Jan 03 2020
By GAIGE DAVILA editor@portisabelsouthpadrepress.com The Port Isabel-South Padre Press had some transitional periods in 2019. Longtime editor Dina Arevalo left the PRESS at the beginning of the year, to work with the Mid-Valley Town Crier, where she is Editor. Freddy Jimenez, former editor of San Benito …
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Jan 03 2020
By Steve Hathcock Special to the PARADE Christina wrote to me about a book she bought titled, “The Padre Island Story” by Loraine Daly. “I know that books about Texas history can be quite rare and I wonder if you …
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Jan 03 2020
By DAVID LEE ZAMORA Special to the PARADE Have you ever had one of those days where you wanted to turn off your brain, sit in front of a big ol’ white screen and see a film that will make you awe at …
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Jan 03 2020
Casting for Valley-based sitcom “Something Fowl” finishes By DAVID LEE ZAMORA Special to the PRESS On December 21, Pandering Productions, a Rio Grande Valley-based content producer, held its second casting for a comedy sitcom pilot called “Something Fowl” in the Brownsville Public Library. The next day, at Austin Street Bar in McAllen, Texas, they held …
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Jan 03 2020
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS The Men’s basketball team participated in the Brahmas Holiday Shootout Tournament and came out with a 3-1 winning record. The Tarpons took the first game against the 5A CC Moody Trojans 60-58. The Tarpons lost game 2 to 6A PSJA North 69-55. On the second day of …
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Jan 03 2020
By PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS A contender for state Senate held a meet and greet in Port Isabel Friday evening, December 13, to introduce himself to residents of the Laguna Madre area in hopes of winning their vote in the upcoming March primary elections. “I think …
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Jan 03 2020
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons hoops team split their four games at the Lyford Holiday Classic tournament last weekend. In the team’s first game on Friday a 44-30 win was recorded over IDEA-Donna. That afternoon they lost to eventual tournament champion, Santa …
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Jan 03 2020
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The team that a particular player starts the season with is not necessarily the one he’ll be playing with once the district season starts. One such Port Isabel High player is sophomore Josue Navarro. “I …
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Jan 03 2020
By LAURA LYLES REAGAN Special to the PRESS Point Isabel ISD proudly announced on December 17 that the Port Isabel High School Mariachi Plata earned a Division 1 Superior Rating at the Texas Association Mariachi Educators South Area Contest. It qualified them to compete at the state …
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Dec 27 2019
By Angie Gamez Special to the Press Most of us love the ocean, live near it or wish we did. For artist Connie Lovell, who lives in Harlingen, the ocean is her “heart and soul.” Lovell was so bothered by trash on the beach left by beach goers, trash that washed ashore, and trash in …
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