Special to the PRESS Friends of Laguna Atascosa will host Walk for the Wild 2022 at Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge on Oct. 15, featuring a 5k course, selfie station, refreshments, and exclusive giveaways. Help raise awareness and support for National Wildlife Refuges and their partners.  Encourage friends and family to enjoy and appreciate nature …

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By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS This Friday the PI tarpons will be playing their week six game against a football team from Mexico, the Correcaminos (Roadrunners) Tamaulipas. With only three district games, it was hard for the coaching staff to find seven non-district opponents. So, Port Isabel expanded their search and actually …

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By Rose Di Grazia On September 22, 2022, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. a good time was had by all at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Lighthouse Boutique Hotel in Port Isabel! Mayor Martin Cantu Jr, and the SPI Chamber of Commerce all took part in the celebration as well as the families of the …

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By KREIG KOHL Special to the PRESS September 15 saw a special meeting of the Point Isabel Independent School District School Board. The meeting was held to go over board member safety training and a presentation and update on the student dress code. The board began the meeting with public comments, which can be on …

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By AMANDA SOTELO Special to the PRESS A product of South Texas College and its Valley Scholars Program, Deisy Perez is leading successful careers as a real estate investor, actress and most recently, travel advisor. The 41-year-old Valley native has even recently ventured into the world of real estate marketing and sales and has targeted …

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Special to the PRESS So many years have passed and still LMWD remembers that 21 years ago, friends and family members were lost because of a horrific accident. However, since then, the community has continued to grow, build, and flourish, beginning with the rebuilding of the Causeway itself. Last week on the special day of …

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By Rene Torres Although lipstick admittedly contributed on a small scale to the war effort, women, in those times, were expected to be as feminine during the World War II era as they did prior to the conflict. Perhaps lipstick did not untangle the knots of despair of the afflicted soldier, but it provided hope …

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By Steve Hathcock Editor’s Note: Moments in Time is a collection of recovered newspaper briefs and other publications that offer a look back at the history of the Rio Grande Valley and the rest of the world. Sigmund Freud dies at home in London London. Professor Sigmund Freud, originator of psychoanalysis, died at his Hampstead, …

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  By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS This past Friday, the 4A Port Isabel Tarpons and 5A Brownsville Veterans Memorial Chargers clashed in front of a jam-packed stadium.  Brownsville Veterans came into the game with the benefit of having 3-times the enrollment of Port Isabel, but the Tarpons were not backing down from …

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Special to the PRESS The Memorial Expression Session took place on Saturday, Sept.10. The session is an annual grassroots event in which the local surfing community comes together to remember all the surfers who have called “The Jetties” home, and are now surfing the endless wave in the sky. It was started several decades ago …

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