Oct 07 2016
By STEPHANIE REYES Special to the PRESS The town of Laguna Vista held National Night Out Tuesday at Roloff Park in order to help foster the relationship between law enforcement and community members in the surrounding area. According to the official National Night Out website, National Night Out is an event held nationwide to promote police-community …
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Oct 07 2016
Special to the PRESS The fall birding season on South Padre Island is off to an incredible start, as it has just welcomed the Variegated Flycatcher, which is extremely rare in North America, to Texas for the very first time. According to the National Audubon Society, the normal range of this flycatcher is entirely within …
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Oct 07 2016
PRESS Staff Report Walk for Women, a locally created non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to helping Laguna Madre women who are fighting breast cancer, will be hosting several fundraising activities during their annual fundraising weekend. The events will take place from Friday, Oct. 7 through Sunday, Oct. 9 on South Padre Island. Things will kick off …
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Oct 07 2016
PRESS Staff Report The 29th Annual Sandcastle Days kicks off this weekend at Clayton’s Beach Bar on South Padre Island. The event will include appearances by 12 master sculptors who will show off their skills by creating masterpieces on the beach behind Clayton’s. The sculptors hail from as far away as Canada and Bulgaria. This …
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Oct 07 2016
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS While liquefied natural gas (LNG) opponents held up signs in protest outside, the Chambers of Commerce of Port Isabel and South Padre Island jointly held a breakfast meeting inside the Port Isabel Event and Cultural Center on Thursday, Sept. 29. The featured speakers were representatives of the three companies …
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Oct 07 2016
By PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS Pets are one of the great joys of life, offering unconditional love and endless companionship. Animal lovers consider their ‘fur babies’ part of the family, and treat them as if they are people, not critters. On Tuesday, Oct. 4 a small gathering of dedicated pet owners congregated in …
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Oct 07 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Residents on the south side of Port Isabel are in for some disruptions to their water service as the Laguna Madre Water District (LMWD) works to replace several valves and a water line along parts of Garcia Street to Adams Street and South Shore Drive. The work, which …
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Oct 07 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com It was like a scene out of Iron Chef. Splayed out across a table was a pile of colorful fresh produce: cauliflower in shades of green, purple and orange, spears of verdant asparagus, potatoes in brown, white and purple, red ripe tomatoes, vivid orange carrots and more. Nearby …
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Oct 07 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com South Padre Island city leaders, Texas Parks and Wildlife Staff and others were joined Monday by the family of John L. Tompkins to celebrate the unveiling of a municipal park constructed in his name. Tompkins’ children expressed their thanks to the City their father helped build as the …
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Oct 07 2016
Special to the PRESS Dear Editor, During October, The Art Gallery, located across from the Lighthouse on Maxan Street in Port Isabel, is displaying artwork related to the Días de los Muertos or the Days of the Dead celebration. This event was not celebrated in Northern Mexico until the Mexican government made it a national …
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