Oct 11 2019
By Steve Hathcock Notice: Schedule Change The Daily Herald Brownsville, Texas, Thursday, October 12, 1893. The regular train for Point Isabel will leave at 7 o’clock tomorrow morning instead of 9 as usual. The train will return from the point about 10 o’clock a.m., with passengers and express from the steamer City Still Wide Open …
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Oct 11 2019
By Larry Gage Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons volleyball team ended their six-match district losing streak last Saturday at home against Raymondville. It took five sets but P.I. got the Lady Bearkats by the scores of 25-12, 25-21, 23-25, 23-25, 15-12. “The first two games were amazing,” head coach Julie Breedlove …
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Oct 11 2019
By Larry Gage Special to the PRESS Contest season is on and the Port Isabel High Silver Tarpon Marching Band performed very well at the first contests of the year last Saturday. That’s right, there were not one but two contests that first Saturday of the month. The first one took place at Mercedes that …
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Oct 11 2019
By Larry Gage Special to the PRESS Whitney Zaloski is in her second year of competition with the Port Isabel High Lady Tarpons volleyball team, and she’s feeling pretty good after the team broke a six-match losing streak in district play at Raymondville last Saturday. “It felt pretty good, fighting through all five sets. We …
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Oct 11 2019
By Angie Gamez Special to the Press Brownsville native and harmonica artist, Tim Gonzalez, from Nashville, Tennessee, will be performing at LongBoard Bar and Grill on South Padre Island Thursday, October 10, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., and Saturday, October 12, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. His performances will cover original songs from his …
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Oct 04 2019
Laura Lyles Reagan Special to the PRESS On September 16, 2019, serendipitously Mexican Independence Day, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) announced the UTRGV Tuition Advantage Program, which may foster financial independence for Port Isabel ISD students and families. It is the most expansive free-tuition program among public institutions in the state of …
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Oct 04 2019
By Randy Algoe Special to the Parade Billy Russell Algoe, one of the few original Island residents passed away on September 26th, 2019. Billy was born in Barboursville, W.V. in 1934. He joined the Air Force in 1952, went to basic training in N.Y. …
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Oct 04 2019
By M. Kathy Raines Special to the PARADE “Kis-ka DEE! Kis-ka-DEE!” The great kiskadee, a feisty, strikingly-colored flycatcher, shrieked its name as it swooped through the foliage fringing a boardwalk at Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville. Though chirps and calls often baffle me …
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Oct 04 2019
By David Lee Zamora Special to the Parade This week, I had to endure one of the most dull, boring, and vanilla films I’ve ever seen, and no, I’m in no way being overdramatic. This film morphed my views on cinema and how truly awful a competent film with good acting, plot, and cinematography …
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Oct 04 2019
By Steve Hathcock October 4, 1846: American Flag Travelers Hall Point Isabel “This subscriber has opened the above establishment at Point Isabel, where he is prepared to accommodate travelers and others who may favor him with their patronage at the lowest rates and with the best …
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