Mar 12 2021
By RENE TORRES Special to the PRESS Rio Grande Valley high school and junior high division basketball got a boast in the 1930s by the La Feria Lions Letterman’s club. C. E. Vail, La Feria coach and Cameron Country director of sports was the leader in promoting athletics in the entire Rio Grande Valley. Beginning …
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Mar 12 2021
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Queen Isabella Causeway collapse is a story more recited than told. But a new podcast is seeking to tell the collapse’s story in more detail than ever before, from those who were there, nearly 20 years later. “The True Story of the Queen Isabella Causeway Collapse” podcast first debuted …
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Mar 05 2021
By RENE TORRES Special to the PRESS/NEWS With the 2020-21 edition of the Port Isabel Tarpon Basketball Team heating up the courts straight into the postseason, this writer thought it would an appropriate time to reissue an article compiled and published in 2015 detailing the Post-Depression-Era Tarpons and their historic run on the courts that …
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Mar 01 2021
By Gaige Davila Los Fresnos, Texas, may be the last place anyone would expect to find moonshine, but it’s there, and it’s presence is becoming more known. Jerrod Leon Henry, owner and master distiller of Rio Grande Distillery, makes Magic Valley Moonshine from his storefront on Highway 100 in between Laguna Vista and Los Fresnos …
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Jan 29 2021
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com After two weeks, Manuel’s Restaurant has reopened with the help of longtime customers, many who continued donating on Manuel’s opening day in the form of generous tips. On Tuesday, Jan 26, morning, Manuel’s parking lot looked as it does every other day (except Mondays, when they’re closed): full of cars. That …
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Jan 29 2021
Curated by Steve Hathcock Editor’s note: These articles appeared in the Port Isabel-South Padre Island PRESS on January 8, 1976. Cable TV Comes to the Laguna Madre At a meeting of the South Padre Island town council, Tom Russell, a representative of the Laguna Madre Cable Company told the council about his companies’ proposal to …
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Jan 21 2021
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Laguna Madre community, its winter residents, and people across the country are continuing to donate to a beloved Port Isabel restaurant impacted by COVID-19. Manuel’s Restaurant, through a GoFundMe campaign started on Jan. 13 by Frank Barroso, son of owner Jose “Manuel,” are raising money to remain in business. More …
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Jan 15 2021
Words and Photos by Gaige Davila The Port Isabel Lighthouse, though built in 1852, is not the oldest piece of history in Port Isabel’s Market Square. Down the hill of the lighthouse sits Alchemaille Exploratorium, the workspace and store of Michael DeVeny, Port Isabel’s only chainmaille artist. “I saw a chainmaille shirt sitting over a …
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Jan 15 2021
Curated by Steve Hathcock Editor’s note: These articles appeared in the Port Isabel-South Padre Island PRESS on January 8, 1976. Cable TV Comes to the Laguna Madre At a meeting of the South Padre Island town council, Tom Russell, a representative of the Laguna Madre Cable Company told the council about his companies’ proposal to …
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Jan 08 2021
Photos and Words By Gaige Davila South Padre Parade Louisiana has made its mark on South Padre Island, in the form of a familiar drink served in an unfamiliar way, served to-go. Island Daiquiris 2 Go is now serving frozen cocktails just off South Padre Island’s entertainment district, with old favorites and new flavors for …
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March 5, 2021
March 5, 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito High School senior, Aaliyah Attebery, is the recipient of this year’s San Benito News scholarship. Born in Oklahoma, Attebery and her family moved to the Valley and have lived here for the past 15 years. Even though the COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented circumstances to school students across the … Continue reading [...]
By SANDRA TUMBERLINSON Special to the NEWS The Callandret Black History Museum of South Texas in San Benito was recently the site of a National Junior Honor Society project for STEM² Preparatory Academy’s seventh grader Leo Cantu of Harlingen. Cantu’s assignment concentrated on the cultural aspects of a group of people who lived in the … Continue reading [...]
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com On June 1, the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees held a committee meeting and discussed the 2021-2022 compensation plan. The 2021-2022 compensation plan was presented by Andrea Cruz, Assistant Superintendent of Administrative Services. The plan includes a new hire pay schedule for teachers, administrative, clerical, and auxiliary pay grades. The … Continue reading [...]
NEWS Staff Report With hurricane season upon us, the City of San Benito allowed citizens the opportunity to fill sandbags on June 4 and June 5. At the distribution station, five sandbags were allowed per household and 10 per commercial entity. The distribution took place at the Neuman Building at the San Benito Fairgrounds located … Continue reading [...]
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com On June 8, Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary student, Scarlet Cruz, received a surprise visit from the McDonald’s Play Van for her perfect attendance since kindergarten. The Play Van traveled from the McDonald’s on Sam Houston and visited Cruz’s house. They then set up arcade games and props and emerged … Continue reading [...]
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