Dec 28 2018
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS The SPI City Council considered a pair of requests by the Economic Development Corporation (EDC) during their December 19, 2018 meeting. EDC Director Darla Lapeyre brought forward a proposal to approve an Art Business Incubator (ABI) plan. “After months of meetings and research, a business plan was developed and …
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Dec 28 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Ring in the new year in exhilarating fashion by taking a dip in the frigid winter waters of the Gulf of Mexico on New Year’s Day! Hundreds of people are expected to participate in the 21st Annual Polar Bear Dip at Clayton’s Beach Bar come high noon on …
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Dec 28 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The future does indeed look bright for Port Isabel High sports, and in some ways the future is now. For the second year in a row the Tarpon football program started with a new coach. In 2018, the Tarpons were coming off a season in which they won …
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Dec 28 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons played defense as well as they ever have last Friday night at La Feria. They shut out the Lions, 5-0, in the first quarter, held them to nine points in the second, and won the District 32-4A basketball game, 51-36. “We were playing some …
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Dec 28 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons traveled to La Feria and lost a hard-fought district basketball game, 50-41, last Friday night. P.I. led by five at the end of a quarter of play, was outscored 17-5 in the second quarter, and could never quite catch up in the second …
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Dec 28 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Albert Einstein once said that time is an illusion. As the man whose mind fathomed the theory of relativity, I’m pretty certain he knew what he was talking about. But Einstein’s theory has more to do with the tangible and quantifiable — acceleration and mass and gravity — …
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Dec 28 2018
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS The Americans made their stand behind Rodriguez Canal. It was a 4-foot deep; 20-foot wide abandoned mill race located 5 miles from New Orleans. Across the mile-long front, Jackson’s men constructed a parapet of cotton bales and sugar casks filled with dirt. The ground in front of the bulwark …
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Dec 21 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel Yacht Club, built in 1926 — two years before the incorporation of the City of Port Isabel — is no more. The 92-year-old former speakeasy, hotel and restaurant was demolished beginning last Friday, Dec. 14. The property’s new owners, father and son duo Ernesto and …
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Dec 21 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Four members of the Port Isabel Police Department are no longer on the payroll this week after a series of internal investigations led to their termination or resignation. “There were allegations made and they were looked into and action was taken relative to some of these allegations,” Port …
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Dec 21 2018
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS Officials on South Padre Island once again revisited the topic of paid parking during a meeting of the Shoreline Task Force on Monday, Dec. 10. “As you all know, the beach user fee discussion is something that we have been having for quite some time,” began Shoreline Management Director …
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