By Larry Gage Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons volleyball team dropped their final match of the season at Progreso Monday night. They finish the season with a 2-12 record in league play. The Press spoke with head P.I. coach Julie Breedlove Wednesday and she talked about finding successes and bright spots …
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Nov 01 2019
Varsity Hoops Player Pinkerton Eager to Get Started
By Larry Gage Special to the PRESS Cole Pinkerton is ready to go. The third-year Varsity hoops player has been hard at work on his game ever since the end of last year’s basketball season and he is ready to hit the hard court running when practice begins this week. The Press found Pinkerton in …
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Nov 01 2019
Tarpon Hard Court Men Start Practice
By Larry Gage Special to the PRESS Basketball practice has officially begun for the Port Isabel High School hoops squad. The Press was there to see how it all went down, and the head man and a few of his players shared their thoughts. “It’ll be pretty much just basics, getting them moving, and running …
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Nov 01 2019
Alligators Among Us: Nuisance alligator on SPI finds home in Gator Sanctuary
By Laura Lyles Reagan Special to the PRESS South Padre Island Birding Nature Center and Alligator Sanctuary (SPI SBNCAS) received a call on the morning of October 27, 2019, from SPI Police Department regarding a four-foot nuisance alligator near the KOA entrance, right off Padre Blvd. Texas Parks & Wildlife were contacted first and, …
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Nov 01 2019
The Most Haunted Places in The RGV: An Introduction
By Johanna “Luna” Sanchez Special to the PRESS My name is Luna, and I am part of a paranormal investigation team called @JoeDarklyVlogs. The team and I will be taking you across the Rio Grande Valley to encounter some of the experiences we, and others, have come across with the paranormal. Our first visit was …
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Nov 01 2019
4th annual Hallowings Monarch Migration Festival celebrates monarch journey
By Laura Lyles Reagan Special to the PRESS It was perfect weather for the 4th Annual Hallowings Monarch Migration Festival. The South Padre Island Birding Nature Center and Alligator Sanctuary (SPIBNCAS) hosts the annual celebration of the Monarch butterfly migration which passes through South Padre Island late October and early November. The generation of Monarchs …
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Oct 25 2019
DOWN BUT NOT OUT: After damage from high winds, South Padre Island recovery process underway
Laura Lyles Reagan Special to the PRESS On Monday October 21, 2019 beginning at 12:58am. the National Weather Service of Brownsville, Texas issued the first tornado warning. Then it issued the first severe thunderstorm warning. Multiple residents said that severe weather hit the island at approximately 2:00am and the electricity was lost shortly thereafter. Tim …
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Oct 25 2019
Polished and Poised: Local bartender’s wine glass polisher invention soon to be mass produced
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Most evenings, you can find Robert Foehringer behind the bar at Gabriella’s Italian Grill and Pizzeria, at 700 Padre Boulevard on South Padre Island. Sometime during the seven years he’s worked there, Foehringer created a faster method to an oft-dreaded restaurant side work: polishing wine glasses. Foehringer created a wine …
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Oct 25 2019
Baby Love: How Birth Order Affects Our Parenting
Laura Lyles Reagan Special to the PRESS Parenting expert, Dr. Gail Gross summarizes the existing roles and research on birth order by naming the first born as the achiever, the middle child as the peacemaker and the youngest child as the life of the party. While the eldest child is programmed for excellence and achievement, the …
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Oct 25 2019
Rio History: Moments in Time October 24-31
By Steve Hathcock Funeral Shuts Down City Texas State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.) Saturday, October 27, 1849 John Quincy Adams funeral was held at Washington. All business suspended in that city Goes Down on Padre Island Brownsville Herald October 28 1875: The Ada lewis, with U.P. Heustis as master and a crew of seven bound from …
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