Oct 01 2021
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The City of Port Isabel is now weighing its options in responding to a Federal Aviation Administration analysis of SpaceX’s orbital launch. The FAA released its highly anticipated draft environmental review of SpaceX’s planned orbital launches two weeks ago, saying the launches would have little impact on Boca Chica and the …
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Oct 01 2021
Photos and words by Gaige Davila The PARADE sat with Will Abete as he started his shift at The Meatball Cafe, preparing to special a piña colada using fresh squeezed pineapple juice. Abete, 25, has worked at The Meatball Cafe for two months. Before, he bartended just across Padre Boulevard at Tequila Sunset. He’s lived …
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Oct 01 2021
Photos and words by Gaige Davila These days, Samantha Jo Finney is constantly baking. Baking clay, that is. Finney is the mind and hands behind Across The Causeway, a jewelry brand selling handmade, polymer clay earrings and necklaces. Finney started Across The Causeway in 2017, initially making anklets. During the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, …
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Oct 01 2021
By Constancio Martinez Jr This Friday night pits the (4-0) Port Isabel Tarpons vs (2-2) Raymondville Bearkats. The last time the Tarpons beat the Bearkats was back in 2016. Since then, Raymondville has won the last three meetings, but this could be the year PI ends their losing streak to its district rival. The Tarpons …
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Oct 01 2021
By RENE TORRES Special to the PRESS/NEWS After Pearl Harbor, many of our local boys did not hesitate at the opportunity to join the war effort. In fact, according to Valley-wide selective service records—Cameron and Hidalgo counties revealed that over 27,000 of our boys were registered to serve. That did not include the numbers from …
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Oct 01 2021
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A new Loggerhead sea turtle has just arrived at South Padre Island’s Sea Turtle, Inc. Poppy, a non-releasable Loggerhead, hails from The Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Florida, where she arrived in May 2020, according to the South Florida Reporter. Poppy was struck by a boat propeller in the Florida Keys, severing …
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Oct 01 2021
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com You’re reading my last issue of the PRESS as Editor. Allow me to wax poetic on my time here, as briefly as I can. I’m happy to say I’ve finally made peace with the community I first called home. Doing so in two years is, compared to people who have run …
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Sep 24 2021
Staff report The Wahoo Classic fishing tournament returned this year, handing out big cash prizes. The offshore-only tournament, held this past weekend from Sept. 17-19, concluded at Jim’s Pier on South Padre Island, where anglers were awarded cash, prizes and bragging rights. The tournament had three categories: its namesake wahoo, dorado and blackfin tuna. At …
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Sep 24 2021
Curated by Steve Hathcock FIVE MEN DROWN OFF PADRE ISLAND WRECK OF A BARQUE, CAPTAIN AND FIVE MEN DROWNED A special cable message received at Lloyd’s on Thursday, from Galveston (Texas) states that the barque Abeona, bound to Corpus Christi, Gulf of Mexico, with a valuable cargo of bale and case goods, has gone ashore …
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Sep 24 2021
Special to the PRESS The Alzheimer’s Association is inviting Rio Grande Valley residents to join the fight to end Alzheimer’s by participating in the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s® on October 23, 2021 at Clayton’s Beach Bar. On Walk day, participants honor those affected by Alzheimer’s with the poignant Promise Garden ceremony—a mission-focused experience …
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