Apr 07 2017
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS The Purple Heart Monument, located within Laguna Vista’s Veterans Memorial Park, will soon have a new feature. The Town of Laguna Vista is accepting orders for commemorative engraved granite pavers carrying the name and military information of Purple Heart recipients. The engraved pavers are $50 each, according to City …
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Apr 07 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The City of Port Isabel, in conjunction with the Port Isabel Economic Development Corporation (EDC) has taken the first steps towards creating a beautification master plan. The news came after the City Commission unanimously approved creating a master plan, which would serve as guidance in creating a uniform …
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Apr 07 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Brownsville Navigation District met to discuss several items Wednesday, including a road easement for the proposed Valley Crossing Pipeline and cost-of-living wage increases for the Port of Brownsville’s hourly employees. Over the past three years, a handful of energy industry projects at the Port have been met …
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Apr 07 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Lady Tarpons are primed and ready for the District 32-4A track and field meet. They took home three gold medals at last week’s Albert Tijerina Relays at Raymondville and are enjoying excellent weather conditions this week as they prepare for Saturday’s start of the …
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Apr 07 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Sydney “Trey” Mock and Joseph Ian Torres are about as ready as they can be for the District 32-4A track and field meet. Mock won his fourth gold medal of the season in the discus competition and Torres took the silver medal for second place in the shot …
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Apr 07 2017
Special to the PRESS Dear Editor, Laguna Vista residents should be aware that the existing LV Recreational Association (LVRA) lease — for the town-owned marina — is a self-serving sham that does a complete disservice to Laguna Vista’s tax-paying citizens. According to the PI PRESS, a workshop is scheduled for this Monday, April 10 (6.30 pm at City …
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Apr 07 2017
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS If it were not for a chance meeting of two brothers on the streets of New York City, separated for almost a quarter of a century, the name Singer might never have become synonymous with the sewing machine. In 1851, you could say that Isaac Singer’s future was “hanging …
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Apr 07 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com “I sometimes think drivers don’t know what grass is, or flowers, because they never see them slowly. If you showed a driver a green blur, Oh yes! he’d say, that’s grass! A pink blur! That’s a rose garden!” That quote has stuck with me since the moment I first …
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Mar 31 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com State Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. (D-Brownsville) has pulled two education bills from consideration by the Texas Senate after they received intense backlash from local educators. The proposed bills, SB 2112 and SB 2113, specifically targeted the school districts of Cameron County. SB 2112 aimed to consolidate the County’s …
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Mar 31 2017
Residents crowdsource ‘solutions’ for Spring Break By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Almost every seat in the room was filled at the South Padre Island Convention Centre as Property Owners Who Care (POWC) hosted a public forum to discuss solutions to Spring Break Wednesday. Approximately 170 people had gathered to discuss Spring Break 2017, …
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