Nov 17 2017
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Parks, Recreation and Beautification Committee discussed final plans for a skate park, as well considered bids for providing irrigation at Tompkins Park during its Thursday, Nov. 9 meeting. Assistant City Manager Darla Jones led the presentation regarding the skate park plans. Jones explained the process …
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Nov 17 2017
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Shoreline Task Force reviewed shoreline management plans as well as considered beach and dune permits and contract extensions during their Monday, Nov. 6 meeting. First up, the task force discussed the Resilient Public Access and Education, Conservation, and Tourism Master Plan. “I’ve just been calling …
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Nov 17 2017
By PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS Port Isabel City Manager Jared Hockema presided over two back-to-back public hearings last Wednesday about the City’s plans to annex portions of Laguna Heights. Describing the purpose as several fold, Hockema laid out why Port Isabel is seeking to annex part of the unincorporated community. “Number one, there …
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Nov 17 2017
By PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS Last week, local residents, business owners and other professionals got a chance to hear what the state’s transportation department has in store for the Rio Grande Valley, as TxDOT District Engineer Pedro R. Alvarez discussed plans to create what would be the fifth largest Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) …
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Nov 17 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS It was opening night of the 2017-2018 basketball season Tuesday night and both Port Isabel High hoops squads came through with big wins. The Lady Tarpons took on the Lady Chargers of Brownsville IDEA Frontier Academy and led all the way for a 52-35 victory. The Tarpons also …
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Nov 17 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The 2017 football season came to an end for the Port Isabel Tarpons last Friday night when they came up five points short at the end of a hard-fought football game against the Bears of Corpus Christi – West Oso at Tarpon Stadium. A win in the last …
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Nov 17 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com I can’t remember where I heard it, but some time ago I heard some advice cautioning people to consider their prayers carefully, for God may choose to answer you in a way you didn’t quite expect. It’s a version of the old adage, “be careful what you wish …
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Nov 17 2017
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS Spike Reality series American Digger, starring former pro wrestler Ric Savage and the History Channel’s Swamp People, (a group of characters who make their living salvaging old logs, wrestling alligators and treasure hunting in the wilds of Louisiana swamps) have inspired a lot of interest in metal detecting. The …
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Nov 10 2017
Amateur astronomer hosts stargazing event By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Adam Chance passed out sheets of copier paper to the small group assembled on the caliche parking lot at Arturo Galvan Park last Friday evening. On the paper was a round circle with pinpricks marked here and there showing what constellations will be …
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Nov 10 2017
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Monuments to US Navy aircraft carriers the Ranger, Constellation and Independence will be unveiled at Laguna Vista Veterans’ Memorial Park this Saturday as a highlight to the scheduled Veterans Day ceremony. Events begin at 11 a.m. at the park, located on FM 510. All Veterans, families and friends are …
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