Jul 18 2019
By Gaige Davila Special to the PRESS As of July 6, the former site of the Yacht Club Hotel, now 1.7 acres of undeveloped land after the 92-year-old building was demolished in December 2018, is listed for sale for $899,000, according to a recent posting on real estate database company Zillow. Armando Martinez, owner of …
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Jul 18 2019
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Layla Kate Fischer is an incoming senior at Port Isabel High and has been a member of the Silver Tarpon Marching Band since she was in the eighth grade. Previously, she played trumpet and was a part of the frontal ensemble for the Friday night halftime shows …
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Jul 18 2019
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel High junior Karina Martinez balances participation in band with athletics, and even plans to have time for the academic part of high school life. The Press sat with Martinez in the school cafeteria recently where she spoke about how she thinks she can get it all …
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Jul 18 2019
Dear Editor, I have a sail boat in the fingers of Port Isabel; I sail out to the Gulf of Mexico through the Queen Isabela Channel often. There is a congested section of the way that is not a marked channel it takes you from the Causeway Intercostal Bridge to the Coast Guard station. This …
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Jul 18 2019
By Steve Hathcock Special to the PARADE We “in the know” celebrated a colorful man who had a dream Colonel Sam was a man unafraid to dream. Born in DeWitt, Missouri, on July 10, 1867, Sam left home at fifteen to work on the railroad. A quick learner, young Sam moved up the ladder and …
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Jul 12 2019
By PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS The City of Port Isabel held a special meeting on Wednesday evening, July 10, where several concerned Port Isabel property owners spoke during the public comment portion of the meeting to address concerns about power poles being placed in front of their properties. Don Miguel Escamilla owns several …
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Jul 12 2019
By FREDDY JIMENEZ Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com With summer here and as the shrimping season will be initiating soon, the Texas Shrimp Association (TSA), per tradition, hosted the Blessing of the Fleet on Tuesday, July 9 at the Brownsville Shrimp Basin. Children, women, and men- shrimping families, TSA employees, and Reverent Mark Watters came …
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Jul 12 2019
By ANGIE GAMEZ Special to the PRESS After eight years in the making, the Island Metro Multi-Modal Facility is complete. The facility, located at 321 Padre Boulevard, opens on Friday, July and the public is invited to the dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony starting at 10:00 a.m. Nikki Soto, Public Information Officer, said, “the …
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Jul 12 2019
By PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS Back in the day, three R’s stood for reading, writing, and arithmetic. For some South Padre Island residents, however, the three R’s have come to represent a very grave issue on this planet: the need to reduce, reuse, and recycle. Around the time of the Vietnam War in …
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Jul 12 2019
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The general membership of the Port Isabel Silver Tarpon Marching Band began reporting this week at the high school band halls. Drum line percussionists reported first, two weeks ago, then everyone took the week of the Fourth off. Now it’s “All Hands on Deck” as the entire band …
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