Jul 31 2017
PRESS Staff Report The U.S. Coast Guard and South Padre Island police officers rescued four people from the Laguna Madre near Port Isabel Monday. According to a statement released by the Coast Guard, the incident occurred approximately 1 mile from the bayside town at approximately 9:44 a.m. Monday. All four people were wearing life jackets. …
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Jul 31 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS A year ago William Wells came down all the way from Ohio to take charge of the low brass section of the Silver Tarpon Marching Band. The results were good and Wells is back for another marching season. He took time out from a band staff meeting this …
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Jul 31 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Snare drummers once used deep, old-style field drums that were clipped to a strap that went over their right shoulders. There was a curved metal bar at the bottom of the drum that kept it braced against the drummer’s left leg just above the knee. It wasn’t that …
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Jul 31 2017
Special to the PRESS Dear Editor, As one director of the Laguna Madre Water District, I just wanted to set the record straight as it relates to the sewer line situation that occurred on July 12, 2017 and reported in the PRESS on July 20, 2017. The sewer spillage occurred because of the antiquated system …
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Jul 31 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Almost eight decades. That’s how long the Texas International Fishing Tournament, or TIFT, has been around. Seventy-eight years. That’s a long time and it marks TIFT as one of the most long-lived traditions in the Rio Grande Valley. If TIFT were a person, it would likely have kids, …
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Jul 31 2017
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS The Loop Current flows through the straits of the Yucatan into the Gulf of Mexico and then splits. The main current loops southeastward flowing through the Florida Keys (where it is called the Florida Current), and then into the Atlantic. Another, lesser current, called a “Loop Current Eddy,” which …
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Jul 21 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Rio Grande LNG, one of three liquefied natural gas (LNG) companies seeking to build an export terminal at the Port of Brownsville, has initiated the process to seek a tax abatement from Cameron County, officials revealed this week. “We’ve been discussing with a number of LNGs. They’ve all …
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Jul 21 2017
STI interns recap projects at Community Day By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Turtle lovers were in for a treat Tuesday evening as the eight people who were chosen as this year’s Sea Turtle Inc. interns discussed the projects they’ve worked on this season. Each year the non-profit turtle rescue and conservation organization selects …
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Jul 21 2017
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Economic Development Corporation (EDC) discussed a request for funding for the RGV Reef, as well as considered the issue of boardwalk connectivity during its Tuesday, July 18 meeting. Members entertained a discussion regarding a request from the Friends of the RGV Reef to become a …
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Jul 21 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Officials say one woman was critically injured in an auto-pedestrian accident on South Padre Island last Thursday. “On July 13 around 1:15 a.m. SPI-PD worked an auto pedestrian accident at the 5300 block of Padre Blvd.” SPI Chief of Police Randy Smith said via a statement. According to Smith, a …
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