Apr 21 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Seven Port Isabel High Lady Tarpon athletes competed at this week’s UIL Area Track and Field Meet at La Feria. The one-day meet went off on Thursday (April 20) and the results were not available at press time. Natalie Garza, Sabrina Garza, Simone Harry, Ava Gomez, Brisia Gonzales, …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2017/04/21/lady-tarpons-compete-at-area-meet/
Apr 21 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel High track and field athletes Trey Mock and Ian Torres both competed in throwing events at this week’s UIL Area Track and Field Meet at La Feria. The one-day meet was held this Thursday (April 20) and final results were not available at press time. Nine …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2017/04/21/throwers-mock-torres-compete-at-area/
Apr 21 2017
Special to the PRESS Editor: The Friends of the Port Isabel Public Library wish to thank the local business community for being supportive of our fundraising efforts during the past year. This assistance has allowed us to successfully raise funds to provide programming and resources for the Port Isabel Public Library, particularly in services to …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2017/04/21/letters-to-the-editor-for-april-20-2017/
Apr 21 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com This Saturday, April 22 marks a wonderful day to celebrate a wonderful thing: this incredible blue and green marble we call home — Earth. Saturday is Earth Day! According to my sleuthing via another wonderful thing — the internet — Earth Day got its start in 1970 after …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2017/04/21/writers-block-happy-earth-day/
Apr 21 2017
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS To me, Spring Break is the unofficial opening day of a new metal detecting season. Thousands of college kids partying on the beach, losing coins, jewelry and sunglasses. Ahh yes, just beneath the warm sands of South Padre Island, lies a veritable treasure trove awaiting discovery. For surf hunting, …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2017/04/21/rio-history-metal-detecting-tips/
Apr 14 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A quick-thinking Texas Game Warden saved the life of a Port Isabel man after his wife reported that he had not come back from a solo kayaking trip on the Laguna Madre Monday. Matthew Miller, 41, was reported missing Monday afternoon by his wife Melanie Willson reported that …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2017/04/14/game-warden-rescues-kayaker/
Apr 14 2017
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island City Council considered several agenda items related to Spring Break, the venue tax, and shoreline related issues in its April 5 meeting. Mayor Barry Patel introduced the Spring Break related agenda items stating, “We will be having several meetings in the future about the mass …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2017/04/14/city-to-analyze-spring-break-data/
Apr 14 2017
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Public use versus private membership in the Laguna Vista Marina was debated at a packed City Hall here Tuesday during a joint workshop between the Town Council and members of the Laguna Vista Recreational Association (LVRA), with both parties ultimately agreeing to bring-in their attorneys for a potential lease …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2017/04/14/marina-issue-remains-unresolved/
Apr 14 2017
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Laguna Vista officials were unanimous in their opposition to Senate Bill 2113 during their meeting Tuesday. The bill, introduced into the State Legislature by Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr., could have initiated a plan to study the consolidation of public schools in Cameron County into one county-wide district. Lucio withdrew …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2017/04/14/officials-oppose-lucio-legislation/
Apr 14 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com County Judge Eddie Treviño, Jr. shared a positive outlook for Cameron County during a luncheon hosted by the South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce Tuesday. Treviño, an attorney and former mayor of the City of Brownsville, was sworn in as county judge on Nov. 23, 2016, the day …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2017/04/14/trevino-shares-positive-county-outlook/
Comments