Archives for 2018

The Orange City Council Tuesday unanimously approved the preliminary plat for the Cypresswood Village Phase II. The subdivision is off Highway 87 South near FM 105. Public Works Director Jim Wolf said the city and Orange County Drainage District have been working with ITEX, the subdivision's developer, to assure proper drainage and that runoff does not affect existing neighborhoods. Wolf said plans include a detention pond. The council also voted to buy the Orange Police Department two 2018 Ford F-150 pickup trucks from Sabine River Ford in Orange. Police Chief Lane Martin said the … [Read more...] about Orange Council Approves Plat

An 80-year-old Little Cypress woman is hoping to get the ashes of her daughter and husband back. The ashes, one set in a green and blue urn similar to the colors above, and the other in a brown square container, were sold at a moving sale when the woman was in intensive care at an out-of-town hospital. The garage sale was three or four weekends ago at 8129 Canterbury Drive in the Country Squire subdivision off Highway 87 North. Carol Franklin said Tuesday morning she is moving and her realtor recommended a woman to help coordinate a sale for the belongings she was not going to take. … [Read more...] about Ashes Sold At Garage Sale

Seventeen sponsors were awarded money from Hotel Occupancy Tax Funding Tuesday by the Commissioners Court.  The Hotel Occupancy Tax or HOT funds will be distributed in Fiscal Year 2018-2019 totaling $214,362 dollars. The Hotel Occupancy Tax Committee headed by Jessica Hill of the Orange County Economic Development Corporation (EDC) made its recommendations to the Court during a public hearing earlier Tuesday morning.  Hill and the members of the Commissioners Court went over the requests and increased the recommended allocations by about $26,000. The Greater Orange Area Chamber of … [Read more...] about HOT Funds Distributed At CC

Gunshots were fired Monday evening at a house in the Ridgemont subdivision, but no one was injured. Orange police are trying to piece together what happened. Detective Captain Robert Enmon said people have given "wildly conflicting stories." Police were called to the 3700 block of Ridgemont Drive about 5:40 p.m. Enmon said a man living in the house said he fired at a man at his door. He told officers the man was coming to assault him. Enmon said investigators have not been able to tell whether the man at the door intended to do anything wrong. Four shots were fired at someone at the … [Read more...] about Shots Fired Off Ridgemont

The Cypresswood Village subdivision has grown so much ITEX is ready to develop the second phase. The Orange City Council on Tuesday will have a special called meeting to hold a public hearing on the plat. The subdivision is on Highway 87 South near FM 105. Two apartment complexes by ITEX are nearby. One complex is for low-to-moderate-income families and the other is full market apartment. The area is in the Bridge City school district. Earlier in the month, a council member asked about why the subdivision would be in that school district. City Manager Shawn Oubre, who was at his last … [Read more...] about Cypresswood Ready For Phase Two

A workshop Monday night on possible changes to the tax abatement policy in Orange County filled the Commissioners Courtroom.  Mayors, city officials, port district commissioners, school superintendents, and business leaders from across the county attended the one hour meeting. Those in attendance were for all intent unanimous in their opinion that restrictions on the tax abatement policy would hurt growth in Orange County not help it.  The first half of the workshop was a discussion over restrictions to the policy by the members of Commissioners Court. All three County Commissioners … [Read more...] about County Holds Tax Abatement Workshop