Apr 13 2018
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS South Padre Island Mayor Dennis Stahl used the public comments and announcements period of the Wednesday, April 4 City Council meeting to provide updates on some ongoing projects related to the Island, including airline service and the cruise ship industry. He spoke about airlines first. “Since our first face …
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Apr 13 2018
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Convention and Visitors Advisory Board (CVA) considered three marketing related proposals during their Thursday, April 5 meeting. Committee members first considered a $22,856 request to be allocated for the FY 2017-18 advertising and marketing budget for a Homeschool Pilot Program. Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) …
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Apr 13 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Eight Port Isabel Lady Tarpon athletes have qualified for area competition on the strength of their high finishes at last week’s District 32-4A Track and Field Meet at La Feria. The team — led by gold medal winners Ava Gomez, Rebecca Ramos, Natalie Garza and Marlyn Cesenes — …
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Apr 13 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel boys’ track and field team did rather well at last week’s District 32-4A meet at La Feria. Two Tarpons won gold medals and a total of eight Tarpons qualified for area competition. Shawn Shrewsbury struck gold again in the 400 meters and the 4 x …
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Apr 13 2018
Special to the PRESS Dear Mr. and Mrs. Cecilio Barrientez, Sr., I was recently promoted to Master Sergeant (E-8) in the United States Marine Corps and I wanted to acknowledge both of you for your love and support. I joined the Marines at 17 and departed for boot camp shortly after graduating Port Isabel High …
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Apr 13 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Wednesday was National Pet Day. As such, you may have seen an uptick in pet pictures while scrolling through your social media feeds this week. I know I did. Sure, it seems like just about every day is National Something Day, or International Something Day. There are days …
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Apr 13 2018
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS In the past few months I have had three people ask me about the “old” pier that was on the beach somewhere north on the Island. The Gulfside Pier, which was situated in Andy Bowie Park some five miles north of the original Queen Isabella Causeway, was constructed by …
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Apr 06 2018
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Parks and Keep SPI Beautiful committee considered options on whether to move forward with building a skate park at Tompkins Park during a meeting held on Wednesday, March 28. SPI Director of City Planning Clifford Cross announced that bids were opened on March 19 for …
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Apr 06 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com It was an eerie scene that played out like a scene from the opening credits of the old science-fiction television series, The Outer Limits. In sharply contrasted black and white, a column of what looked like smoke billowed out from the exhaust stack of an energy facility north …
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Apr 06 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Join the Point Isabel Independent School District and other community sponsors for the 7th Annual Autism Awareness Walk and Fun Run this Saturday, April 7. The free event will begin at 8 a.m. at Beulah Lee Park along Highway 100 in Port Isabel. Participants will walk 2.2 miles …
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