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PI to fight Brownsville land grab

By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com  On Tuesday, the Port Isabel City Commission approved Resolution 02-26-2013-02, a unanimous resolution expressing concern and objection to the City of Brownsville’s strip annexations in the Laguna Madre area. In 2009, the cities agreed on a map where the Brownsville ETJ would extend to the north edge of the ship …

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Guadalupe G. Cano

Port Isabel, TX — Guadalupe G. Cano, 89, of Port Isabel passed away on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at Retama Manor Nursing Home in Harlingen, TX. Guadalupe was born in Brownsville, Texas and a life time resident of Port Isabel, TX. She was well known and loved by all those who knew her. She was very generous to …

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Larry Ross Hartman

Laguna Vista, Texas- Larry Ross Hartman, 77 of Laguna Vista, Texas passed away Monday, March 4, 2013 at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen, Texas. In 1954 he graduated from Clinton High School in MI. He was employed at Borroughs Manufacturing in Kalamazoo, MI as a design engineer for 33 years. He designed the first …

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Junior High student top speller

By RAY QUIROGA Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com The intellect of a Rhodes Scholar, the focus of a crack marksman and the discipline of a blue chip athlete — that’s what it takes to compete at the highest level in the world of scholastic spelling bees, and that describes Port Isabel Junior High School student …

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BEACH BAR BEAT: Kevin

By CRAIG ALANIZ South Padre Parade The return of spring means flowers, green grass, spring breakers and, of course, the Beach Bar Beat. To start this season off right we visited Clayton’s Beach Bar & Grill, also known as the largest beach bar in Texas. Home to the $1 draft beer through the end of March, …

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ADOPT-A-FRIEND: Serena

Serena is a beautiful chocolate lab with a great disposition. She is calm, friendly and clean. Serena will make a great family pet. She has been vetted by Friends of Animal Rescue. You can meet Serena at Friends of Animal Rescue, 4908 Padre Blvd. South Padre Island. Tweet

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McLaughlin book signing slated at Paragraphs

Special to the Parade Author and poet Lynn McLaughlin will be on-hand for a book signing, discussion and reception at Paragraphs on Friday, March 8. The event, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled for 1-3 p.m. A publisher, author and award winning poet, McLaughlin is also a member of the American …

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St. Patrick’s Day boiled dinner set

South Padre Parade The Rio Grande Valley Bikers for Christ, in cooperation with the Disciple Nation Youth Ministry, will be hosting an authentic Saint Patrick’s Day boiled dinner on Saturday, March 9. The event will be held from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Christ’s Harbor Church in Laguna Vista. The dinner will include corn …

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Texas independence to be celebrated Saturday

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ South Padre Parade San Benito will remember the Alamo on Saturday, March 9, during the fifth annual Texas Independence Day Celebration, to be held at the municipal fairgrounds off FM 510. “Hopefully this year it will be bigger and better,” said Jack Ayoub of the Texas Heritage and Independence Celebration Association …

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Air Fiesta to soar this weekend

Prepare to fly high. Air Fiesta 2013 will be celebrating “50 years and counting…” with this year’s show scheduled Saturday and Sunday, March 9-10 at the Brownsville/South Padre Island Airport. Children under the age of 12 are admitted for free. Air Fiesta preserves, in flying condition, a complete collection of combat aircraft which were flown …

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