Dec 09 2022
By R. Lewis Now entering the middle of Dec. and quickly approaching Christmas and the New Year holidays, it appears that we have finally moved into a long period of more normal weather for the lower Laguna Madre region. The push of cold air and the nearly ten days of drizzle and light rain have …
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Dec 08 2022
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Padre Boulevard was aglow as holiday spirit illuminated the Island the evening of Friday, Dec. 2. Friends, families and loved ones lined the streets to witness the 33rd Annual SPI Christmas Parade. However, this year it wasn’t all Santa hats and jingle bells. A live alligator, escorted by the Island’s very …
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Dec 08 2022
Special to the PRESS Forty-two students from the Port Isabel HS Band “shined” bright this past Saturday, Dec. 3, at the ATSSB HS All-Region Band competition held at Rio Hondo High School. High school band students from Port Isabel to Rio Grande City participated in the ATSSB annual competition that leads to the Texas …
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Dec 08 2022
PUBLIC INTOXICATION 49.02: On Nov. 27, 2022, at around 00:19 hours, contact was made with an employee at a convenience store located at 5000 Padre Boulevard. Throughout the course of the contact, it was determined that the employee was highly intoxicated and was placed under arrest for Public Intoxication. PUBLIC INTOXICATION/EMS: On Nov. 27, 2022, …
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Dec 08 2022
A LEARNED CAT The Lewiston Journal tells a story to establish the fact that cats are intelligent, as well as dogs. The owner of one in that place taught Tom to trade mice for meat – receiving from his master a piece for every mouse presented. One day a mouse was brought and laid down …
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Dec 08 2022
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS BOYS BASKETBALL The Port Isabel Tarpons came in second place at the Brownsville ISD Basketball Tournament held Thursday, Dec. 1. The Tarpons got a great start in the three-day tournament as they picked up wins against Mission Veterans Memorial (67-46) and Brownsville Rivera (55-54) on day …
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Dec 01 2022
By R. LEWIS Water conservation is a main concern in regards to landscaping of new single family residential area houses in Austin. I read on a weekly communication from my trade association T.N.L.A. (Texas Nursery Landscaping Association) that the city of Austin is considering new landscaping requirements for building new single family residential homes. The …
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Dec 01 2022
By RENE TORRES The Port Isabel Resort Company was not discouraged by the downfall of the economic “Depression” of the 1930s. Instead, it went ahead with its plans to establish one of most elaborate casinos and recreation parks in Texas—a place where Northern Mexico and the United States would join hands in play. Lake Isabela …
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Dec 01 2022
By M. KATHY RAINS “Where are the birds?” I cried, witnessing an expanse of eerily silent, bare limbs and lawn. Was the surrounding canopy so rich in insects, seeds and fruits that birds spurned my yard? Had birds become ill? Had our house exterminator ventured too far? Cats? Then, one morning, on an olive branch, …
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Dec 01 2022
By STEVE HATHCOCK The use of soap dates back to the Old Testament… Jeremiah 2:22 and Malachi 3:2 mention the use of a soap made from tree bark ashes. There are many theories about how soap was “invented,” but soap has probably been used in some form or another as far back as prehistoric times, …
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