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Constable’s Office x-rays Halloween candy

By ESTEVAN MEDRANO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Although Halloween is celebrated for fun scares and monsters, no parent wants to be a part of the chilling possibility that their children’s candy could have piercing materials in them. It is this risk that motivated members of the Rio Grande Valley Mobile X-ray Lab and Constable Pete …

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Silver Tarpon Band home from State

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High School Silver Tarpon Marching Band arrived home Tuesday afternoon after participating in the UIL State Marching Band Contest at San Antonio’s Alamodome on Monday. The band was primed and ready to go after qualifying for the state contest by finishing as the fourth-ranked band …

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Orange Crush: Bulldogs 33, Tarpons 7

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS ORANGE GROVE—Orange Grove led from start to finish Saturday night and scored a convincing 33-7 victory over Port Isabel at Bulldog Stadium in a game that was postponed from Friday due to heavy rains. In front of an enthusiastic home crowd, the Bulldogs wasted no time getting on …

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Lady Tarpons take down Beeville in bi-district

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons volleyball team was victorious in its first-round bi-district playoff match against Beeville on Tuesday night. The Lady Tarpons advance to the area round of the playoffs with a 25-14, 25-18, 25-9 straight sets win over the Trojans of Beeville’s Jones High School. The …

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Standing Calendar (Week of Nov. 6-Nov. 12)

Date: First Monday of every month Time: 4 p.m. Event: Friends of the Port Isabel Public Library Meeting Where: Main Library Conference Room, 213 N. Yturria St., Port Isabel Admission: $10 per-year More Info: (956) 943-1822 Date: Every Monday to Friday Time: 8 to 9 a.m. Event: Walking Club Where: Washington Park, Port Isabel Admission: …

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Community Calendar (Week of Nov. 6-Nov. 12)

Date: Nov. 8 (Second Saturday of each month) Time: 9 a.m. Event: RGV Bikers for Christ Regular Meeting Where: Christ’s Harbor Church, 1441 Santa Isabel Blvd. Laguna Vista More Info: (956) 943-5595 Date: Nov. 8 (Every other Saturday) Time: 9:30 a.m. Event: Guided Nature Walk Where: South Padre Island Birding & Nature Center, 6801 Padre …

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The Runs (Week of Nov. 6-Nov. 12)

Date: Every Monday to Friday Time: 8 to 9 a.m. Event: Walking Club Where: Washington Park, Port Isabel Admission: Free More Info: (956) 266-2231 Date: Every Monday to Friday Time: 7 to 8 p.m. Event: 30 minutes Walking and 30 minutes Exercise Class Where: Bajareno Park, Laguna Heights Admission: Free More Info: (956) 266-2231 Date: …

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WEB EXCLUSIVE: Officials watchful of voting fraud on Election Day

By ESTEVAN MEDRANO Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Voting polls will remain open until 7 p.m. in the Cameron County area to determine a string of hotly-contested races this Election Day. An issue that remains of concern in every election, however, is voting fraud, and perhaps the most vulnerable to this are those races involving …

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Candidate defends controversial remarks in emails

By JACOB LOPEZ & MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com John Thobe, a candidate for Laguna Madre Water District Director Position No. 2, said that controversial statements he made in a Jan. 6, 2009 email to former Town of Laguna Vista Mayor Stan Hulse were “taken out of context.” Recently, citizens have expressed concern with statements …

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Woman accused of prostituting teen girls

PRESS Staff Report Cameron County Sheriff’s Department deputies arrested a 35-year-old Laguna Heights woman on multiple felony charges for allegedly prostituting two teenage sisters from multiple locations in the Port Isabel area. One of the areas where the female suspect, identified as Martha Ochoa, allegedly prostituted the teens was at the Port Isla Inn off …

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