Aug 28 2014
BY Sasha Heller Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A small crowd gathered on the steps of Port Isabel City Hall Tuesday evening to witness Mayor Joe E. Vega accept resident Tommie Elium’s Ice Bucket Challenge to support Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), better known as “Lou Gehrig’s Disease.” To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the …
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Aug 28 2014
BY Sasha Heller Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel City Commission on Tuesday adopted the property tax rate of $0.626327/$100. Mayor Joe E. Vega noted that the tax rate has remained consistent since 2008, even though the costs of managing the City have continued to rise. He then thanked the city staff for helping …
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Aug 28 2014
BY Sasha Heller Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The City of Port Isabel has begun its planned maintenance for the Lighthouse and Keeper’s Cottage, which will include repainting the buildings’ exteriors and repairing the staircases. “The Lighthouse will receive a total restoration in and out,” said City Manager Edward Meza. To read the rest of this story, please …
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Aug 28 2014
BY Sasha Heller Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel City Commission on Tuesday supported a development group’s proposal to build a 25-bed, critical care hospital in Port Isabel. The round-the-clock, critical care complex would serve residents throughout the Lower Laguna Madre and would include an imaging center where patients could receive CAT scans and PET …
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Aug 28 2014
BY Sasha Heller Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The South Padre Island City Council at its meeting last week approved contracting with the University of Texas-Brownsville (UTB) to fund a graduate position during the 2014-15 school year, creating a partnership with the college that could assist the Island with coastal resources management. To read the rest of this …
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Aug 22 2014
By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the PRESS MERCEDES — Man, even Murphy would’ve shaken his head. In the final scrimmage at Tiger Stadium on Friday evening, everything that could’ve gone wrong for the Port Isabel Tarpons did as the Mercedes Tigers prevailed by a 3-1 margin. Then in a live half, the hits kept …
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Aug 21 2014
Robert J. Brothers, 84, of South Padre Island, TX formerly of Clifton Park, NY and Bomoseen, VT entered into eternal life peacefully Wednesday August 13th, 2014 at his lake house in Bomoseen, VT surrounded by family He was born on April 11, 1930 in Rutland, Vermont, the son of the late Harold and Irene (Fitzgerald) …
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Aug 21 2014
BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons volleyball team is hosting a 24-team tournament this weekend, starting this Thursday (Aug. 21). The same format used in last weekend’s McAllen tournament will be used: pool play on Thursday and Friday followed by bracket play on Saturday. To read the rest of this story, …
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Aug 21 2014
BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons took both halves of last Saturday’s scrimmage against the Donna North Chiefs at Tarpon Stadium. They won the controlled first half, three scores to none, and the live action second half, 14-7. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre …
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Aug 21 2014
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel City Commission, at a special-called meeting Monday, authorized the Port Isabel Economic Development Corporation to apply for approximately $2.4 million of loan funds through the Office of the Governor to develop a culinary arts institute. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South …
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