Mar 08 2019
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS An overlay district designed to define a specific development characteristics for FM 510 and Highway 100 in Laguna Vista was introduced here Tuesday by the Laguna Vista Town Council. A second reading of the ordinance is required of the Council prior to it becoming law. An overlay district is …
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Mar 08 2019
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Julianna Barrera and Viviana Lopez have qualified for the state powerlifting meet on the strength of their performances at the recent regional meet at PSJA High School. Barrera, a senior, will be making her third straight appearance at the state meet, and Lopez, a sophomore, will be making …
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Mar 08 2019
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Marlyn Cesenes was golden again in the pole vault last week at the Falcon Relays in Los Fresnos. The senior athlete cleared 9-feet, 6-inches on her best jump to finish a foot-and-a-half ahead of the second place finisher. The Lady Tarpons had a number of other high finishes …
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Mar 08 2019
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel Tarpon sprinters seem to be getting stronger by the week. For the third meet in a row Port Isabel athletes finished in the medals in the 100 and 200-meter dashes and in the 4 x 100-meter sprint relay at the Falcon Relays in Los Fresnos last …
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Mar 08 2019
Special to the PRESS Editor, In the past couple of weeks I have seen at least two written pieces that referenced my retirement from the City is South Padre Island CVB. Both pieces indicate a connection between the November City Council election and my departure. In the interest of setting the record straight, the election …
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Mar 08 2019
Port Isabel focused on infrastructure improvements By JARED HOCKEMA Port Isabel City Manager Special to the PRESS I’m writing today to give an update on city projects coming up this year. Last year, we were fortunate to be able to re-construct some of the most deteriorated sections of roadways. With the passage of the …
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Mar 08 2019
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Welcome to March! For the Rio Grande Valley, March is a time of interesting dichotomies. A time in between times. A time of cold and gray days brought on by the last hurrahs of winter-like cold snaps, and a time of piercingly sunny and hot days predictive of …
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Mar 08 2019
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS Who was Red Lady and why did 81 sailors choose to bury her atop the tallest dune on Padre Island? Prologue: Summer 1963: Ila Loetscher, yet to be named “The Turtle Lady,” was driving north, along the shores of Padre Island, searching for sea turtle nests when she …
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Mar 01 2019
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The City of Port Isabel, already embroiled in a number of lawsuits in both state district court and federal court, is facing more litigation after a local business owner filed a suit in federal court. Eduardo Peña, proprietor of A-Pro Towing and Recovery, LLC, filed the suit in …
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Mar 01 2019
Immigrant activists hold vigil outside facility By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A 24-year-old pregnant Honduran woman being held at the Port Isabel Processing Center went into labor prematurely last Friday, Feb. 22, delivering a stillborn while at the immigration detention facility. The news first broke when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) published a …
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