Jul 13 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com On Tuesday, July 10, the City of Port Isabel joined 99 other Texas cities in adopting regulations that prohibit smoking. The news came after the Port Isabel City Commission unanimously passed the second and final reading of Ordinance 699. Commissioners Jeffery Martinez and Martin Cantu, Jr. were not …
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Jul 13 2018
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS A proposed water rate increase in the Laguna Madre area drew opposition at Tuesday’s Laguna Vista Town meeting. Acknowledging that the Laguna Madre Water District had tabled action on the proposed increase last week, Town Councilman Michael Carter proposed sending a statement to their Board saying Laguna Vista opposes …
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Jul 13 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS This week, for the first time this summer, the entire membership of the Port Isabel High Silver Tarpon Marching Band assembled together for practice. Percussionists reported first two weeks ago and all band members took last week off for the Fourth of July. Head Director of Bands Scott …
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Jul 13 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Sophomore Tarpon football player Jordan Camacho is looking forward to the start of the 2018 high school football season. The official start of practice is now less than a month away but Camacho, along with many of his teammates, has been working out for months. He agrees that …
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Jul 13 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Senior Tarpon football player Sebastian Martinez is hard at work these days getting ready for the official start of football practice. That would be the first Monday in August which, this year, comes on the 6th. The Press found Martinez in the weight room at the high school …
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Jul 13 2018
Special to the PRESS Dear Editor, I’ve got a little question for you that I can’t seem to find the answer to. Why on earth did the City of Laguna Vista stop celebrating the Fourth of July on the 4th of July? I noticed it last year, and thought it strange. But I figured it …
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Jul 13 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com It’s been a rainy summer so far, with last month’s heavy rains followed by intermittent showers here and there across the Rio Grande Valley. And now that the mosquitos are mostly under control, you may have had a chance to notice another consequence of all that water. I …
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Jul 13 2018
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS Long before Padre Ballí began running cattle on the Island this entire area was a favored destination for wealthy ranchers and their families. At first, the little town that stood on the bay was called El Fronton. Some say it got that name from a sheer cliff that extended …
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Jul 06 2018
By PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS Waving flags and wearing the good old red, white and blue, hundreds gathered on the Gulf shores of South Padre Island Wednesday morning to march in the Annual Independence Day Parade. This year’s event enjoyed a record turnout, with many who were taking part in the festivities voicing …
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Jul 06 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Could an electronic sign cost the City of Port Isabel the $5 million development of a pair of medical facilities, including an emergency room and a new clinic? That’s what one local developer seemed to imply during a contentious meeting of the Port Isabel Board of Adjustments Tuesday …
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