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Four more years, renewed fears
By Carly Davin Nation, Special to the MONTROSE STAR –– As of this writing we are three months into Trump’s second term. Every day I wake up to news of
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23rd Street Station’s Sherry Boyett
By Johnny Trlica –– Does a tourist town with over eight million visitors a year have a slow season? For Galveston, the answer is definitely a “yes.” While May through
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GALVESTON IS MARCHING TO THE BEAT: It’s Mardi Gras time on the island
By Forest Riggs –– After a little cold snap that dampened some early festivities, the parades, music and partying for Mardi Gras 2025 kicked off on February 21. Friday evening
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PLUM LOCO MOTIVES: All aboard the Trump train
Trump may have an oceanfront condo in Gaza-Lago he wants to sell you...
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TEX-NEXT
Is Urbe the softer side of Hugo’s? By Jim Ayres –– I’m sick of Tex-Mex. Sick, sick, sick, sick, sick of it. And judging from TABC sales figures, lots of
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‘Wicked’ star Cynthia Erivo joins ‘Blood and Bone’
By Romeo San Vicente –– Queer Academy Award nominee Cynthia Erivo has joined a large ensemble cast for “The Woman King” filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood’s latest, “Children of Blood and Bone.”
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Trump
By D’Anne Witkowski –– It is simply impossible to keep up with the barrage of antiLGBTQ+ news coming out of the Trump Administration. Upontaking office, Trump wasted no time signing
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CONNECTING THE DOTS
By Forest Riggs –– The artistic legacy of Mark L. Watford In January, Galveston Island was treated to a showing of the fantastic art works by long-deceased island resident and
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National debt problem, part 3
By Rick Ehrlich –– In the previous Parts 1 and 2, we discussed the dramatic explosion of the U.S.A.’s national debt, going from $5 trillion to $36 trillion in just
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Eagle Houston’s Chris Contello
By Johnny Trlica –– For thirty years starting in 1984, The 611 Hyde Park Pub was a neighborhood favorite. If that address sounds familiar it’s because the building is now
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KIBBLE OR REAL FOOD?
By SA Tripi –– Feeding Fido So many of us strive to eat well, exercise and take care of our bodies. I can’t speak for everyone, but I’d like to
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UNDER HIS EYE
By Nancy Ford –– And so it begins Well gang, here we are. Barely a month after he raised his pudgy little left hand — though notably didn’t place his