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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

 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,...

  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...