Feb 09 2023
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The South Padre Island City Council held a special meeting on Monday, Feb. 7, 2023. Starting with Public Comments, council member Eva Jean Dalton addressed social media posts regarding cross walks on the Island. “Just a reminder, in the state of Texas…whether there are blinking lights or not, when someone is …
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Feb 09 2023
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel Police Department [PIPD] is coming together to support one of its own. PIPD Administrative Secretary and Court Records Clerk Monica Garza has been living with cancer and traveling from the Lower Laguna Madre to Houston, Texas, for treatment. “Cancer is expensive,” said PIPD Chief Robert Lopez. Garza has …
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Feb 02 2023
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com South Padre Island, now existing at the forefront of space travel, has always attracted those with an aptitude for adventure and an affinity for curiosity. With that in mind, it is no surprise that Craig ‘Mac’ Hines, 54, found himself biking hundreds of miles to the southern tip of Texas, in …
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Feb 02 2023
By AMBER JONES Special to the PRESS Audrey Lorissa Brown, a local artist in the Art Business Incubator’s residency program, will have her first solo exhibition art show at ABI on Saturday, Feb. 11, from 6-8 p.m. Brown is a surrealist artist from Dallas who earned her Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts with a …
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Jan 27 2023
By CATHERINE DONNELLY Special to the PRESS At Tuesday’s, Jan. 24, Port Isabel City Council meeting, City Manager Jared Hockema discussed raising the amount for trash removal services after Republic Services raised their rates by 3.83%. The city is a couple of years into a five-year contract, but there is a stipulation where the company …
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Jan 27 2023
Special to the PRESS Sea Turtle Inc wants community members to mark their calendars for Saturday, May 13. The turtle-saving non-profit is excited to be hosting its second annual Kemp’s Krawl 5k walk/run event, a family fun beach run to help save turtles, at the Holiday Inn Beach Resort on South Padre Island. The run …
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Jan 27 2023
By Rene Torres The Rio Grande Valley occupies a unique and highly important position in the annals of American progress and development. When the dispute between the United States and Mexico became a noticeable conflict, it was in Point Isabel that Fort Pork was born. Zachary Taylor made the seaport the base to supply his …
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Jan 20 2023
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons hosted the La Feria Lionettes this past Friday, Jan. 12 in a district matchup. What looked like a potential blowout for PI at halftime turned into a highly competitive game down the stretch. La Feria trailed by at least 18 points at one …
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Jan 19 2023
Special to the PRESS As Fishing’s Future cast into 2023, founder Shane Wilson suggests picking up a new pair of sunglasses before venturing out on the water. For all Fishing’s Future Master Anglers and their volunteers those sunglasses will come from Flying Fisherman. Fishing’s Future is proud to announce that Flying Fisherman is the “Official …
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Jan 19 2023
Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce Glenn Hamer, President/CEO of Texas Association of Business (TAB) will be guest speaker at the next Quarterly Public Affairs Luncheon scheduled for January 31, 2023 at the Holiday Inn Resort South Padre Island. The luncheon is also being sponsored by …
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