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Surfside Beach, Texas is located in Brazoria County. Zip codes in Surfside Beach, TX include 77541. More Surfside Beach information.

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Tuesday Nov 17 | The Family Badge

City hall shut down for most of the morning

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

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

The Facts

Accessibility can't be taken for granted

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

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Wed Nov 11, 2009

KHOU-TV Houston

Erosion, collapsing community concern Surfside Beach residents

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.

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Tue Nov 10, 2009

The Facts

Surfside Beach sees minor morning flooding

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.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

The Facts

Amphibious wheelchair arrives at Surfside

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.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

The Facts

Save your Christmas trees for our beaches

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.

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Fri Oct 23, 2009

Houston Chronicle

Missing Woodlands surfer found safe offshore

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

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Wed Oct 21, 2009

The Facts

Freeport aims to annex 122 acres

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.

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Mon Oct 19, 2009

The Facts

Eminent domain, beaches on ballot

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

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Wed Oct 14, 2009

The Facts

Revetment won't take private land

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.

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Mon Oct 12, 2009

The Family Badge

Freeport Police Chief Interviews Beginning

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.

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Tue Oct 06, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

Woman not guilty in driving death

An Horry County jury took about 30 minutes Tuesday to find a Garden City Beach woman not guilty on charges that resulted from the 2005 drunken driving death of a 15-year-old Surfside Beach teen.

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Sun Oct 04, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

US Shipping Partners' bankruptcy plan confirmed

Petroleum and chemical shipper U.S. Shipping Partners LP said Thursday that a New York bankruptcy court has confirmed its reorganization plan.

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Thu Oct 01, 2009

The Facts

Disaster funding process advances

Surfside Beach officials are hoping to give the village's Hurricane Ike damaged roads some much needed attention after second-round funding from the Texas Department of Rural Affairs is disbursed.

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Tue Sep 29, 2009

The Facts

Weather helps volunteers at beach cleanup

Volunteers picked up more than 51,175 pounds of trash from Brazoria County beaches last weekend as part of a statewide coastal cleanup effort, shattering a record set at this year's spring cleanup.

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Thu Sep 24, 2009

The Facts

Officials say local beaches are safe

Dara Dalton has used the water off Surfside Beach as her playground for years, first to swim and now to surf.

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Tue Sep 22, 2009

The Facts

County beach cleanups are Saturday

Howdy! It's time to remind everyone that Saturday we are having our semi-annual beach cleanup.

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Sat Sep 19, 2009

The Facts

Beach protection plan unfair to Surfside

A lot of excitement surrounded Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson's recent announcement of the biggest beach protection program in our state's history.

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Fri Sep 18, 2009

The Facts

County has received $79 million from FEMA

When Wallace Neeley drove over the Quintana bridge after evacuating from Hurricane Ike, dunes had been flattened and beach sand was so far inland the town had a new look.

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Wed Sep 16, 2009

The Facts

Being green is dollars, sense for Surfside

For Surfside Beach, it really wasn't easy being green. It took a glancing, but destructive, hit last summer from Hurricane Ike, but now Surfside's making the most of that setback to rebuild Stahlman Park while striking a blow of its own for the environment.

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