North Channel Star

BREAKING NEWS: Moya ousted as Galena Park mayor

By David Taylor / Managing Editor Shouts and screams of "We won! We won!" could be heard up and down Clinton Drive late Saturday night as two time challenger Oscar Mireles upset incumbent Mayor Esmeralda Moya in the mayor's race by a large margin, 837 to 700. After years of alleged secrecy, ignoring open record requests, and shortened city council meetings with little accountability, Moya lost the early vote 649 to 572, lost the Election Day votes in Precinct 081 by 62-54, and lost by double digits 106-57 in Precinct 208 on Election Day....

BREAKING NEWS: Moya ousted as Galena Park mayor By David Taylor / Managing Editor Shouts and screams of “We won! We won!” could be heard up and down Clinton Drive late Saturday night as two time challenger Oscar Mireles upset incumbe…

‘Fly day’ at Hamblen Elementary as butterflies released into the sky

By David Taylor / Managing Editor Monday was fly day for dozens of monarch butterflies who had been raised in captivity by several first-grade classes at B. H. Hamblen Elementary school in Channelview. Nurturing the eggs laid by migrating female butterflies and donated to the classes by Briscoe Cain, Sr., today was release day for the colorfully winged insects. “The kids got to experience the whole process of the chrysalis and then get to see our butterfly females,” said a proud Vanessa Lopez, first-grade teacher at Hamblen....

‘Fly day’ at Hamblen Elementary as butterflies released into the sky By David Taylor / Managing Editor Monday was fly day for dozens of monarch butterflies who had been raised in captivity by several first-grade classes at B. H. Hamblen Elementary school in Channelv…

NS Rotary’s 51st crawfish boil and catfish fry reels in big sales, steady crowds

By David Taylor / Managing editor CLOVERLEAF — The smell of seasoned crawfish and hot oil drifted across the North Shore Rotary Pavilion last Saturday as volunteers in aprons moved in practiced rhythms: trays out, tickets torn, raffle stubs collected, silent-auction sheets checked and rechecked. For the public, it’s a single-day tradition — a plate of catfish or crawfish, a chance at a raffle prize and a few hours visiting with neighbors....

NS Rotary’s 51st crawfish boil and catfish fry reels in big sales, steady crowds By David Taylor / Managing editor CLOVERLEAF — The smell of seasoned crawfish and hot oil drifted across the North Shore Rotary Pavilion last Saturday as volunteers in aprons moved in practiced rhy…