Mar 30 2018
Rabbi helps locals prepare for Passover By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Rabbi Asher Hecht has been on a mission this week. The McAllen-area rabbi, who represents Chabad of the Rio Grande Valley (Chabad RGV), has been traveling across the Valley distributing shmurah matzah to help the local Jewish population prepare for the upcoming …
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Mar 30 2018
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS Beach access improvement projects and consideration of beach and dune applications highlighted the Monday, March 26 meeting of the South Padre Island Shoreline Task Force. Shoreline Management Director Brandon Hill provided the Task Force with an update on Shoreline Department projects. “We have completed the renovation of all of …
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Mar 30 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The latest re-alignment project by the University Interscholastic League (UIL) has caused a major shift for the 2018 Port Isabel football program schedule. There will be only three other teams in Port Isabel’s district for the next two seasons. District opponents for the Tarpons will be Raymondville, Rio …
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Mar 30 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Cesar Aguilera and Shawn Shrewsbury both finished 8th in their races at Weslaco’s Meet of Champs last Saturday. In Saturday’s final of the 100-meter dash Aguilera was timed at 11.68 seconds and, while 8th place was last in this race, Aguilera was only 0.78 seconds behind McAllen’s Gunnar …
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Mar 30 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Lady Tarpon hurdler Ava Gomez took 6th place in the 300-meter hurdles at the Meet of Champs last Saturday in Weslaco. Gomez finished the 300 hurdles in the time of 49.96 seconds. The five runners ahead of her were all from Class 5A and 6A schools. Gold medalist …
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Mar 30 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Maybe it was the cold we experienced this winter. I love cold weather days, but in measured doses. Maybe it was the weeks upon weeks of fog. I love the fog, too. But, as with winter, fog is a treat I like to enjoy only on rare occasion. …
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Mar 30 2018
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS Gergely Barki, a researcher at the Hungarian National Gallery in Budapest, thought the 20th century Hungarian painting Sleeping Lady with Black Vase by Robert Bereny, (last seen in public in 1928,) was lost forever, that is until he sat down to watch the movie “Stuart Little” with his daughter on …
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Mar 23 2018
Austin man aims to paddle board Texas coastline for charity By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com An Austin adventure seeker is hoping to put his skills to use for a good cause this April as he attempts to become the first person to paddle board along the entire Texas coastline. “(I’m) going to be …
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Mar 23 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com New ordinances and reorganized law enforcement practices helped to make 2018’s Texas Week a largely safe and successful one, according to local officials. “I was really happy with how everything went. I think we had lots of visitation. I think the turnout was great,” said South Padre Island …
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Mar 23 2018
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Development of a proposed 23-acre ecology-oriented visitors’ center in Laguna Vista took another step forward this week with the appointment of Mayor Susi Houston to serve as a scoring member of the County Standing Committee to evaluate the architectural firm proposals for the Visitors’ Center. Laguna Vista Town Council …
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