Category: News
The annual Galveston ARToberFEST is an open-air celebration of creativity featuring over 100 exceptional artists from across the nation, showing a diverse array of fine arts, including painting, sculpture, jewelry, photography, and more. Now in its 28th, year the festival will take place on October 18th and 19th, 2025, along Galveston’s Postoffice Street, between 21st […]
The Bolivar Peninsula Chamber of Commerce has a new addition to its team. Courtney Ellison, a Surfside resident who has called Bolivar home for the past three years, is stepping into her role at the Chamber. Although her exact title is still being finalized, Courtney expects to work closely with Chamber leadership on administrative duties, […]
A beloved tradition spanning over 25 years, Bolivar Peninsula Charities (formerly Texas Crab Festival Charities) is hosting its Annual Christmas Bike Drive. This drive aims to bring joy to local children by providing them with shiny new bicycles for Christmas. Bikes and helmets are purchased with donations from generous community members and sponsors. As Bolivar […]
Whoa! Hold On a Second There, Cowbuddy!By J. Lee AustinHard to believe it’s been over two years since we bid farewell to the dark piney thickets of east Texas and made the vertical move south to live on a peninsula with expansive sandy reaches, sparkling sea, warm people and horizons to infinity. It’s been a […]
The Bolivar Peninsula Chamber of Commerce is proud to celebrate its 50th Anniversary, marking half a century of fostering economic growth, supporting local businesses, and enhancing the quality of life on the Bolivar Peninsula. Founded with the filing of its Articles of Incorporation on October 28, 1975, the Bolivar Peninsula Chamber of Commerce was created […]
By Linda Elissalde Elinor and Pat Tinsley, with help from family and friends, celebrated the upcoming birth of a new grandson. Elinor’s handsome son William Luke and his beautiful fiancée Meagan Venable will welcome a baby boy in late November or early December. Everyone is thrilled, but no one is more excited than soon-to-be big […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of Curranomics. I’ve been away for a few weeks, but now I’m back; I couldn’t possibly leave the storied Crystal Beach Investor Center unattended for too long. TL/DR (Too Long/Didn’t Read) Summary: Was a mostly uneventful week until today when a mere mention of the word “tariffs” was enough to […]
Check out the upcoming events on Bolivar Peninsula—there’s always something going on! From community gatherings and outdoor adventures, the calendar is packed with fun for everyone. Whether you’re a local or just visiting, don’t miss out.
Sailing, sailing, over the bounding main; For many a stormy wind shall blow, ere Jack comes home again! The song chorus above is widely known and appears in many children’s songbooks. It appears in Disney cartoons as well. It is a very upbeat song written in 1880. It is an appropriate lead-in to this column, […]
Galveston Bay surface water temperature 78 degrees, water clarity varies depending upon where you are on the bay, with East of Triple Cut being a little more stained for the most part. Fishing continues to improve in East Galveston Bay, with cooler evening air and dropping water temperatures, and good tide movement over the past […]