Jul 27 2023
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com On Wednesday, July 19, the South Padre Island [SPI] City Council convened for their regularly scheduled meeting and it began with a remark from SPI Council Member Eva Jean Dalton. “I know I sound like a broken record about this, but people, please watch the cross walks,” said Dalton. “[I] saw …
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Jul 27 2023
WELFARE CONCERN/PUBLIC INTOXICATION: On July 1, 2023, at approximately 22:20 hours, officers were dispatched to the 7300 block of Padre Boulevard in reference to a welfare concern. Upon arrival, officers made contact with a female subject who displayed signs of intoxication and she was subsequently arrested. The female subject was transported to the South Padre …
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Jul 27 2023
Special to the PRESS BROWNSVILLE, TX—The Brazos Island Harbor (BIH) Channel Improvement Project continues to move forward, as Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation today announced the receipt of Notice to Proceed to perform essential improvements to the Brownsville ship channel for NextDecade Corporation’s Rio Grande LNG project at the Port of Brownsville. Great Lakes …
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Jul 27 2023
By KAREN BROOKS HARPER The Texas Tribune Editor’s Note: The following was originally published by The Texas Tribune. The story is being republished here with the Tribune’s permission. AUSTIN, TX—A landmark $18 billion tax cut for property owners in the state headed to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk earlier this month, ending a months’ long stalemate …
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Jul 27 2023
Editor’s Note: Moments in Time is a collection of recovered newspaper briefs and other publications, compiled by local historian, Steve Hathcock, that offer a look back at the history of the Rio Grande Valley and the rest of the world. Hathcock’s book, Old Indio, Last of the Karankawa Indians of Padre Island and other short …
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Jul 27 2023
By Catherine Donnelly The ancient philosopher Heraclitus likens the universe to a river current, saying that one cannot step twice into the same stream. This is why when Rehman can set her readers so adeptly in the Pakistani community of Corona, Queens, New York, during the 1980’s, through subtle cues in the music, fashion, culture …
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Jul 27 2023
By Laurie Coker I wasn’t much of a doll person as a little girl, but I did like my Barbies. I had several, and my grandmother nurtured in me a love for the fashionista figurine with a perfect figure and blonde hair. She and I even made Barbie clothes. I remember being so excited when …
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Jul 27 2023
By R. Lewis Early last week, we were treated to a magnificent “Purple Sage Bloom”. That is when the Native Texas Sage, aka “Cenizo”, puts on a show of flowers that color our landscapes a beautiful purple. Driving into Port Isabel last Monday morning, July 17, visitors were treated to a colorful show of the …
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Jul 20 2023
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com In late May of 2023, Pete Zurita, 42-year-old father of two, was found unresponsive in the middle of the street. After being transported to the hospital, it was discovered that he had two broken ribs and also needed a liver transplant. The cause of this injury is unknown, and according to …
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Jul 20 2023
By KREIG KOHL Special to the PRESS June 18 saw the regularly scheduled meeting of the Point Isabel Independent School District School Board. The first agenda item the board went over was their Success Through Education Partnership, or STEP, program. The program is in place to assist at-risk students and ensure they do not fall …
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