Aug 07 2014
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Officials with the Cameron County Regional Mobile Authority (CCRMA) hosted a public hearing Tuesday evening at the Convention Centre, and explained how area agencies are collaborating to develop a second causeway. Access to the Island is currently provided by a single entry point – the Queen Isabella Memorial Causeway. …
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Aug 07 2014
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com For Port Isabel Volunteer Fire Department, a new tanker from the Texas A&M Forest Service (TFS) was necessary to help serve certain portions of the district that do not have access to fire hydrants. The fire department struggled to serve some unincorporated areas of the city that had been …
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Jul 28 2014
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Jul 24 2014
Services for Carlos Uresti, Sr., 68, of Killeen, were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Burial with full military honors followed at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery. Mr. Uresti died June 17, 2014, at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born Nov. 4 1945, in Port Isabel to …
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Jul 24 2014
BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS It’s almost like starting over. The Port Isabel High football program lost 28 players to that happy accident known as graduation last spring. These former Tarpon grid men were a huge part of the success achieved by the 2012 and ’13 Tarpon teams, and they will carry with …
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Jul 24 2014
There will be a baseball Tournament by the Bay for the Port Isabel Little Tarpon coach-pitch baseball team. This team is comprised of players who range from 6 to 8 years old. The two-day tournament will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., July 26-27 at the Laguna Madre Little League Park; there will be …
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Jul 24 2014
BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Jacques Guillot played his last game as a Port Isabel Tarpon in a third-round playoff game last November in Corpus Christi. As a high school player representing his school, Guillot played one final game Tuesday night in San Antonio; the THSCA All-Star Game in the Alamo-Dome. The game …
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Jul 24 2014
PRESS Staff Report Operation Bishop investigators executed three search warrants on South Padre Island last Thursday at an alleged illegal-gambling establishment, a local business and a private residence all in connection with the Laguna Madre Scholarship Foundation. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS E-edition by clicking here or call the …
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Jul 24 2014
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A male ocelot was killed on State Highway 100 between Laguna Vista and Los Fresnos last week, marking the fourth time a member of the endangered species has been killed by motor vehicle impact in the three years since the concrete traffic barrier was built. To read the rest of this …
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Jul 24 2014
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel Public Improvement District No. 1 (PID) Board on Tuesday discussed plans to build a seawall in The Fingers area to help spur development of the waterfront properties. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS E-edition by clicking here or call the news …
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