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College sweethearts bring the waltz to SPI

By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com For those wishing to get their groove on, and learn a thing or two while they are at it, Gaye and Ted Hubble, college sweethearts who have been married for almost 50 years, have just the thing. Every Thursday from 2 – 3 p.m., they instruct a completely free dance class …

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Annual educator job fair slated

Special to the NEWS The Region One Education Service Center will host its Annual Educator Job Fair on Thursday, June 2, 2022, at the Region One Education Service Center, 1900 W. Schunior, Edinburg from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. for those interested in seeking a teaching or an administrative position in a Region One school …

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SONIC Drive-In donates to Port Isabel High School

Special to the PRESS This month, SONIC® Drive-In donated $1.5 million to help fund local education needs through DonorsChoose, a national nonprofit that allows individuals to donate directly to public school classroom requests submitted by teachers. As part of SONIC’s ongoing Limeades for Learning initiative, the brand matched 50 percent of each donation made to …

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TSTC to host PI-ISD students for campus tour

Special to the PRESS Some 200 students from 14 area high schools will visit Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen campus for a Region One GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) campus tour on Thursday, May 26. The participating high schools include Edcouch-Elsa, Harlingen, Harlingen South, La Feria, Lasara, La Villa, Los …

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Rivals go head to head in election

By CHRISTINA SOSA Special to the NEWS Unofficial Cameron County results for the May 24 primary runoff elections brought rivals to a head giving voters a glimpse at ballots come November. Rochelle Mercedes Garza defeated opponent Joe Jaworski with 80% of the vote for the Democratic primary runoff for Attorney General. Incumbent Attorney General Ken …

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Laguna Boulevard improvements continue

By CHRISTINA SOSA Special to the PRESS Councilmember Ken Medders, Jr. provided the quarterly building permit activity with April faring exponentially above the rest at $8,540,370 during the South Padre Island City Council meeting held on May 20. SPI Mayor Patrick McNulty said the scheduled regular meeting set for May 18, had to be rescheduled …

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SPI sees fewer visitors in 2022

By SHELDON MOORE Special to the PRESS On Thursday morning, May 19 at 9 a.m., the South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce convened their final Coffee & Conversation gathering of the season. Attendees in the packed downstairs dining room of the popular island restaurant and brew pub included chamber board members and chamber members as …

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Best friends graduate top of their class

Special to the PRESS Bianca Flaig, PIISD Class of 2022 Valedictorian, and Zoe Alysa Stathopoulos, PIISD Class of 2022 Salutatorian, were both born in Harlingen Texas and raised in Port Isabel. The two best friends have known each other the majority of their lives, and are now graduating top of their class. Stathopoulos says growing …

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Community reacts to Uvalde shooting

By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Several statements have been released on Facebook from community figures in regards to the school shooting that occurred in Uvalde, Texas. On May 24, 2022, 18 year old Salvador Ramos opened fire at Robb Elementary School after shooting his grandmother. He took the lives of 19 children, and two teachers, and …

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Students, Pre-K to 6th grade, can visit the Zoo for free this summer

Special to the PRESS BROWNSVILLE—Children across the Rio Grande Valley can visit the Zoo for free this Summer thanks to Gladys Porter Zoo’s Summer Pass Program. The program, which had been on hold for the past two years due to virtual learning, is back, once again. Staff at the Zoo are excited to revive this …

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