Mar 27 2015
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS March 2015 exceeded expectations of cool and wet weather for nearly all of the Rio Grande Valley and Deep South Texas, National Weather Service at Brownsville is reporting. And now, residents are left to deal with a healthy crop of mosquitoes. Laguna Vista officials have initiated a mosquito spraying …
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Mar 27 2015
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Palm Sunday begins Holy Week observances at Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Port Isabel. Masses for Palm Sunday start with a Vigil on Saturday at 5 p.m. and continue Sunday at 8 a.m., 10 a.m. and 12 noon. Holy Thursday, April 2, observances begin with …
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Mar 27 2015
Special to the PRESS WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Filemon Vela (D-Brownsville) was appointed by Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer – the 2nd highest ranking Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives – to serve as a Senior Democratic Whip for the 114th Congress. Senior Whips are charged with mobilizing the Democratic vote, acting as a liaison between members and …
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Mar 27 2015
Special to the Press Dear Editor, It seems this week that my hometown, South Padre Island, is competing for tackiest town in America. All week long we have been assaulted by the “Trojan Plane” flying back and forth from morning till night advertising their disgusting product. Those condom sellers want to make sure no man, …
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Mar 27 2015
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Weather once again proved to be a hindrance to the competitive efforts of the Port Isabel Lady Tarpons track and field team. All the field events, as well as the hurdles races, had to be canceled due to rainy conditions at a meet scheduled for last Friday at …
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Mar 27 2015
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Jocelyn Padilla established two personal bests, including total lift, and placed fourth in the Women’s State Powerlifting Meet in Corpus Christi last week. Padilla lifted 385 pounds in the squat lift, 155 pounds in the bench press, and managed 350 pounds in the dead lift. Her dead lift, …
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Mar 27 2015
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Rain continued to be a problem for the Port Isabel High Tarpon track and field team last week. The meet at Donna North High School, scheduled for last Saturday, was a partial rain-out. The field events and hurdles races were all canceled for the safety of the athletes. …
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Mar 27 2015
PRESS Staff Report A boy, believed to be about 5 years old, was spotted wandering the streets near the Port Isabel side of the Queen Isabella Memorial Causeway Friday. The child somehow got away from Garriga Elementary School. Police brought the young boy back to campus. The boy was looking for a ride home, according …
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Mar 24 2015
PRESS Staff Report Police are searching for a 20-year-old Killeen man who went missing after attending the Ultimate Music Experience (UME) 2015 concert at Schlitterbahn Beach Resort on South Padre Island. Jordan Britten, a Central Texas College student, was last seen Friday according to his mother, Ilana Stone-Britten, who reported her son missing Monday. Britten was separated from a small …
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Mar 23 2015
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com March 23, 2015 Two vehicles collided on Padre Boulevard just before 7:30 p.m. Sunday, injuring five people. The vehicles, a 2004 silver Ford Focus, and a taxicab, were both traveling northbound when the taxi struck the Focus, according to a statement released by the City of South Padre Island. …
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