Jun 19 2014
BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Daniela Murchison was the winner of the Sub-5A Girls Athlete of the Year Award at the Rio Grande Valley Sports Awards in Harlingen Monday night. It was the second year in a row that Murchison was so honored after she won her second state Class 3-A shot put …
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Jun 19 2014
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A long-awaited proposal to construct a second causeway connecting South Padre Island with the mainland is still on the table as area agencies have continued to make progress toward building an alternate connecting traffic structure. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS E-edition …
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Jun 19 2014
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Last week, Keep Brownsville Beautiful (KBB) hosted its Fourth Annual Post Memorial Day Beach Clean Up at Boca Chica Beach in which 47 volunteers collected a total of 1,815 pounds of debris from the beach. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS E-edition …
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Jun 19 2014
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Air and Marine’s Brownsville Marine Unit (BMU) rescued two kayakers near the jetties in the South Padre Island area after their kayak had overturned last weekend. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS E-edition by clicking here or …
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Jun 19 2014
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Last week, officials with the City of Port Isabel convened with representatives from several area agencies for a Hurricane Awareness workshop that included info about how the agencies work in collaboration during emergency situations. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS E-edition by …
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Jun 19 2014
Helmi Lents Kaevando, 89, passed away on Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at her residence in Port Isabel. She was born near Haapsalu, Estonia on October 11, 1924 to Anton and Leena (Elster) Lents. She was the middle child of three. She married Roman “Ray” Kaevando in January 1944 in Ridala, Estonia. Helmi was …
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Jun 19 2014
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A jury found Laguna Heights resident Joel Martinez guilty last Wednesday of assault/family violence with a previous conviction. Martinez, 25, assaulted a family member by striking her and dragging her by the hair in August 2013 in Laguna Heights. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port …
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Jun 13 2014
BY Sasha Heller Managing Editor A jury found Laguna Heights resident Joel Martinez guilty late Wednesday of assault family/household member with a previous conviction. Martinez, 25, assaulted a family member by striking her and dragging her by the hair in August 2013 in Laguna Heights. The victim refused to cooperate with the Cameron County …
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Jun 12 2014
Cristin T. Martinez, 93, of Port Isabel, Texas, entered into eternal rest on June 7, 2014 at Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville, Texas. Cristin was a WWII Veteran, honorably discharged from the United States Army, and served as a member of the VFW Post 8791. He was also a member of Our Lady Star …
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Jun 12 2014
BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The 2014 RGV Sports.com & Rio Grande Valley Sports Hall of Fame Awards ceremony will take place this Monday (June 16) in Philip J. Yeckel Memorial Auditorium at the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen. Port Isabel High is up for five awards. To read the rest of this story, please …
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