon, 5 p.m. · E F Green Comp. Gym
Daily game · Guess the place
Which restaurant is on W Baker Rd?
Correct.Not quite. The answer: The Flavor Station. See it →
This week: Birding Week + duck season · Five things for migration week: guided walks (register), Wetlands Center, best ponds, layers, Anahuac refuge
Open an event for the latest details before you go.
This week's list · leaves Thursday
Pho and ramen
Did you know · new at midnight
The Handbook of Texas dates the establishment of the City of Baytown to January 24, 1948.
Source: tshaonline.orgStorm surge and Baytown: what the water did →What changed
- Golden Corral breaks ground on I-10, opening planned for April 2027
- Opening soon: dates for Dick's, Barnes & Noble, Sam's Club and the Marketplace
- Holidays 2026: trash days, closures, store hours and the parade
- New ambulance in service: Baytown Fire put a new advanced life support ambulance, Medic 1, in service at Fire Station 1.
- Goose Creek CISD: the school board extended Superintendent Joe Rodriguez's contract through June 2029, with no raise.
- Barbers Hill ISD tax rate: the district kept its total tax rate at $1.0523 per $100 of value for 2026–27, the same as last year.
- Guns in city parks: the City's park rules now ban firing a gun in a park instead of banning carrying one.
- Police chief named to national group: Police Chief John Stringer was named to the International Association of Chiefs of Police's Policy Center Advisory Group, which reviews model policies for police departments.
- Closing: SpeakEasy Boutique, 300 W.
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ER, urgent care or clinic, explained before you need it.
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Things to do this weekend →Everything for parents →
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Weekend
48 hours in Baytown
A dawn Nature Center, a downtown afternoon, a ferry, and the patio that earns the overnight.
School sports
Basketball: Ross S. Sterling High at McDonalds Invitational
Basketball — Ross S. Sterling High School plays away at Pasadena Memorial High School.
- When
- Memorial High School · Thursday, Nov. 19 · 10 a.m.
- Where
- Memorial High School
This week's essay
The birds know the way
Birding Week, in November, is when the peninsula fills up. Not with people, though the Nature Center gets more of those too, standing in…
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