Aug 01 2024
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A new art gallery called Merdian and Muse has opened on South Padre Island. A grand opening celebration for the gallery with live music, food, drinks and a raffle will take place on Saturday, Aug. 3, from 6-9 p.m. at 103 E. Amberjack St. Ryan Henry, the artist behind Merdian and …
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Aug 01 2024
By ARABELLA SERRATA Staff Writer The Port Isabel Economic Development Corporation (EDC) has given a grant to shrimp boat owners that dock in Port Isabel. There will be six grants, each in the amount of $10,000.00. As of the time of writing, three of the six grants have been paid. Round one of the grant …
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Aug 01 2024
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS This past Saturday, July 27, Texas Fight League held their first MMA promotion, TFL1, at the South Padre Island Convention Center. The 13-fight event was held in front of 1,500+ spectators. The first ten fights went quickly as several only lasted one round. Before the main event, …
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Aug 01 2024
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com SpaceX has filed an application to authorize the discharge of a deluge water system into the wetlands and Rio Grande river systems near Starbase. According to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality [TCEQ] Space Exploration Technologies Corp. applied to the TCEQ for a proposed Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System …
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Aug 01 2024
By ARABELLA SERRATA Staff Writer Recently, the Laguna Madre Water District [LMWD] received a $10 million loan from the Texas Water Development Board [TWDB] for the desalination process. The TWDB has funded upwards of a hundred thousand dollars in past desalination processes; their full record of current and completed projects can be found on their …
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Aug 01 2024
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Rendi Gonzales, the Town of Laguna Vista City Manager dismissed a citizen’s complaint against its Chief of Police, citing “a personal verbal attack” at a public Town Council Meeting. On May 13, 2024, Laguna Vista citizen and former political candidate for town commissioner Natalie Ruiz filed a citizens complaint against the …
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Aug 01 2024
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A local bird guide says SPI Convention Center & Visitors Bureau Executive Director Blake Henry misled her into a business meeting where she was asked to publicly support the SPI Convention Center expansion, under the guise of a date. According to Tiffany Kersten, the owner of Nature Ninja Birding Tours, which …
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Aug 01 2024
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadrepress.com Cameron County [CC] and VTX1 recently held a groundbreaking at Isla Blanca Park as part of an ongoing effort to expand broadband internet in Precinct 1. VTX1 is an internet service provider in Texas. CC partnered with VTX1 after finding that many areas in the county, especially rural areas, lacked the …
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Aug 01 2024
By ARABELLA SERRATA Staff Writer Port Isabel Independent School District [PIISD] officially announced it has hired two new principals at a recent school board meeting. The latest hires include Valerie LeBlanc and Myrna Ramirez for Garriga and Derry respectively. LeBlanc had been working with PIISD for about 20 years. She was a teacher at Garriga …
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Aug 01 2024
By ARABELLA SERRATA Special to the PARADE Sea Turtle Inc. is continuing to fight the constant battle against the endangerment of the Kemps Ridley Sea Turtle. Volunteers and employees of the non-profit work tirelessly to push for the rehabilitation of injured turtles and keep the species from falling too deep into the depths of endangerment. …
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