Category: News

Dominguez stumps in Port Isabel

By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS Marcello’s restaurant in Port Isabel was the setting for a meet and greet held last Tuesday, featuring  Cameron County Pct. 2 Commissioner Alex Dominguez, who is challenging State Rep. René Oliveira for his Dist. 37 seat. Attendees enjoyed complementary beer, wine and margaritas while having the opportunity to interact …

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LV advisory boards receive new members

Laguna Vista

By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Laguna Vista’s Town Council this month made 16 appointments, naming residents to serve in advisory board capacities here. Nicole Ekstrom was named to the Parks Board; Humberto Hinojosa, Terry Volz, and Arden Curts were named to the Board of Adjustments; Terry Volz, Arden Curts, Gary Olie, Marc Davis, and …

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Historic Tarpons win Bi-District

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons basketball team made history this week.  They beat Orange Grove, 69-58, in a bi-district first round playoff game at Falfurrias Monday night for the program’s first post-season win since 2003. It was Port Isabel’s first playoff appearance since 2012 and the school’s first post-season …

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Girls’ track squad coming together

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS It’s an ongoing process at this time of the season.  With two meets already in the books and another one coming up this Friday, Port Isabel girls track and field coach Julie Breedlove is getting more athletes in the game.  It’s a step-by-step process and the goal is …

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Boys’ track team still taking shape

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High boys’ track and field team is coming together week by week, and was in action at last week’s Sams Relays in Brownsville. Against mostly Class 5A and 6A competition Tarpon athletes made the finals in only one event. “We’re still missing a few kids, …

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Letters to the Editor for February 22, 2018

Special to the PRESS Editor, The Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter’s Political Committee has not made an endorsement in the Texas House District 37 race. Recent ads placed in newspapers by State Rep. René Oliveira’s re-election campaign may lead some readers to believe we have endorsed his 2018 re-election campaign, but we have not announced …

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Writer’s Block: Remembering Joe Beautiful

By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com I was in a rut— working scattered hours in a coffee shop, a couple years out of college and thinking I’d never realize my dream of turning my passion into a career. It was during one of those shifts at the coffee shop that my phone rang and …

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SOLD! City sells Yacht Club to local family

By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The historic Port Isabel Yacht Club has a new owner — a new family of owners — after the Port Isabel City Commission unanimously approved its sale for $430,000 in a special meeting Monday. As first reported in the PRESS on Feb. 1, a local family made a …

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First responders gear up for Spring Break

By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS Spring Break was the topic of discussion during a Coffee and Conversation featuring South Padre Island Police Chief Randy Smith and Fire Chief Doug Fowler last Thursday, Feb. 8. The event —sponsored by the SPI Chamber of Commerce — was held at the Padre Island Brewing Company. Smith led …

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New Sea Turtle Inc. facility opens Saturday

By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Local sea turtle fans no longer have to wait. After a year of construction, the folks at Sea Turtle Inc. (STI) have announced the doors will open to the public for the first time this Saturday at its new $6 million facility. Construction workers and volunteers could be …

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