Jan 09 2025
By ARABELLA SERRATA Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Birding, Nature Center and Alligator Sanctuary [SPIBNCAS] has announced a special competition for their upcoming Winter Wildlife Expo [WWE]. According to the Center’s official website, each submission to the WWE photo contest will grant the photographer free entry to the expo. Participants can submit …
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Jan 09 2025
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS The 4A Port Isabel [PI] Tarpons’ basketball team has been on a roll as they recently beat the visiting 5A PSJA Bears 82-63 this past Friday night, Jan. 3. The win extended the Tarpons’ streak to six games and head basketball coach Gilbert Rodriguez was pleased with …
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Jan 02 2025
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A child missing from her South Padre Island family since the summer returned home this week. Four-year-old Rilee June Crouch was found in Panama this week reports the Crouch family. Escorted by U.S. Marshalls, Lillian Buntin, the child’s mother, landed in Dallas, Texas, on Sunday night, Dec. 29. Four-year-old Rilee had …
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Jan 02 2025
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY Clayton’s Beach Bar and Grill, the biggest beach bar in Texas, owned by Clayton Brashear, is annually a huge draw for spring breakers. This is no surprise taking into consideration the big-name stars Brashear and his team are able to book for live performances on South Padre Island each March. Clayton’s Beach …
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Jan 02 2025
By ARABELLA SERATA Special to the PARADE Hopper Haus offers trivia nights to anyone willing to participate. If you want to show off your obscure knowledge and enjoy a vast array of beer, food and music, Hopper Haus is the place to be. Hopper Haus’s Trivia night has roughly eight to sixteen players split into …
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Jan 02 2025
By ARABELLA SERATA Special to the PARADE Lighthouse Matsuri is a weekend of anime-themed fun for convention goers in the Rio Grande Valley. The event will be held at the Port Isabel Events and Cultural Center Jan. 25 & 26 as well as a special preview on Jan. 24 at Holiday Inn Resort on South …
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Jan 02 2025
By ARABELLA SERRATA Special to the PRESS Sea Turtle Inc [STI] is collecting Christmas trees to rebuild dunes. Those who have a real Christmas tree left over from the holiday season can donate it to STI and help give it a new purpose on the beach. “Our Christmas trees are going to help with dune …
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Jan 02 2025
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons boys’ basketball team spent their holidays competing in the Falfurrias basketball tournament on Friday & Saturday, Dec. 27-28. The ten-team tourney consisted of the following teams: Port Isabel, Falfurrias, Hebbronville, PSJA, Kaufer, Kenedy, McMullen County, Agua Dulce, San Isidro and Ben Bolt. On …
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Jan 02 2025
Moments in Time is a collection of recovered newspaper briefs and other publications, compiled by local historian, Steve Hathcock, offering a look back at the history of the Rio Grande Valley. Rowdy bar fight breaks out at guard house Quite a party of rowdies broke into the Military Guard house Sunday night. We saw …
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Dec 28 2024
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com “It’s your choice to better your life or go down a dark road.” ~ Anubis Morrison The Holiday Sandcastle Village on South Padre Island features a new sculpture: a lifelike representation of Optimus Prime, crafted by local sand sculptor and Village keeper, Anubis Morrison. Morrison drew inspiration for his third installation …
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