Dec 01 2022
By RENE TORRES The Port Isabel Resort Company was not discouraged by the downfall of the economic “Depression” of the 1930s. Instead, it went ahead with its plans to establish one of most elaborate casinos and recreation parks in Texas—a place where Northern Mexico and the United States would join hands in play. Lake Isabela …
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Dec 01 2022
By M. KATHY RAINS “Where are the birds?” I cried, witnessing an expanse of eerily silent, bare limbs and lawn. Was the surrounding canopy so rich in insects, seeds and fruits that birds spurned my yard? Had birds become ill? Had our house exterminator ventured too far? Cats? Then, one morning, on an olive branch, …
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Dec 01 2022
By STEVE HATHCOCK The use of soap dates back to the Old Testament… Jeremiah 2:22 and Malachi 3:2 mention the use of a soap made from tree bark ashes. There are many theories about how soap was “invented,” but soap has probably been used in some form or another as far back as prehistoric times, …
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Dec 01 2022
By TESS FICCALIA If you are looking for a quick lunch on a Thursday afternoon, don’t go to F&B, they won’t be open. You won’t get a quick dinner either. There aren’t any baskets of fried Gulf shrimp with fries at this establishment. The owners don’t refer to F&B as a Five Star restaurant. There …
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Dec 01 2022
The following is the first part of a two part story which will continue next week and was written by Larry Larson. My wife Mary and I began visiting South Padre Island nearly 40 years ago, and fell in love with its nice weather, beautiful ocean views, proximity to Mexico, and the nearly 30 miles …
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Dec 01 2022
By RENE TORRES On Dec. 7, 1941, life in the United States was interrupted by Japan and the attack on Pearl Harbor. After this point, people prepared to live with less of everything that made up their daily lives. One historian wrote: “Citizens wondered if there would be enough to eat when soldiers needed food …
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Dec 01 2022
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS This Tuesday, November 29, the Lady Tarpons hosted the Harvest Christian Academy (HCA) Eagles in a non-district matchup. From the opening buzzer, the Eagles offense proved to be too much for the Lady Tarpons as the Lady Eagles cruised to a 107-42 win. The Lady Eagles potent …
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Dec 01 2022
By TONY VINDELL Special to the PRESS BROWNSVILLE—Renaming an existing road to honor a fallen U.S. Marine has run into a dead end as one of two families want to either keep the road’s name as is, while the other insist the name change is well-deserved. The Tovar family has been living on the road …
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Dec 01 2022
Special to the PRESS A slight change has been made to an upcoming El Paseo Arts Foundation double feature, which will now be a single feature due events involving the troupe. “The production for next week has been plagued by every type of flu virus,” said El Paseo’s Joann Evans. “I can’t remember when we …
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Dec 01 2022
By CATHERINE DONNELLY Special to the PRESS At the Port Isabel City Council meeting on November 21, City Inspector Joshua Garza proposed that two of the streets in the preliminary plat map of phase 2 of the new Bahia Point Subdivision be changed to local sports heroes. The City Council voted unanimously to rename one …
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