Jamaica Beach News

Don Moore, 67, veteran Texas lawman and Jamaica Beach police officer for the past 10 years, passed away at 3 o'clock this morning in UTMB Hospital where he was admitted November 4th after suffering a massive heart attack.

Don Moore has been the friendly, neighorhood cop around Jamacia Beach for the past 10 years.

That is due largely to tourist traffic that travels to or through the village each summer.

More than 500 owners are likely to get offers for their Hurricane Ike-damaged houses from the county as commissioners near a decision on a massive buyout program that ultimately could include as many as 800 properties.

A 3-day training seminar of the Airborn Law Enforcement Association kicked off yesterday at the San Luis Resort and Convention Center on Seawall Blvd.

Don Moore, a Jamaica Beach police officer, filled up his truck on his day off last week at a local Valero gas station.

JAMAICA BEACH, Texas - Don Moore, a Jamaica Beach police officer, filled up his truck on his day off last week at a local Valero gas station.

As announced at Masses in the Galveston region this past weekend, the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston will be consolidating the physical facilities of Holy Family Parish, the new faith community established to serve Catholics on Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula.

In just a few more days it will have been 14 months since Hurricane Ike visited the beaches of Galveston County, yet there remains homes like this one that have been abandoned, left untouched by the owner, abandoned for the state or federal government to tear down and clean up.

JAMAICA BEACH / UPDATE- Don Moore continues to recover in the Intensive Care Unit at UTMB Hospital.

Veteran Jamaica Beach Police Officer Don Moore, 67, suffered a heart attack Wednesday afternoon as he pumped gas into his motorcycle at the Valero station on FM-3005 in Jamaica Beach.

A Shepherd man who law enforcement officials said was killed in a motorcycle crash during the Lone Star Rally weekend is actually alive and recovering from his injuries, family members said Tuesday.

A 39-year old Sheppard, Texas man was killed late Friday night as he rode with a group of bikers on the San Luis Pass Highway westbound entering Jamaica Beach.

It's a bad time for a tax increase, but city officials have made a convincing case that Santa Fe residents should invest in public buildings.

Federal, state, county and municipal law enforcement officer's from throughout the central region of Texas are expected to be in attendance November 11-13 for a training seminar y the Airborne Law Enforcement Association.

Charities armed with federal dollars to help hurricane victims find help Monday recruited Galveston County mayors, constables, firefighters and postmasters to help them track down people still living in hurricane-damaged homes.

County commissioners are expected within the next month to decide whether to push ahead with buyouts of about 560 homes or properties - mostly on the Bolivar Peninsula - that were destroyed or severely damaged by Hurricane Ike.

Dozens of people from all over the Houston area picked up debris from the 1-mile strip of beach at Jamaica Beach Saturday as part of the Texas General Land Office's Adopt-A-Beach program.

An hour before the historic Mass began and a year after Hurricane Ike displaced Catholics from their previous parishes on Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula, the faithful begin entering the Galveston Island Convention Center.

Residents on Galveston's West End say they're still feeling victimized by Hurricane Ike because of lingering problems in their neighborhoods - specifically Bermuda Beach, Jamaica Beach and Spanish Grant Beach.