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By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS Funding for the RGV Reef project, fleet maintenance, shoreline master planning, and updating storm drainage plans highlighted the South Padre Island City Council meeting held on June 6. Council considered a proposed $50,000 budget amendment from Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) excess reserves for Friends of the RGV Reef …
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By PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS City of South Padre Island Shoreline Director Brandon Hill gave a presentation Tuesday evening at the South Padre Island Birding & Nature Center, speaking to a group of Texas Master Naturalists and other concerned citizens about the city’s latest plan to renourish Island beaches. The Nearshore Berm Nourishment …
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By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS Presentations on Shoreline Department projects, consideration of beach and dune permits, and discussions on beach-side restroom facility solutions highlighted the June 11 meeting of the South Padre Island Shoreline Taskforce. Shoreline Management Director Brandon Hill provided Task Force members with a review of shoreline related projects, including an update …
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By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS There will be no shortage of talent in the percussion section of this year’s Silver Tarpon Marching Band. That’s partly because almost everybody from last year’s drum section is returning for the 2018 marching season. Just as any football coach is happy to have almost all of his …
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By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Senior linebacker Robert Maldonado has been hard at work getting ready for the 2018 football season. The Press found him in the weight room at the Port Isabel High athletic department this week and he talked about what he’s been doing in and out of the weight room …
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Special to the PRESS Editor, In America’s Name This Administration violates the Constitution at the southern border by forcibly separating children from parents, not communicating where the other is and unable to contact them. Unfortunately most Americans are unaware the 5th Amendment’s “Due Process” clause applies to ALL persons on our soil. We’re also unaware …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2018/06/15/letter-to-the-editor-for-june-14-2018/
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A few months ago, my dad bought a small, rectangular foam pad. I asked him what it was for and he said it was for his knees. “Have you seen the grass?” he asked before I could say anything further. Outside, in the front yard, the tiniest spears …
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By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS Back in 2007 I bought a canvas bag full of pennies from a man who had accumulated them over the past couple of decades. He tried to exchange them for currency at his bank but was told that large amounts of coins had to be in rolls in order …
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By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A former Point Isabel Independent School District (PIISD) teacher has been arrested and charged with having an inappropriate relationship with a student. Robert Walter Pensado, 43, was arrested at his home in Brownsville Wednesday afternoon, Cameron County Pct. 1 Constable Pete Delgadillo said during a phone interview Wednesday. …
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CAF settles in at county airport, hosts open house By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS A mixture of clear blue skies, vintage air crafts and classic transport vehicles were enjoyed by those in attendance of an open house sponsored by the Rio Grande Valley Wing of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) that took place on …
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