Dec 09 2024
By ARABELLA SERRATA Special to the PRESS Port Isabel Independent School District [PIISD] held a regular meeting on Nov. 19. There were no public comments at this meeting. Rocio Ramos, principal of Port Isabel Early College High School [PIECHS], presented the 2024 College Board National Recognition Program Awards. The program recognizes students across various categories. …
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Dec 09 2024
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS On Tuesday, Dec. 3, the 4A Port Isabel Tarpons played a non-district game against the 6A Harlingen Cardinals. The teams met last season with the Cardinals squeaking out a 54-53 win against the Tarpons, but this season the Cardinals proved too much for the young Tarpon squad …
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Dec 09 2024
By KATHY RAINES Special to the PARADE Many chatty persons in the Rio Grande Valley answer to the pet name “Chachalaca”—and it’s no wonder. The birds’ cries of “Cha-cha-lac, cha-cha-lac!”— a rocking, overlapping call-and-response—resound from trees and shrubs, especially in spring and summertime mornings and evenings. Intermixed with the industrial whine of summer cicadas, …
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Dec 09 2024
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portiabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel Historical Museum is holding an opening reception for its Ancient Landscapes of South Texas exhibit on Tuesday, Dec. 12, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. The Ancient Landscapes: Hiding in Plain Sight Project includes an award-winning traveling exhibit, book and documentary. It was launched by the Community Historical Archaeology Project with …
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Dec 09 2024
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Art Business Incubator South Padre Island [ABI] is a non-profit working gallery dedicated to providing entrepreneurs with the tools needed to create a successful art business. Its ultimate mission is to transform South Padre Island into a world-wide art-tourism destination. One way it provides its resident artists with opportunities is …
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Dec 09 2024
By ARABELLA SERRATA Special to the PARADE The 29th annual South Padre Island [SPI] Market Days will be held at the SPI Convention Center Jan. 24-26 and Feb. 21-23. SPI Market Days is a bi-annual artisan show that specializes in art, jewelry, health products, home decor and more. It runs from 9 a.m. to 5 …
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Dec 09 2024
By ARABELLA SERRATA Friends of Animal Rescue [FOAR] will hold their Santa Paws fundraiser on Dec. 14 at the Casa Mariposa from 9 a.m. to noon. The event will showcase plenty of shelter dogs for adoption, allowing potential owners to take home a new bundle of joy just in time for the holidays. Attendees can …
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Dec 05 2024
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Thanks to the South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce, a lucky raffle winner will be treated to a $500 shopping spree. All anyone has to do to enter is shop local on South Padre Island. According to the Chamber, to qualify for the Shop the Island raffle, one must spend at …
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Dec 05 2024
By STEVE HATHCOCK We’ve all heard stories or have personal experiences of not buying something when the price was right. There are many of us here on South Padre Island who lament the fact that at one time they could have bought an acre of land for $500 or a large beachfront tract for as …
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Dec 05 2024
By JAVIER GONZALEZ Information for this column was sourced from butterfliesofamerica.com/docs/Junonia-syen.12428.pdf. Though Monarch migration is mainly over, there is still a chance to see them and a few other butterfly species fluttering around South Padre Island during the winter months. This is mainly due to the evergreen nature of their caterpillar food plants (host plants) …
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