Mar 15 2019
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS During a meeting held on Wednesday, March 6, the South Padre Island Special Events Committee considered making a recommendation to City Council to allow the Committee to dissolve and reform into a subcommittee under the Convention and Visitors Advisory (CVA) Board. “In the event that we were dissolved and …
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Mar 15 2019
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Beloved local businessman, philanthropist and former South Padre Island City Councilman David Robert Friedman died surrounded by his wife and family on Friday, March 8. He was 81 years old. Known as “Dirty Dave,” Friedman, who was born in Chicago on Sept. 23, 1937, came to the Island …
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Mar 15 2019
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island City Council once again visited the issue of sidewalk landscaping along Padre Boulevard during their meeting Wednesday, March 6. Council member Alita Bagley brought forward a new request to move forward with Public Works recommendations for sidewalk landscaping on Padre Boulevard and rescind the previous …
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Mar 15 2019
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS Discussions surrounding a special use permit became contentious at times during a meeting of the South Padre Island City Council last Wednesday, March 6. At issue was whether to rescind a special use permit previously granted by the Council to Three Flags Over Padre, 1201 Padre Blvd. Mayor Dennis …
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Mar 15 2019
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Three Port Isabel High lifters have qualified for the state powerlifting meet in Abilene. They did so on the strength of their performances in last week’s regional meet in Bishop. Jaden Lopez, Neyfis Castellanos, and David Hernandez all made it by either placing in the top two of …
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Mar 15 2019
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Allyson Reyes, Danaka Camacho and Marlyn Cesenes all struck gold for the Port Isabel Lady Tarpons track and field team at the Jim Hudson Relays at La Feria last week. Reyes took first place in the high jump at 5-feet even and Cesenes cleared 10 feet in the …
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Mar 15 2019
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS It was another strong performance by Tarpon sprinters at last week’s Jim Hudson Relays at La Feria. Port Isabel athletes took gold medal honors in the 4 x 100-meter and 4 x 200-meter sprint relays and came home first and third in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes. In …
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Mar 15 2019
Special to the PRESS Editor, The recent “special meeting” of Laguna Vista’s Town Council was called at the behest of Councilman Mike Carter and others. The Town Council voted in February to change our regular scheduled meeting to accommodate travel plans during Spring Break. Rick Morado, our legal counsel, was not able to attend due …
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Mar 15 2019
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com There’s an old joke you may be familiar with. More of a weary punchline, really. Anytime someone is acting like a curmudgeon — full of pessimistic, half-glass-full, nihilistic thoughts about the futility of life — someone inevitably tells that person that they need to lighten up, to be …
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Mar 15 2019
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS We who call Padre Island home, have always known our days are numbered; for our beautiful tropical home is just one hurricane away from annihilation. Oddly, the potential damage of one of nature’s deadliest storms pales when compared to what almost happened to Padre Island one hot day …
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