• Huge Damage to Northeast in Sandy’s Path; Millions Without Power [New York Times]
• ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’ Ship Bound for Galveston Sunk by Hurricane Sandy off North Carolina’s Outer Banks [Galveston County Daily News]
• More Cartoon-Like Renderings of Exhibits Planned for New Downtown Tourism Center [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Texas’s First Driver’s License Megacenter Opens in Pflugerville Today; Spring and Rosenberg Locations To Open by End of January [Houston Chronicle]
• Sears To Close 2 Woodlands Product Rebuild Centers Next Year, Cut 117 Jobs [Houston Business Journal]
• Nonno Tony’s World Kitchen Slated To Open in Time for Biker Rally Thursday at Pier 21 [Galveston County Daily News]
• TxDOT Officially Awards $1.04B Contract To Design, Build, Maintain 38 Miles of the Grand Parkway [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Deadline for Public Comment on Plans for I-45 Expansion Is Nov. 9 [The Leader]
• Councilman Davis Takes Hands-On Approach to Cleaning Up District B [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Politicians Using Tax Dollars To Put Their Names on Hundreds of Road Signs [KHOU]
• Slideshow: Houston’s Largest Boutique Hotels [Houston Business Journal]
• East Montgomery County Improvement District Spent 2 Full Years of Tax Revenues on Stalled New Caney Theme Park, Donations to Defunct Nonprofit [Click2Houston; part 2; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Annunciation Orthodox School: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool