Jan 05 2023
By Rene Torres King James of Scotland complained that golf was keeping his archers from their practice so he issued a ban on golf in 1457. The reverse happened in Brownsville in the 1930s as the who’s who of Brownsville were dashing to the golf course to take lessons. It all happened during the Great …
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Jan 05 2023
By AMBER JONES Special to the PRESS One of the last things someone wants to see while driving is those unmistakable red and blue lights lighting up their rearview mirror, especially during the holiday season. The anxiety of not knowing if one is going to get a ticket is never a fun feeling. However, thanks …
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Jan 05 2023
By Alexandrea Bailey editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Alexa Ray McGarraugh, 27, was born and raised in Laguna Vista Texas. She lived in the same home on Orange Lane, for the entire first 18 years of her life, before she left for university. In that home, with a bin of vintage film photographs, she began a life-long journey with …
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Jan 05 2023
Special to the PARADE “Showtime” declared Pat Hazell one of the five funniest people in America. His 30 years of experience as a writer, producer and director have made him a go-to guy for new American theater. Hazell is one of the original writers for NBC’s “Seinfeld,” a veteran of “The Tonight Show,” contributor to …
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Jan 05 2023
Special to the PARADE Roger DiPietro, actor, teacher and aspiring knight errant, is having a quiet mental breakdown in his brother’s beach house when his 16th century musings are interrupted by the arrival of Bernadette, a beautiful gun moll, and key witness in the murder trial which his brother, Victor DiPietro, is currently prosecuting. Fearing …
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Jan 05 2023
By Rene Torres It was not Jane Russell that wasn’t welcomed in Brownsville, but rather the western movie she stared in, “The Outlaw.” Local church groups and people around the country did not like the idea that so much emphasis was placed on Russell’s … ah, “assets.” In 1941, Howard Hughes, the producer of the …
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Jan 05 2023
By Steve Hathcock I was maybe six years old when I had my first real experience as a treasure hunter. While renovating our house, my dad discovered a secret room under a staircase. Inside the space, which was hardly bigger than a small closet, my parents found hundreds of whisky bottles, old newspapers dating back …
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Dec 29 2022
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Editor’s note: The following is a collection of the top five stories published in the Port Isabel South Padre Press for the year of 2022. 5. HOLIDAY HERO Sophomore performs Heimlich Maneuver on choking freshman On Nov. 16, 2022, Desiree Vidaurri, a sophomore at Port Isabel High School saved her freshman …
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Dec 29 2022
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com On Friday, Dec. 23, as the water cooled overnight, it was expected by Sea Turtle Inc that the temperature would fall below the cold-stun threshold by the morning. The staff and volunteers had spent the previous days preparing for this possibility, and they were ready for the intake of cold-stunned sea …
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Dec 29 2022
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com 2023 is right around the corner, and South Padre Island is gearing up to greet the new year with a bang, and a cheers! On Saturday, Dec. 31, Coconut Jacks will be hosting an “Island Fancy” New Year’s Eve Party, from 9 p.m. – 1 a.m. Nathan Hubble will provide live …
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