Nov 18 2011
Special to the Parade Highlighted by the annual South Padre Island Christmas Parade, the South Padre Island Parks, Recreation, and Beautification Committee will once again present a 12-plus Days of Christmas Celebration. Festivities begin Dec.12 with Cookies and Coffee at the SPI Welcome Center from 10-11 a.m. Then, on Dec. 13, the Holiday Table Scaping …
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Nov 18 2011
By HOLIDAY MATHIS Special to the Parade The Sagittarian solar journey begins on Tuesday, and an adventurous mood takes hold immediately. Surprise events and unexpected expenditures will be featured. New tools, such as professional equipment or technology that aids social connection, will help us expand our reach. The partial solar eclipse on Thanksgiving suggests that …
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Nov 18 2011
By RENE TORRES Special to the Parade Although the soldiers at Fort Brown had their own bowling alley before the citizens of Brownsville did—bowling was just as popular among the local folks as well. If you lived in Brownsville in 1930, you had a choice whether to bowl outdoors at Old Rip’s Bowling Alley or …
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Nov 18 2011
By TONY CROUCH Special to the Parade First, I want to say that I hope none of you out there get that ugly flu or cold bug, but for those who have, I hope its mild and you get over it right away. I currently have been sick the past couple of days and want …
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Nov 18 2011
By 8-BIT JAY Special to the Parade The tablet market is heating up with new devices like Amazon’s Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble’s Nook Tablet. Both are sub-$300 tablets and take aim at a market controlled almost entirely by the iPad, Apple’s popular tablet device. At a glance, both tablets may seem underpowered compared …
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Nov 11 2011
PRESS Staff Report Armando R. Villalobos, County and District Attorney for Cameron County, announces that Quelen Nolasco Herrera, 47, of Port Isabel, Texas, was sentenced to 30 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice – Institutional Division for continuous sexual abuse of a young child, a first degree felony. Herrera appeared before a district …
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Nov 11 2011
By SCARLET O’ROURKE Staff Writer Between 100,000 and 300,000 children are at risk of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking (DMST) each year, said San Juan Police Chief Juan Gonzalez at the Valley Forensic Conference on the Island,Wednesday. Though the tabloids scream out drug trafficking daily, the chief said that the market for DMST is far greater …
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Nov 11 2011
By SCARLET O’ROURKE Staff Writer editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Freedom is a blood-bought gift from the soldiers of past and present who fought to obtain and keep the American way. To honor those men and women, the City of South Padre Island will host a dedication ceremony for the Rio Grande Valley Purple Heart Memorial Trail on Friday, …
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Nov 11 2011
PRESS Staff Report The City of Laguna Vista is set to offer an evening for all ages as the bayside community gathers for Music by the Bay on Saturday, Nov. 12. The outdoor event will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. at Roloff Park, right near the Laguna Madre Bay. The event is free …
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Nov 11 2011
By EDWARD MEZA Special to the PRESS The Isabel Y. Garcia Animal Shelter is now past its first six months of management by the City of Port Isabel. Many improvements have been made, yet we still have work to do. We are completely within the “best practices” rules as outlined by the State of Texas …
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