By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS Birding and Nature Center maintenance, sales tax analysis, entrepreneurship programs and an update on efforts to make the Island a cruise ship port of call topped the Tuesday, Jan. 16 agenda of the South Padre Island Economic Development Corporation (EDC). First on the agenda was a facility maintenance study …
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Jan 19 2018
Vega gives Chamber a parks update
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS Cameron County Parks Director Joe Vega was the featured guest at the South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce sponsored “Coffee and Conversation” event held on Thursday, Jan. 11. Vega provided the audience with an update at the County’s Island parks, which are currently undergoing improvements according to the Parks …
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Jan 19 2018
Arturo Galvan Coastal Park improvements to continue
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The City of Port Isabel is gearing up to begin phase 2 of its plans for Arturo Galvan Coastal Park, which will include the construction of a playground, restrooms, parking area, kayak launch and a walking trail. According to City Manager Jared Hockema, the second phase of improvements …
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Jan 19 2018
School district gets positive financial review
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com In a year marked by state budget cuts to public education, the Point Isabel School Board of Trustees were happy to receive positive news as they heard the findings of the district’s annual financial audit Tuesday evening. Carlos Cascos, of Brownsville accounting firm Patillo, Brown and Hill, LLP, …
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Jan 19 2018
Port Isabel rips Rio Hondo, Zapata postponed
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons boys’ basketball team ran Rio Hondo up and down the court at Tarpon Gym and lit up the scoreboard for a 70-48 win last Friday night. The Tarpons improved to 3-2 in District 32-4A play and trail undefeated Hidalgo (6-0), Zapata (4-1), and La …
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Jan 19 2018
Weather forces back-to-back games for Lady Tarpons
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The postponement of one game and a regularly-scheduled second one means games on consecutive nights for the Port Isabel Lady Tarpons basketball group this week. Low temperatures and possibly icy road conditions made it advisable to postpone Tuesday night’s home contest with Zapata until Thursday afternoon. The girls …
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Jan 19 2018
Letters to the Editor for January 18, 2018
Special to the PRESS Editor, I’ve known “Judge Bennie” for many years. If he says he made the decision to retire on the eve of the filing date — that is exactly what happened. The Ochoa family has a long history of community service. Good luck to Bennie IV! Respectfully, Gar Treharne South Padre Island …
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Jan 19 2018
Writer’s Block: Thanks to the Helpers
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com As I sit here writing this the temperatures are hovering near freezing. The wind has been howling all day with a sharp and frigid bite that rapidly saps the warmth from ungloved hands. It’s the third big cold front to have moved through the area over the last …
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Jan 19 2018
Rio History: Don’t Let It Be Your Last Find
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS Alvin Schoonover sent me a picture of an artifact he found while fishing in the Laguna Madre. “How did it get here?” he asked. A naval air station for Corpus Christi had been proposed since the mid-1930s but it remained a low priority as late as Jan. 9, 1940. …
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Jan 05 2018
Winter Weather Cause and Effect
TPWD temporarily suspends coastal fishing By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Falling water temperatures spurred the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) to take the rare step of issuing a temporary ban on fishing along much of the Texas coast this week. “The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has issued a temporary closure to …
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