At the Baytown City Council public hearing about the red light camera initiative petition on 8-24-10 Byron Schirmbeck, (director of saferbaytown.com), presented to city officials the accident data reported by Baytown Police Department to TXDOT indicating a dramatic increase in accidents at camera monitored intersections this past year. After hearing...

Annual Festival Heats Up Baytown’s Bicentennial Park   Practice your “grito” (a passionate Mexican celebratory shout) and hone your jalapeño eating technique, the 5th Annual Baytown Grito Fest is heating up to be a rousing good time at the city’s Bicentennial Park (1001 Market Street) on Saturday, September 11. Activities begin at 8 a.m. with...

City Offices to Close for Labor Day  City offices, including those at City Hall, Public Works, and Utility Billing, will be closed Monday, September 6, in observance of Labor Day.  All offices will re-open for business at their regular time on Tuesday, September 7.   All emergency services and residential trash and curbside recycling collection will...

Water System Conversion Part of Normal Maintenance Program   City of Baytown and Baytown Area Water Authority (BAWA) customers might temporarily notice something a little different about their water. As part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to maintain the delivery of high quality drinking water, BAWA will temporarily change the disinfectant used...

Several of you have asked for this information –  At tonight’s Special Meeting, the Baytown City Council voted to put the red light camera initiative on the November ballot.  

A COMMUNITY-WIDE RESPONSIBLE BEVERAGE SERVICE CAMPAIGN The Southeast Harris Community Coalition (SEHCC) in collaboration with the Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission (TABC) is announcing its Responsible Beverage Service Campaign throughout the communities of Southeast Harris County.  The goal of this campaign is to reduce underage drinking and other...

Pirates Bay Waterpark Shifts to Fall Hours  Although you wouldn’t know it from the temperature, another summer is heading into the history books as surely as children head back into the classroom. After a phenomenal inaugural season with over 60,000 visitors, Pirates Bay Waterpark will cease summer operating hours this Sunday, August 22. Beginning...

The most recent mandatory accident report at camera monitored intersection submitted to TXDOT by the Baytown police department shows a dramatic and dangerous increase in all types of accidents compared to the previous year’s report. Long term studies by independant universites (sources below) predicted this would be the case at red light camera...

 Water System Conversion Part of Normal Maintenance Program  City of Baytown and Baytown Area Water Authority (BAWA) customers might temporarily notice something a little different about their water. As part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to maintain the delivery of high quality drinking water, BAWA will temporarily change the disinfectant used...

  BPD to Rigorously Enforce School Zones     With the beginning of a new school year less than a week away, the Baytown Police Department wants to remind drivers that children will soon head back to the classroom. That means more pedestrian and bicycle traffic, more school buses on the road, and reduced speed school zones in effect at all area...