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Battleship views, barking dogs in League City, and a historic home in Texas City

What if you were eating at a restaurant in Galveston overlooking the harbor, but the view was blocked by a big, gray wall of some kind?

That's what the managers of Katie's Seafood Restaurant at Pier 21 in Galveston are having to consider if plans go through for the Battleship Texas to be docked in front of the restaurant.

In League City, barking dogs prompted the city to install a sound wall which is designed to blocking the noise for nearby residents following sound studies to determine how to address their complaints.

And Texas City hosted free tours over the weekend of the Bell House, the oldest building in the city's 1867 Settlement Historic District, a community founded by freed slaves after the Civil War.

But you can also get a peek inside the Bell House on one of the museum's tours Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m. -4 p.m., including for groups of 10 (minimum) for $5 person and the group can a tour of a historic home, including the Bell House for an additional $6 per home.

Yvette Orozco, Suburban reporter producer

yvette.orozco@houstonchronicle.com

Need to Know

Since the opening of the animal shelter facility in 2019, the city has received complaints about loud, excessive barking during the time when shelter is utilizing outdoor kennels and exercise areas. The shelter is located between two residential communities.

Photo by: City Of League City

League City looks to muffle animal shelter noise with new sound wall

League City is turning down the volume at its animal shelter with a wall system designed to minimize the sound of barking dogs.

NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test Commander Butch Wilmore (L) and Pilot Suni Williams walk out of the Operations and Checkout Building on June 05, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The astronauts are heading to Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, which sits atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, for NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Photo by: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Starliner delivers two NASA astronauts to the space station

The Boeing Starliner spacecraft arrived aboard the International Space Station on Thursday with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.

Openings and Closings

The Peach Truck has opened for the summer at Baybrook Mall in the parking lot behind the Container Store.

The truck will be selling peaches from the orchard from 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. through August.

Peach Truck Schedule: June 17th, July 8th, July 29th, Aug. 19th

Shout out

Here's a shoutout to all the athletes who participated in the 2024 Wheelchair Wind-Up Softball Tournament at the Verne Cox Multipurpose Recreation Center

1st Place- PARASports
2nd Place- Tulsa Twisters
3rd Place- STRAPS
All Tournament Awards:
Super Slugger- Chuck from PARASports
Hottest Hands- Israel from PARASports
Rookie of the Year- Aaron from Texas High Rollers

One last thing …

Cell towers disguised as trees? Or trees disguised as cell towers? Read Sondra Hernandez's story about Conroe's "monopines", giant pine trees meant to blend into the landscape.