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Aug 01 2013
BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS It’s possible that Isaiah Martinez has never heard the song, “Land Down Under.” Most people will recognize the phrase as the traditional nickname for Australia and the song, by the Australian pop group, Men at Work, made it all the way to No. 1 on the American …
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Aug 01 2013
BY MARINA WISE-HERRING Special to the PRESS Last Monday kicked off the Universal Cheerleaders Association’s (UCA) cheer camp at Hilton Garden Inn. This is the second resort camp the Hilton Garden Inn has hosted this summer. The camp took place at the resort on South Padre Island from June 22-25. To read the rest of …
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Aug 01 2013
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com She is beautiful…and deadly. She is blessed with a bounty of sea life, most of which we eat, and yet, you can’t drink a drop of her water. Every dawn and dusk, the sun graces her horizon with a prolonged kiss. The Laguna Madre is many things to this …
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Aug 01 2013
BY CHRISTINA R. GARZA Reporter press@portisabelsouthpadre.com A new school year is a new opportunity for students to do their best and make the most of the education opportunities before them. For students in Point Isabel Independent School District the new academic school year is less than a month away with classes scheduled to begin Aug. …
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Aug 01 2013
BY CHRISTINA R. GARZA Reporter press@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Point Isabel Independent School District (PIISD) Board on Thursday held a meeting to review items for the upcoming school year. Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Ana Holland presented a report focusing on student performance for end-of-course exams in relation to student performance during the school course assessments. …
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Aug 01 2013
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The South Padre Island City Council held a special called meeting Monday morning to accept the resignation of City Manager Joni Clarke, effective Aug. 30. The item was discussed in executive session and later voted on as it did not appear on the official agenda. To read the rest …
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Jul 29 2013
By CHRISTINA R. GARZA Reporter press@portisabelsouthpadre.com A major power outage that occurred Monday morning reportedly affected 8,100 American Electric Power Texas customers at the peak of the outage. The outage hit Port Isabel with a minor impact on South Padre Island and the Long Island Village area. The first outage began shortly before 10 a.m. …
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Jul 29 2013
PRESS Staff Report A power outage in the Port Isabel and South Padre Island area has affected as many as 3,000 people, said Frank Espinoza of American Electric Power. Espinoza said the technicians are working on restoring power by sections. Espinoza said the outage occurred as a result of an equipment failure at an AEP …
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Jul 25 2013
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Indiana Pacers point guard George Hill made a special appearance Tuesday night at the Port Isabel High School gym to play against a team sponsored by the Port Isabel Police Department. Tweet
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