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Linebacker Montelongo to attend Texas Lutheran Univ.

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Esteven Montelongo has played his last game of football as a Port Isabel Tarpon. The graduate will be attending Texas Lutheran University in Seguin and will be looking to take his game to the next level. The team is called the Bulldogs and competes in the Division III …

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Murchison plans for easier summer schedule

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Daniela Murchison, Port Isabel High’s two-time state Class 3-A shot put champion, has planned an easier competitive schedule for this summer than the one she endured in 2013. She will be competing in only three meets during the summer season, in McAllen, Humble and College Station To read the rest …

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City preps Yacht Club Hotel purchase

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel City Commission held a special called meeting Wednesday evening to hear a brief presentation from representatives with Petra Reyna and Associates and the Port Isabel Economic Development Corporation (EDC) regarding the City’s proposed purchase of the Yacht Club Hotel. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe …

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PI Event Center opening still TBA

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Christmas. March 3. May 28. Every deadline that the Port Isabel City Commission has set to complete construction of the Events and Cultural Center (ECC) has passed the community by. It’s now the first week of June and city officials have yet to lock in a date for the …

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South Padre Island to build new drive-over

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The South Padre Island City Council on Wednesday contracted with Green, Rubiano and Associates for structural engineering services for the design of an emergency vehicle access drive-over at Beach Circle. 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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METAL MARLIN: Students’ sculpture on permanent display

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A sculpture of a blue marlin, created by three students from Los Fresnos High, is now on permanent display outside of Sea Ranch Restaurant on South Padre Island. 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 office at …

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CONGRESSIONAL VISIT: Vela focuses on beach re-nourishment, dredging

BY PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce held its Quarterly Public Affairs Luncheon on Tuesday at Isla Grand with Congressman Filemon Vela featured as the guest speaker. After an Italian buffet lunch provided by the Isla Grand and a brief introduction by Courtney Hayden, Congressman Vela spoke for …

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Aurora Fernandez Garcia

Aurora Fernandez Garcia, 77, of Port Isabel, TX entered into eternal rest on Monday, May 26, 2014 at Kindred Hospital in San Antonio, Texas.   She was born in Brownsville, Texas and was a lifetime resident of Port Isabel, Texas until January 2012. She and her loving husband of 56 years moved to San Antonio …

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Bianca Marie Mire-Sutton

Bianca Marie Mire-Sutton, 31, of Port Isabel, Texas, passed away on May 24, 2014. She was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents and maternal grandparents. Surviving her is her daughter, Mia Rae Sutton; her parents: Clement (Elaine) Mire and Denise Jones; three sisters: Patty Miller, Noel Mire, and Erika Mire; and a niece, Meagan …

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ZUMBATHON: Fitness beach party supports cancer research, leukemia

BY PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS Tatiana Asia wasn’t about to let her own recent cancer surgery keep her from organizing and attending the NuRythmZ Fourth Annual Zumba Beach Party, held at Clayton’s Beach Bar & Grill on South Padre Island this past Saturday. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port …

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