Apr 17 2015
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com That rumble that can be heard in the distance signals the arrival of one of South Padre Island’s biggest events of the year: Beach-N-Biker Fest 2015. Hundreds of bikers are expected to roll onto the Island, riding everything from cruisers, to choppers, to cafe racers and sport bikes. …
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Apr 17 2015
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High School Lady Tarpons struck gold on the first day of the District 32-4A track and field meet at La Feria on Tuesday and carried the team points lead into Thursday’s finals. Daniela Murchison won first place in the shot put and discus events and …
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Apr 17 2015
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Four Port Isabel Tarpon basketball players made the All-District 32-4A lists for the 2014-’15 season. Fernando “Fernie” Lopez was named to the all-district second team and Christian Garza, Jose Atkinson, and Nick Carillo were named to the Honorable Mention list. Lopez, a freshman, was brought up at the …
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Apr 17 2015
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Omar Silva had the fastest times in the prelims of both the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdle races on the first day of the District 32-4A track and field meet at La Feria on Tuesday. He ran in the finals of both events on Thursday. His time in the …
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Apr 13 2015
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com For Sea Turtle, Inc. volunteer Debra Cadena, her first opportunity to release a sea turtle into the Laguna Madre was an especially poignant moment. She smiled as she held her turtle, Clifford, up for the children who were watching from the railing of the Double Sunshine’s upper deck …
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Apr 13 2015
By PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS At approximately 4:30 a.m. Easter morning, a house located at 128 East Saturn Street on South Padre Island caught fire, forcing the inhabitants to flee as the home burned. Tina and Jack Rowlett, the owners of the house, shaken and in shock, stood staring at the burned remains …
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Apr 11 2015
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A couple of weeks ago I wrote in celebration of the arrival of spring. I was happy to see the end of the rains and the beginnings of balmy days filled with sunshine and the sweet scent of citrus wafting through the air. I mentioned how I wanted …
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Apr 11 2015
By ESTEVAN MEDRANO Port Isabel-South Padre Press press@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Laguna Madre Water District welcomed its new Finance Director Sanjuana Garcia at Wednesday’s regular board meeting. Garcia is originally from Matamoros, Mexico and received her accounting degree in Mexico as well, attaining her Bachelor’s in Management and Business Administration after becoming a U.S. citizen and moving to …
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Apr 11 2015
By ESTEVAN MEDRANO Port Isabel-South Padre Press press@portisabelsouthpadre.com The trial for Laguna Vista resident Ana Luisa Alcocer-Padilla for allegedly striking Rebecca Haugh in a fatal car accident on April 29, 2014 has been rescheduled. Originally set for November 2014, the trial has since been pushed back multiple times and is now set for May 18 due …
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Apr 11 2015
By ABBEY KUNKLE Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Shoreline Task Force met for a special meeting Monday afternoon to consider supporting a Port Isabel and South Padre Island reefing project. Vice Chairman Troy Giles said that he believed fishing was one of the most important things for the area, only second to …
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