🌱 La Marque heads to Pasadena for football playoff opener
La Marque, Texas Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning to you La Marque! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- La Marque heads to Pasadena for football playoff opener
- Lone Star Rally ends with arrests and incomplete enforcement totals
- La Marque crews help battle destructive Dickinson garage fire
Also on today's calendar: Best Seller's Book Launch Party and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Wednesday: A passing morning shower, with a high of 73 and low of 64 degrees.
- Thursday: Partly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 76, low: 61.
- Friday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 75 and low of 61 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• The Road to Arlington Begins (thepostnewspaper.net) — La Marque opens its football playoff run against North Forest at 7 p.m. Friday at Pasadena ISD Veterans Memorial Stadium. Basketball adds to the busy week, with La Marque’s girls at the Baytown Lee Tournament and the boys visiting Scarborough at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. 
• Lone Star Rally packs island amid police patrols (galvnews.com) — Galveston police reported 53 arrests in Lone Star Rally event areas Thursday through Saturday, while totals from a separate countywide task force remained unavailable. La Marque police were listed among agencies assisting both efforts. More than 15 motorcycle crashes were reported during the weekend, including at least one fatality on the Bolivar Peninsula.
• Fire Destroys Two-Story Garage in Dickinson; Multiple Agencies Respond (kgtx7news.com) — A fire destroyed a two-story garage in Dickinson early Tuesday and damaged a home and a neighbor’s garage, drawing mutual-aid crews from La Marque and other communities. No injuries were reported. Investigators have not determined whether the blaze was connected to a nearby utility pole fire reported minutes earlier.
📸 Around La Marque
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Fall Sweep →
La Marque City Hall, 1111 Bayou Road, La Marque
8:00 am
Saturday November 14
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Other local events
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Best Seller's Book Launch Party →
La Marque Public Library, 1011 Bayou Road, La Marque
12:00 pm -
Market on the Bayou →
Mac McGaffey Highland Bayou Park, 1991 Getty Road, La Marque
3:00 pm -
Market on the Bayou Ribbon Cutting →
Mac McGaffey Highland Bayou Park, 1991 Getty Road, La Marque
3:30 pm -
Coffee Slime →
La Marque Public Library, 1011 Bayou Road, La Marque
4:00 pm -
Copy of Family Financial Literacy Day →
La Marque Public Library, 1011 Bayou Road, La Marque
4:30 pm -
Native American Heritage Month: Slahal, The Stick Game →
La Marque Public Library, 1011 Bayou Road, La Marque
4:00 pm -
Galveston County - Onions & Garlic Talk & Tour →
Discovery Garden in Carbide Park, 4102 Main St, La Marque
9:00 am -
City Council Regular Meeting →
La Marque Council Chambers, 1109B Bayou Road, La Marque
6:00 pm
Saturday November 14
Sunday November 15
Tuesday November 17
Wednesday November 18
Thursday November 19
Saturday November 21
Monday November 23
📣 La Marque Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Preschool Storytime (Ages 3-5) →
Texas City TX
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Baby Sensory Investigations →
Texas City TX
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Navigation Day →
Nessler Civic Center, 2010 5th Ave. N., Texas City
11:00 am
Wednesday November 11
Thursday November 12
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Is anyone familiar with or working with a VSO - Veteran Service Officer in the Texas City area?
My husband is a veteran and is needing assistance with VA disability benefits. Thank you for any information provided. (Nextdoor Fairwood)
- SAS Retail Services posted a job opening for Travel Retail Merchandiser - Overnight in La Marque. Apply here.
- Sam's Club posted a job opening for Freezer, Cooler and Deli Stocker Associate in La Marque. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near La Marque here.
🗞 Nearby News
Texas City
- Texas City High School senior Emily Perez (thepostnewspaper.net)
- From free meals to parades, Galveston County celebrates veterans (galvnews.com)
- Land office to host meeting about Beryl damage in Galveston County (galvnews.com)
Santa Fe
- Santa Fe teen singer Allie Rae reflects on her run on ‘The Voice' (click2houston.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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