Sep 07 2018
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS The Town of Laguna Vista is mobilizing to support most of the Texas Gulf Coast in opposition to a proposed 10 percent rate hike by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA). Tuesday, the Board of Directors of the Port Isabel Chamber adopted a resolution opposing this rate increase, according …
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Sep 07 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The City of Port Isabel passed the second and final readings of the budget and tax rate for fiscal year 2018-19 during a meeting of the City Commission last week. “It’s a balanced budget that we have for the general fund,” City Manager Jared Hockema explained to the …
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Sep 07 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The slate has been set for the upcoming municipal elections on South Padre Island this November. According to a statement released by the City, a total of six candidates are vying for three seats on the City Council. At Place 3, local businessman Joe Ricco is running unopposed. …
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Sep 07 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons volleyball team won their district opening match Tuesday night against Raymondville at Tarpon Gym. Port Isabel won by the scores of 25-21, 25-23, 24-26, 28-26. The team starts district play with a 1-0 record. This Friday they will be at La Feria for …
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Sep 07 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons football team dropped a 14-3 decision to the Cowboys of Brownsville Porter last Friday night in the season opener at Tarpon Stadium. The game was close all the way and was not decided until Porter got a 49-yard touchdown run from Kevin Garcia with …
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Sep 07 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Silver Tarpon Marching Band hit the field last Friday night for its first performance of the 2018 marching season and, not surprisingly, it did not go exactly as planned. At the start of the show that the band faltered slightly. “We started a little …
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Sep 07 2018
Special to the PRESS Editor, Like you, I have a cultural connection to the land where Next Decade wants to desecrate and build the LNG. As the spokesperson and Tribal Chair of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas. I speak for the present members as well as the ancestors that I ascend from, not to mention …
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Sep 07 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Last week, I wrote about the aerobatic accomplishments of a certain turkey vulture that I saw swooping low over the ground in its quest for tasty tidbits of the less-than-living variety. But, what I didn’t get to mention is that that turkey vulture wasn’t the only avian acrobat …
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Sep 07 2018
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS In his book, “Hurricane Almanac,” writer Michael J. Ellis talks of a cyclone called Racers Storm that formed up in the Yucatan in 1837. The storm was named for the British Sloop of War, “Racer”. The ship ran ahead of the storm for some time before the storm’s eye …
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Aug 31 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a boat in distress, rescuing some 17 people off the shores of South Padre Island last Friday. The Coast Guard reports that the vessel, a charter boat, issued a distress call and was taking on water. “Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi watchstanders received …
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