Nov 06 2020
Photos and Words by Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Editor’s note: This feature is from the Parade’s November 2020 issue. If any word should come to mind when discussing F&B, it should be “intent.” There’s intent behind every facet of F&B (for “Food and Beverage”), a joint venture between owners Walter Greenwood, executive chef, Brandi Hackett, general …
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Nov 06 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The annual H-E-B Feast of Sharing in-person dinner event has been cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, being replaced by a food donation campaign by the Texas grocery chain. An H-E-B press release states they will donate more than 340,000 meals to food banks across Texas, including the Rio Grande Valley …
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Nov 06 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com After some repairs and maintenance under the bridge, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDot) will begin repairs on top of the Queen Isabella Memorial Causeway. Carlos Ceballos, Transportation Engineer with TxDot’s San Benito office, gave an update to the Casueway’s repair and maintenance project during the Nov. 4 South Padre Island …
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Nov 06 2020
By Constancio Martinez Jr. Special to the PRESS The first game of the Port Isabel Tarpon season has become their last. The Point Isabel Independent School District has canceled the Tarpons’ second game, scheduled for Nov. 6 against the Raymondville Bearkats. PI-ISD, in a press release, stated a student athlete possibly came in “close contact” …
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Nov 06 2020
By Constancio Martinez Jr. Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons kicked off their season opener against the visiting 5A PSJA Southwest Javelinas last Friday, Oct. 30. The Javelinas offense only threw the ball three times and ran 51 times. The game between Port Isabel and PSJA SW was looking to be an old …
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Nov 06 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Election season came to an end in Laguna Vista, Port Isabel and South Padre Island last night, with most incumbents retaining their seats for another term and new representatives filling unopposed seats. Laguna Vista councilperson, Place 2, Johvonne Howard was reelected with 807 votes, a small margin against challenger Richard …
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Oct 30 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Cameron County has surpassed its 2016 early votes with, with just one day left of early voting before the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 3. As of Thursday, 79,596 Cameron County residents have voted early, with two more days of early voting left as of press time. As of Wednesday, 1,455 …
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Oct 30 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel Tarpons will play their first, and only, regular game of the football season this Friday against PSJA Southwest at Tarpon Stadium. Initially, the Tarpons had a two-game season, after two postponements when COVID-19 cases began increasing across Texas and the Rio Grande Valley. COVID-19 cases in Cameron County …
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Oct 23 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Point Isabel Independent School District (PI-ISD) phased more students back into its campuses as COVID-19 cases continue rising across the state, in their “Phase 3” plan. PI-ISD’s school board voted to continue transitioning students through a Texas Education Agency (TEA) waiver on Oct. 20 during a regular school board meeting. This …
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Oct 23 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com This past week, The Texas Departmentof Transportaion (TxDOT) began closing the Queen Isabella Memorial Causeway lanes for maintenance projects that will last until December. Work crews began working on the Causeway on Monday, Oct. 19. The maintenance work includes cathodic, or anti-rust, protection, repainting and structural review and repairs. The work …
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