Feb 21 2013
By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com The City of South Padre Island Transition Board held a regular meeting Tuesday. The board reviewed the budget and year to date revenues and expenditures with the convention’s director to better understand the direction of the board and Convention Centre. A funding request from Race to the Border, a catamaran …
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Feb 21 2013
Special to the PRESS The City of South Padre Island is joining more than 300 law enforcement agencies across Texas in the Statewide Warrant Round-Up beginning Saturday, March 2. The roundup is designed to target thousands of defendants with traffic, parking, city ordinance, penal code and higher charge warrants from participating jurisdictions. Cities will work …
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Feb 21 2013
By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com A retired engineer from Goldsby, Oklahoma photographed an abandoned sailboat at a local shipyard. The image has since been featured in several art institutions in Oklahoma and has been recognized with another award. Bob Finley entered the photo in the Artists of the Arbuckles International Art and Photography show and …
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Feb 14 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Special to the PRESS BROWNSVILLE — The Cameron County Commissioners’ Court granted a permit on Thursday requested by Larry Mark Polsky to construct a retaining wall on the tracts located just north of South Padre Island city limits; the approval, however, is contingent on the Texas General Land Office’s (GLO) approval …
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Feb 14 2013
Pictured are scenes from the Fifth Annual Surfrider Shindig held at Louie’s Backyard on South Padre Island Saturday. This year’s Shindig was entitled “No Beach Access?!” and was a celebration of the Open Beaches Act. (Staff photos by Craig Alaniz) Tweet
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Feb 14 2013
By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com The preventative maintenance project for the Queen Isabella Memorial Causeway continues through the month of February but should cease by March, officials say. The work being performed in this contract is part of continued preventive maintenance and remediation strategies to maintain the bridge’s extended service life. Rex Costly, Maintenance Engineer …
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Feb 14 2013
Special to the PRESS The United States seized a bank account located in Bermuda alleged to have been owned by former State of Coahuila, Mexico, Secretary of Finance Hector Javier Villareal Hernandez, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced this week. During the course of its investigation, the U.S. investigators also discovered that Villareal Hernandez allegedly …
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Feb 14 2013
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Leaders of small cities in Cameron County are uniting to fight the long-running land-grab movement by Brownsville. Tuesday night, Laguna Vista town leaders met to approve a resolution calling upon State Rep. Rene Oliveira and State Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. to “take all steps necessary, including, but not limited …
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Feb 14 2013
By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com Thursday was the annual celebration of love, and this Valentine’s Day was made special for a local business owner. Enrique Saldaña was surprised by his wife Thursday morning when he found his car covered with balloons and love notes written by his wife Janett. Saldaña said his wife had some …
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Feb 14 2013
Various kites of all shapes, sizes and colors are pictured at the 13th Annual SPI Kite Fest, held Feb. 2-4 at South Padre Island on the flats just north of the Convention Centre. (Staff photos) Tweet
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