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Retired Coast Guard officer struck at Pompano Boat Ramp

By KREIG KOHL On Nov. 10, while walking home from his routine workout, retired Coast Guard Lieutenant Commander Barry Chambers, 81, was struck by a motor vehicle exiting the boat ramp near Pompano Street in Port Isabel. A police investigation was started and is still ongoing as of the time of this article’s publishing. Speaking …

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Audubon Society sets Christmas Bird Count dates

Special to the PRESS SAN BENITO—Valley residents, Winter Texans, visitors, birders and those just getting interested in birding are invited to join a team in the count areas for the annual Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count. The CBC is a one-day event  per  area  within established count circles. The local counts are listed  below  with …

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Football fandom made a splash after war

By Rene Torres After WWI, the craving for sports grew just like the consumption for liquor did as well.  The roaring twenties was the decade of progress, prohibition, jazz, speakeasies and a period that also saw a tremendous growth in the popularity of sports. Boxing led the way; the largest crowd and biggest moneymaker occurred …

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Automatic sprinklers must be turned off to avoid lawn disease

By R. Lewis Now entering the middle of Dec. and quickly approaching Christmas and the New Year holidays, it appears that we have finally moved into a long period of more normal weather for the lower Laguna Madre region.  The push of cold air and the nearly ten days of drizzle and light rain have …

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Birding Center takes home first place at Christmas Parade

By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Padre Boulevard was aglow as holiday spirit illuminated the Island the evening of Friday, Dec. 2. Friends, families and loved ones lined the streets to witness the 33rd Annual SPI Christmas Parade. However, this year it wasn’t all Santa hats and jingle bells. A live alligator, escorted by the Island’s very …

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PIHS Silver Tarpon Band shines at the ATSSB HS All Region Band Competition

  Special to the PRESS Forty-two students from the Port Isabel HS Band “shined” bright this past Saturday, Dec. 3, at the ATSSB HS All-Region Band competition held at Rio Hondo High School.  High school band students from Port Isabel to Rio Grande City participated in the ATSSB annual competition that leads to the Texas …

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Police Blotter

PUBLIC INTOXICATION 49.02: On Nov. 27, 2022, at around 00:19 hours, contact was made with an employee at a convenience store located at 5000 Padre Boulevard. Throughout the course of the contact, it was determined that the employee was highly intoxicated and was placed under arrest for Public Intoxication. PUBLIC INTOXICATION/EMS: On Nov. 27, 2022, …

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Moments in Time

A LEARNED CAT The Lewiston Journal tells a story to establish the fact that cats are intelligent, as well as dogs. The owner of one in that place taught Tom to trade mice for meat – receiving from his master a piece for every mouse presented. One day a mouse was brought and laid down …

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Tarpons runners-up in BISD tourney

  By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS BOYS BASKETBALL The Port Isabel Tarpons came in second place at the Brownsville ISD Basketball Tournament held Thursday, Dec. 1. The Tarpons got a great start in the three-day tournament as they picked up wins against Mission Veterans Memorial (67-46) and Brownsville Rivera (55-54) on day …

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Water conservation benefits lawns

By R. LEWIS Water conservation is a main concern in regards to landscaping of new single family residential area houses in Austin. I read on a weekly communication from my trade association T.N.L.A. (Texas Nursery Landscaping Association) that the city of Austin is considering new landscaping requirements for building new single family residential homes. The …

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