Mar 16 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com In a unanimous decision Tuesday, the Port Isabel City Commission approved a 5-year tax abatement agreement for the new owners and developers of the Port Isabel Yacht Club. The tax abatement will be for a period of 5 years and will only pertain to new developments or improvements …
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Mar 16 2018
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS During their Wednesday, March 7 meeting, the South Padre Island City Council received the results of a financial audit and considered technology tools to gather data on the effectiveness of marketing efforts. Quentin Anderson, with the Rio Grande Valley offices of Carr, Riggs & Ingram, provided Council with a …
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Mar 16 2018
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS A trio of Shoreline related items highlighted the Wednesday March 7 meeting of the South Padre Island City Council. Shoreline Management Director Brandon Hill brought forward a request for a beach and dune permit to construct an 8-foot wide, 280-foot long dune walkover at the Regency Condominiums, 1816 Gulf …
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Mar 16 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Julianna Barrera will be on her way to the state powerlifting meet in Waco by the time most Press readers see this article, but she is not the only Port Isabel High lifter to qualify for state competition. Dagan Wise also qualified for the state meet with his …
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Mar 16 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel High track man Shawn Shrewsbury struck gold at last week’s Jim Hudson Relays in La Feria. He won the 400-meter dash with a personal record time of 52.34 seconds. The 400-meters is a one-lap sprint race and Shrewsbury had to go all out the entire distance …
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Mar 16 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel Lady Tarpon Marlyn Cesenes took second place in the pole vault for the second week in a row at last Saturday’s Jim Hudson Relays at La Feria. She cleared 8-feet, 6-inches, also for the second consecutive week. “She came out 8-06 again, so we’re looking to …
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Mar 16 2018
Special to the PRESS Editor, I support the proposed multi-billion dollar Rio Grande LNG project because it will be a far-reaching economic benefit for our region and the state. My husband and I are homeowners and taxpayers of a small ranch in Cameron County, we see a great opportunity for our community to benefit from …
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Mar 16 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Well, is it spring or is it still winter? It’s a little hard to tell this year despite the arrival of Texas Week on South Padre Island. The first couple of days of the infamous Spring Break party week were marred by chilly weather and even a little …
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Mar 16 2018
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS This week’s column was inspired by the following query to the editor concerning a mysterious and gruesome discovery made along the shores of Padre Island over 140 years ago. Corpus Christi, Texas, April 5, 1870 To the Editor of the Picayune: Sir,—Please find enclosed an old Spanish coin, one …
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Mar 16 2018
Special to the PRESS The Museums of Port Isabel and the Laguna Madre Museum Foundation are proud to present its “Telling Our Stories” Series of 2018 on Thursday, March 22, at 7 p.m. at the Port Isabel Event & Cultural Center, 309 E. Railroad Ave. Leo “Speck” Sanders married into the prominent shrimping family of …
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