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EDITOR’S NOTE: Matagorda County Grants Administrator Crystal Morones was asked about some different local grant-fund projects. Morones provided an overview of those projects in the report that follows. Matagorda County received a total of $8,048,300 for Water and Sewer Improvements.
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
"THS 2025 Val Addison Nesbitt chooses TAMU" by: Jessica Shepard
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Tidehaven High School’s Class of 2025 Valedictorian is Addison Nesbitt. Addison is the daughter of Jennifer Nesbitt, granddaughter to Debbie and Craig Sharp and sister to Madelyn and Chance Nesbitt.
Thursday, May 15, 2025
"THS 2025 Sal Juan Mireles headed to A&M" by: Jessica Shepard
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Juan Mireles, Jr. is the Salutatorian of Tidehaven High School’s Class of 2025. Juan is the son of Juan and Julia Mireles, grandson of Irma and Julian Garcia and brother to Jenna and Jaxen Mireles.
Thursday, May 15, 2025
"Tidehaven to graduate 66" by: Jessica Shepard
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A total of 66 students will graduate from Tidehaven High School starting at 8 p.m. Friday, May 16, at Delvin Taska Memorial Stadium. Valedictorian Addison Nesbitt and Salutatorian Juan Mireles will be recognized and give speeches addressing their fellow classmates and audience members.
Thursday, May 15, 2025
"Port treading water on flood control project" by: Jessica Shepard
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Anchor QEA Coastal Engineer Hayden Smith updated Port of Bay City Authority commissioners on several projects at their monthly meeting last week.
Thursday, May 15, 2025
Sentinel Photo/ Mike Reddell Tenaris scholarship winners join with Tenaris officials, elected officials and friends at the Tenaris scholarship ceremony last week.
Tenaris awards $196K in scholarships to Matagorda County students
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Tenaris has awarded 15 Matagorda County High School seniors with Roberto Rocca scholarships totaling $196,000, marking the 12th anniversary of this scholarship program in Texas.
Thursday, May 15, 2025
Sentinel Photo/Jessica Shepard County Judge Bobby Seiferman presented HIF USA Administrative Assistant Abigail Heisler with a recognition award at the Matagorda County Youth Leadership awards banquet on May 7. The award is for HIF USA’s continued program support for the second year in a row.
"Matagorda County Youth Leadership celebrates graduates" by: Jessica Shepard
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Over 20 students in four countywide school districts were recognized as “2025 Youth Leadership Matagorda County” graduates last week. The students received awards and graduation cords during the May 7 banquet.
Thursday, May 15, 2025
"Hurricane Symposium speakers united on safety, preparedness" by: Jessica Shepard
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Over a dozen speakers stressed the importance of safety and being prepared for hurricane season at the Inaugural Hurricane Symposium last Saturday.
Thursday, May 15, 2025
"Reel Reviews: Netflix’s ‘Havoc’ falls short of being noteworthy despite well-known lead" by: Jessica Shepard
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I don’t know how many other folks have specific actors and actresses that they’ll follow across movie genres, but I’m pretty guilty of doing that myself.Most of the time the movies turn out fairly decent or at least don’t make me regret the time spent watching them for too long.
Thursday, May 15, 2025
Sentinel Photo/Jessica Shepard Graduation ceremonies were held last week for the 2025 Matagorda County Youth Leadership Class at Bay City Country Club. Class members are framed by adult leaders County Judge Bobby Seiferman, far left, and Jessica Russell, far right.
Matagorda County Youth Leadership Class 2025 graduation
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Thursday, May 15, 2025