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Boys’ track ready for La Feria meet

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High track and field team has spent all season working to get a complete team into competition at the same meet, and they may finally be able to do it for this week’s district meet. The Tarpons are competing this weekend at the District 32-4A …

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Writer’s Block: The Struggle is Green

By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Now that we’re well and truly into spring our customary strong April winds and unpredictably rainy/sunny weather have arrived, as well. But, along with the knock-you-over gusts of winds, blistering sunshine, sideways rain and other things we usually experience this time of year, there’s something else that has …

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Letters to the Editor for April 5, 2018

Special to the PRESS Dear Editor, Intimate Enemies I want to share what I am doing to keep my sanity and dignity during this period of so much negativity against Mexicans and against the country in general. I am not going to repeat what everyone has heard or seen. No, what I want to do …

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Rio History: A Tale of Two Doorstops

By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS I’ve always had a fascination for stories about how someone inherited an old item which they assumed had little or no value only to discover… Wanting to buy a new car, a British woman decided to sell an old wooden Chinese pot she had inherited from her father which …

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YACHT CLUB AUDIT

Forensic audit delivers scathing report of restoration project’s finances, planning   Editor’s Note: To jump to Part 2 of this story, available exclusively online, click here. By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel City Commission heard a lengthy report about the Yacht Club project during its regular meeting Tuesday night. The presentation …

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Aircraft carrier memorial to receive plaques

By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Laguna Vista’s Veterans Memorial Park is receiving an additional feature this week. Bronze plaques for the Aircraft Carrier Memorial in the park are being installed at the facility by Town work crews, according to City Manager Rolando Vela. The plaques feature information about the USS Ranger (CV-61); the USS …

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Laguna Vista, marina association continue talks

By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Town of Laguna Vista and the Laguna Vista Recreational Association (LVRA) continued discussions about the future of the Laguna Vista Marina during a joint workshop at City Hall Monday evening. The two entities have been attempting for months to hammer out a new lease agreement for the …

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Schlitterbahn co-owner charged in child’s death

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By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com This week authorities arrested Jeffrey Wayne Henry in Brownsville in connection with the decapitation death of 10-year-old Caleb Schwab at a Schlitterbahn waterpark in Kansas in 2016. According to Cameron County inmate records, Henry is being held on one count of murder, 12 counts of aggravated battery and …

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Birding Center mulls alcohol permit

By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS Birding and Nature Center operations, comprehensive planning, and website development were important topics of discussion during the Tuesday, March 27 meeting of the South Padre Island Economic Development Corporation (EDC). Board members considered a request from the Birding and Nature Center (BNC), which was seeking permission to apply for …

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Bread of Faith

Rabbi helps locals prepare for Passover By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Rabbi Asher Hecht has been on a mission this week. The McAllen-area rabbi, who represents Chabad of the Rio Grande Valley (Chabad RGV), has been traveling across the Valley distributing shmurah matzah to help the local Jewish population prepare for the upcoming …

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