Aug 17 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Each day, when I get home from work, I walk up the path to my front door. I jiggle the key in the lock, push open the door and am greeted by a friendly face. Sitting a few paces from the reach of the arc of the swinging …
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Aug 17 2018
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS Long before Padre Nicolas Ballí began running cattle on the Island this entire area was a favored destination for wealthy ranchers and their families. At first, the little town that stood on the bay was called El Fronton. Some say it got that name from a sheer cliff that …
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Aug 10 2018
[slideshow_deploy id=’20254′] By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Angler, weighmaster, dockworker, or spectator — it didn’t matter who you were — the 79th Annual Texas International Fishing Tournament (TIFT) was an especially exciting crowd pleaser this year, thanks in part to a couple tournament record-setting fish. On Friday, the rumor mill on the dock …
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Aug 10 2018
[slideshow_deploy id=’20247′] By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Henry LeVrier pointed down to where a steel I-beam met with weatherworn concrete. The base of the beam no longer gleamed the dark blue-black of freshly sanded steel. Instead, a ruddy shade of burnt umber shone murkily through a layer of institutional beige paint, drawing a …
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Aug 10 2018
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS The Town of Laguna Vista is hosting a benefit Back-to-School Run and Walk at Roloff Park on Saturday, Aug. 18 at 7 a.m. to promote fitness and to support education. The cash proceeds and school supplies raised during the activity will be donated to the Point Isabel Independent School District. “This …
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Aug 10 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The City of Port Isabel is gearing up to pitch a November bond election to residents aimed at providing funding for a litany of capital improvement projects. The dozen or so projects have been discussed over the last several weeks during meetings of the City’s Capital Projects Committee, …
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Aug 10 2018
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS Recognition of civil servants, amending building codes, consideration of event funding, and updates on beach nourishment highlighted the Wednesday, Aug. 1 meeting of the South Padre Island City Council. Mayor Dennis Stahl awarded six members of the SPI EMT team with challenge coins in honor of their efforts. “It’s …
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Aug 10 2018
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Solid sales tax rebates from the State of Texas point to a healthy economic climate for all cities in the Laguna Madre Area this month. Laguna Vista, coming off a strong 18.17 percent increase in July, is seeing a net payment in August of $17,033, up 2.19 percent for …
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Aug 10 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Tarpon football practice got underway this week and not a day too soon. Preparations for the next season always start almost as soon as the previous season comes to a close. And when the previous team ended the year with only two wins, that makes the sense of …
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Aug 10 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS It seems that most high school football coaches don’t do much world traveling. One exception, maybe the only one on the Port Isabel High coaching staff, is Johnny Nieto. Nieto is a life-long resident of Port Isabel and saw Varsity action in football all four years of his …
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