May 01 2014
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Deputies with the Cameron County Sheriff’s Department found the body of a young man around 10:30 a.m., Tuesday near the jetties at Boca Chica Beach. 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 (956) 943-5545.
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May 01 2014
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Turtle Lady legacy will live on. Last week, Mary Ann Tous, niece of Ila Loetscher — “The Turtle Lady” — discussed the impact Loetscher made on area biological activists as part of the Treasures of the Gulf Museum’s “Telling Our Stories” series. Tous spearheads the Turtle To read the rest …
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May 01 2014
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com For the last six years, the Surfrider Foundation South Texas Chapter has partnered with the City of South Padre Island to restore area dunes, which help protect the Island when faced with natural disasters. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS E-edition by …
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May 01 2014
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The South Padre Island Property Owners Who Care (POWC) have a recall petition ready to be submitted to the City to recall Mayor Robert Pinkerton Jr., Mayor Pro Tem JoAnn Evans, Councilman Sam Listi and Councilwoman Alita Bagley. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South …
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May 01 2014
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A woman was killed Tuesday after she was struck by a vehicle in an auto-pedestrian accident. Authorities with the Laguna Vista Police Department on Tuesday responded to a one-car accident on Farm to Market Road 510 in which a vehicle swerved and hit a female pedestrian who was walking …
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May 01 2014
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Herb Houston, husband of Laguna Vista Mayor Susie Houston, has recently come under fire for having been invited into a March 3 Town Council executive session to provide consulting services related to annexation attempts by the City of Brownsville. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port …
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Apr 24 2014
BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel High has qualified four discus and shot put throwers for this weekend’s Region IV Track and Field Meet in Kingsville. For the Lady Tarpons, it will be Daniela Murchison and Kelcie Swink competing in both the shot put and discus, and for the Tarpons Raul Villareal …
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Apr 24 2014
BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS By the time this week’s PRESS hits the stands on Thursday evening, the Port Isabel High men’s track and field regional qualifiers will already be in Kingsville, where this weekend’s Region IV meet is being held. The event is taking place at Texas A&M Kingsville’s Javelina Stadium this …
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Apr 24 2014
BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Lady Tarpons track and field team departed on Thursday for this weekend’s Region IV meet at Kingsville’s Javelina Stadium. The meet is taking place this Friday (April 25). A total of 13 Lady Tarpons qualified for regional competition in 11 different events, including six …
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Apr 24 2014
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) recently approved a five percent rate increase that could significantly impact the coastal housing and commercial markets, when coupled with recently-approved increases in flood insurance. 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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