Jun 20 2024
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS This past Saturday, Jun. 15, Port Isabel (PI) hosted the “Battle at the Bay” State Qualifying Tournament (SQT). The event is one of many SQT’s held throughout the state, and teams that place in the events go on to compete in the Texas State 7-on-7 tournament. The …
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Jun 13 2024
By CATHERINE DONNELLY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Many islandgoers have been busy scrubbing tar off from their clothing, belongings or feet and even the hair on swimmer’s legs. Beachgoers have been reporting having difficulty avoiding tar balls that are scattered along the shoreline. No matter what is on social media, Cameron County’s Texas A&M Marine Extension Agent Tony …
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Jun 13 2024
By AYLEEN CANIZALES editor@portisabelsouth padre.com On Thursday, June 6, at 7:50 a.m., SpaceX conducted their fourth test launch of their Starship shuttle from the company’s “Starbase” facility in Boca Chica, TX. The highly anticipated launch commenced with the “Super Heavy” booster propelling the Starship through the initial stages of the atmosphere. During the process, one …
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Jun 13 2024
By AYLEEN CANIZALES editor@portisabelsouth padre.com In the wake of a devastating accident that resulted in the loss of Mariah Desiree Enriquez on the Queen Isabella Memorial Causeway, attention has turned sharply to the concerning prevalence of intoxicated drivers saturating the streets of South Padre Island (SPI) this week.With the community still reeling from the tragic …
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Jun 13 2024
By CATHERINE DONNELLY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Locals and visitors have been dismayed that one of Port Isabel’s favorite locally-owned restaurants, Into the Blue, was no longer in its location just off the Lighthouse Square. Shortly afterwards it popped up in Los Fresnos, on State Highway 100. The family greets their old guests warmly, happy to see familiar …
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Jun 13 2024
By CATHERINE DONNELLY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Friends of Animal Rescue on South Padre Island (SPI) started a fundraising campaign in 2019 to build a new structure to expand the square footage of the shelter’s space. It would also add on a boarding & daycare, a veterinary clinic/hospital, offices and an apartment (for a future veterinarian or boarder), …
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Jun 13 2024
By CATHERINE DONNELLY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com There’s a new take-out restaurant on South Padre Island and it aims to bring out the kid in you. Who doesn’t like a certain type of hotdog that will make us nostalgic for home or some other place that had the best warm, juicy hot dogs? If your mouth is already …
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Jun 13 2024
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS Former Port Isabel football player Brayan Medina is in the middle of his training camp in preparation for his upcoming mixed martial arts flyweight bout. After a long day of work, Medina trains with Jason Lee and Johnny Garcia at Bare Knuckle Crew (BKC) Jiu Jitsu in …
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Jun 13 2024
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS On Saturday, June 15 Port Isabel will be hosting a Texas 7on7 State Qualifying Division II Tournament. The event will be held at the PIECHS practice field with a start time of 9 a.m. There will be a concession stand and admission is free. The “Battle at …
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Jun 13 2024
By STEVE HATHCOCK Lighthouse Tender Pansy arrived at Brazos this morning. (The Daily Cosmopolitan (Brownsville, TX.) June 1, 1885) Editor’s Note: The United States Lighthouse Tender Pansy Launched in 1877, Pansy was first assigned to the Eighth Lighthouse District to replace the aging Tender Dandelion. In 1904 she was transferred to Puerto Rico where she …
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