Oct 03 2011
PRESS Staff Report South Padre Island’s City Council’s first regular meeting date for the new fiscal year includes both a workshop and the regular council meeting. The 2 p.m. workshop agenda focuses on a discussion with the Atkins Group, the marketing firm for South Padre Island. Steve Atkins, the firms’s president will present the agency …
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Oct 03 2011
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS With $1.5 million in certificates of obligation just approved for parks, building and other improvements in Laguna Vista, the town council and Parks and Recreation board will meet in a workshop session, Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 5:30 p.m. to discuss project what project will be funded by the …
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Oct 03 2011
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Attendance, deadlines for placing items on the council’s agenda, ethics and professional standards are spelled-out in a recently approved and updated Laguna Vista Board and Commission Handbook. Under policies stipulated in the handbook, elected officials should “make every effort to notify” the administration at least 24 hours in …
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Oct 03 2011
By LAUREN N. LAUGHLIN Special to the PRESS On Saturday, Oct. 1, 40 volunteers gathered with Surfrider Foundation South Texas Chapter and removed over 300 pounds of plastic trash from Andy Bowie Park on South Padre Island. In order to better educate the public on beach litter, the Surfrider Foundation has declared the month of …
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Oct 03 2011
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS It was the most complete game Port Isabel has played this season. The Tarpons scored the first three times they had the ball, didn’t turn it over once, and defeated the Brownsville Veterans Memorial Chargers, 31-15, Friday night at Tarpon Stadium. Playing at home for the first time …
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Oct 03 2011
Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Junior High seventh and eighth grade cross country teams traveled to Edcouch-Elsa on Saturday for their last tune-up meet before the district meet in Progreso. The teams did well, in particular were the seventh grade girls, who for the second week in a row, won the meet. The …
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Sep 29 2011
By SCARLET O’ROURKE Staff Writer editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Judge Bennie Ochoa III was recently brought before the judicial agency responsible for disciplining judges for the charge of misuse of the prestige of his office. “I did apologize to the Judicial Commission,” Ochoa said in an exclusive interview with the Press. He was reprimanded for writing an official …
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Sep 29 2011
By SCARLET O’ROURKE Staff Writer editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Last week there was reportedly federal activity involving Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) near Derry Elementary, said ICE spokes person Adelina A. Pruneda. According to the Laguna Vista Police Department, they issued permission to ICE agents to investigate a residence in Laguna Vista. Though no action was reportedly taken …
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Sep 29 2011
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons will entertain the Chargers of Brownsville Veterans Memorial this Friday night. It will be the Tarpons’ final non-district game of the season. Veterans Memorial is the new school in town and this is their second season of football competition. And here’s a surprising fact; …
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Sep 29 2011
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Slot machines and coin-operated devices in Laguna Vista could be regulated in the near future, following recent action by the city’s Town Council. “The ordinance would regulate coin and/or slot machines within the Town limits,” City Manager Rolando Vela said. As such, should legalized gambling be approved locally …
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