Austwell News

Lions breakfast The Austwell-Tivoli Lions Club will host an all-you-can-eat pancake, sausage, coffee and orange juice breakfast on Saturday, Nov.

Endangered whooping cranes appear to be in the southern half of their migration corridor and could be arriving as soon as next Tuesday, a spokesman for the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge said.

Austwell-Tivoli Lions Club sponsored a drawing to benefit the A-T Elementary School.

Notice of Public Hearing NOTICE IS GIVEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 551, GOVERNMENT CODE , TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT, that the Refugio Groundwater Conservation District Board of Directors will hold a meeting on Monday, October 26, 2009 at 6 p.m., at the Refugio County Courthouse, Commissioner's Courtroom at 808 Commerce Street in Refugio, Texas Under ...

Sheets of water and roadside puddles of rain reflected various shades of overhead gray, which I tried to ignore in favor of sweet optimism for a day on San Antonio Bay with friends.

Originally published October 5, 2009 at 5:03 p.m., updated October 5, 2009 at 5:05 p.m. TOTAL RAINFALL Weekend rainfall totals include: 3.88 to 4.68 inches in the Austwell area.

The 23rd annual Adopt-A-Beach clean-up will pick it up a notch at three area beaches on Saturday.

The City of Austwell has a 2009 Texas Community Development Block Grant award from the Office of Rural Community Affairs under the Community Development Fund.

In a normal year in August, Bayside Richardson Gin is powered up and running 24 hours-a-day, seven days a week.

In a normal year in August, Bayside Richardson Gin is powered up and running 24 hours-a-day, seven days a week.

They had the land and the plan ready for a 3,000-square-foot retirement home. But sticker shock and a sour economy spurred Lee and Donna McCollough to downsize their dream into a 336-square-foot "country cabin." "It was mostly an economic move.

I talked hub into my art festival weekend, and it was an enjoyable one. I got cards from the artists who appealed to my tastes, and enjoyed the past, now present modern art that seemed to dominate the festival.

It hasn't happened, yet! Two weeks ago, the Refugio County Press enclosed an excellent brochure to help you plan for a hurricane.

The Austwell Volunteer Fire Department will hold a July 4th Fish Fry Fundraiser at the Austwell City Park.

Refugio County harvest looks bleak

Originally published June 11, 2009 at 8:54 p.m., updated June 11, 2009 at 8:54 p.m. After Saigon fell in 1975, churches brought thousands of Vietnamese to the United States.

Austwell Volunteer Fire Department was presented a check from the DeGoLa RC&D for $500, Monday night at their bi-monthly training/meeting. Lenny Anzaldua Refugio County DeGoLa representative said every year DeGoLa gives out small grants to needy organizations.

Of the nine incumbents in the local general election on Saturday, seven were returned to office and two lost to challengers.