🌱 What changes as Groves Public Library welcomes its new director?
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In today's newsletter:
- What changes as Groves Public Library welcomes its new director?
- How a Nederland restaurant closure ties back to Groves’ Cajun legacy
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Friday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 84 and low of 77 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Groves Library Bids Farewell to Ms. Lou as Director Keilah Baaheth Steps In (panews.com) — Groves Public Library is transitioning as longtime director Louella “Ms. Lou” Doucet retires after 45 years and Keilah Baaheth steps into the leadership role. The pair reflect on decades of helping residents, while Baaheth prepares for a busy Summer Reading Program and plans the library’s direction for the coming school year and fiscal year. 
• Judice's 1927 announces restaurant closure (panews.com) — A longtime Southeast Texas food institution, Judice's 1927, has closed its Nederland restaurant, though the 1927 Meat Market on Nederland Avenue remains open and carrying on the family’s Cajun traditions. The story traces the Judice family’s nearly century-long legacy, including Larry’s transformation of the family store in Groves into Larry’s French Market & Cajun Restaurant, which many local diners still know well.
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🗞 Nearby News
Port Neches
- Temporary water taste and odor changes expected in Port Neches amid water treatment process (12newsnow.com)
- Dorsey Vega (kogt.com)
Nederland
- Teen who fled Nederland robbery caught on surveillance footage, sentenced to two decades (12newsnow.com)
- Nederland Police calls and arrests, May 25-May 31 (panews.com)
- Petrochemicals To Rebound in 2026 (pboilandgasmagazine.com)
Bridge City
- SETX Cajun seafood restaurant staple closes its doors for good (beaumontenterprise.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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