May 19 2011
By LAUREN LAUGHLIN Special to the PRESS The Palms Resort celebrated its fifth anniversary on Tuesday May 17, with a party on the resorts beach side deck. Participants in the celebration included members of the South Padre Island City Counsel, the Chief of Police and Fire Department and many other local business owners. The Palms, …
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May 19 2011
May 4, 2011 – 11:31 a.m. Something Borrowed At the Church’s Chicken on HWY 100, a man requested police assistance in finding his car. The victim claimed to have lent out the vehicle to a friend, and it had yet to be returned. Officers said they would be on the lookout for the vehicle. May …
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May 09 2011
By LAUREN N. LAUGHLIN Petty Officer Third Class Fabian Gonzalez, Fireman Lance Strand and Seaman Benjamin Dennard are volunteer firefighters with the Laguna Vista Fire Department. Not only do they work 24 hours a day for the Coast Guard but on their off time they are on call for the fire department. All three are …
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May 09 2011
By JASON MIHALICK It was a Mother’s Day weekend Mary Zapata-Muñoz won’t soon forget. Unlike most moms, she wasn’t able to celebrate the holiday honoring motherhood knowing that her son, Department of Homeland Security ICE (Immigration Customs Enforcement) Special Agent Jaime J. Zapata, had been killed approximately two months prior on Feb. 15, 2011. Fortunately …
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May 09 2011
By JOE R. BOWLING, JR. As the City of Port Isabel and the Laguna Madre Humane Society were working through the process of operations at the Port Isabel Animal Shelter, a group was forming that is now in place as an integral part in moving forward in a positive manor. This past weekend over 60 …
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May 09 2011
By JOE R. BOWLING, JR. Soon visitors and residents on South Padre Island will be able to see a piece of history as part of the Twin Towers will be permanently displayed at the new firehouse. According to South Padre Island Fire Chief Burney Baskett, applications were filed over a year and a half ago …
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May 09 2011
By JOE R. BOWLING, JR. Amid heated debate in the background, two pieces of legislation took steps forward for the creation of an improvement district in Port Isabel. Members of the Port Isabel City Administration were on hand as testimonies took place Monday in Austin. Even as the two pieces of legislation were being …
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May 03 2011
By LARRY GAGE The Port Isabel Tarpons lost to Rio Hondo, 10-5, on the road on Saturday in their final regular season game. The team is now busy preparing for their first-round playoff matchup against Orange Grove. It will be a best-of-three series, the first game of which will be at Edinburg Economedes High School …
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May 03 2011
By JOE R. BOWLING JR. The City if Port Isabel will be looking at options to assist with traffic for the summer months while the construction and repair continues on the Queen Isabella Causeway. At the City Commissioners Meeting Tuesday night, both citizens and commissioners chimed in expressing enough concern that this will be a …
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May 03 2011
By JOE R. BOWLING JR. Sunday morning brought an end to a search that lasted over four days after three swimmers came up missing near Isla Blanca Park on South Padre Island. According to Cameron County Constable Department Pct. 1 Sgt. Richard Hernandez, the final victim was recovered about a mile and half north of …
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