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Twice the fun?

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Five sets of twins are enrolled at Guajardo Elementary School in Texas City. Angel and Angela Wilcox, from left, are in first grade. David and Samuel Ortiz are in kindergarten. Isabella and Hailey Bradberry are in fourth grade. Ivann and Evann Astorga and Joaquin and Phoenix Hernandez are in first grade. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds

At one Texas City elementary school, five sets of twins roam the halls

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Twin engines

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Two twin Santa Fe Super Chief Warbonnet locomotives are stationed back to back at the Galveston Railroad Museum. The pair was renamed for George and Cynthia Mitchell, who helped finance the launch of the museum 35 years ago. Photo by Kelsey Walling

Identical locomotives find their home at island railroad museum

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A rich palette

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Galveston Artist Residency co-founder and director Eric Schnell walks through the main gallery, which features a new artist’s work every couple months and is a stop in Galveston’s ArtWalk. Photo by Kelsey Walling

Artists from all over build a community and careers in island’s downtown

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‘I’m home’

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Bonnie Dues holds handmade, traditional Christmas tree decorations in her Dickinson home. Homemade decorations would make the majority of her childhood tree, she said. Photo by Kelsey Walling

Dickinson resident returns to house damaged by Hurricane Harvey ready to celebrate the holidays

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A seat at the table

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The grand dining room at the Moody Mansion is available to rent for seated dinners. Chef Paul Mendoza, program director of culinary arts at Galveston College, and his students created a holiday menu inspired by notes Mary Moody Northen kept detailing her dinner parties at the mansion. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds

Mansion’s dining room, known for elaborate holiday entertaining, opens to the public

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