Jan 13 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Texas Education Agency (TEA) recently released preliminary ratings for every school in the state as part of an overhaul to how the state holds schools and school districts accountable. But the rankings, which are formatted like letter grades, from A through F, have many educators across Texas …
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Jan 13 2017
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS SPI City Council held their first regular meeting of 2017 on Jan. 4. “We’re off to a bit of a rocky start. We’ve gotten your calls, your e-mails. We do read social media postings,” commented Mayor Pro-tem Dennis Stahl regarding the new venue tax collection. “We’re working as hard …
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Jan 13 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Finding ways to fund much needed improvements to the streets of Port Isabel was chief among the discussions at Tuesday evening’s regular meeting of the Port Isabel City Commission. The meeting began with a public hearing to discuss potential areas within the city which could potentially qualify for …
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Jan 13 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel Police Department has a new chief in Robert Lopez and with him comes a renewed effort to spark a community crime watch program within the town. Community Officer Lealani Cooper is in charge of organizing the crime watch, which will meet monthly beginning next week …
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Jan 13 2017
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Laguna Vista’s Town Council Tuesday named three citizens to fill vacancies on the Community Development Corporation Board of Directors. Randy Furbey, director of operations for the Overhead Door Company in Lewisville, Tennessee, was appointed to the Position 1 position; Victor Worrell, retired after serving 36-years in the motion picture …
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Jan 13 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons managed only 15 points in the first half of their game against the Hidalgo Pirates Tuesday night. They more than doubled that total in the second half as they outscored the Pirates 35-33, but Hidalgo maintained the advantage to hold on for a 69-50 …
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Jan 13 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Hidalgo Lady Pirates took down the Port Isabel Lady Tarpons, 51-31, in a District 32-4A game at Tarpon Gym Tuesday night. With the loss Port Isabel’s record falls to 3-3 in district play, 10-15 overall. The Lady Tarpons took the early lead on a bucket by Gabby …
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Jan 13 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com It’s officially been ‘winter’ for a while now, but it wasn’t until this past week that we truly saw some wintry weather. Now, sure, we’ve had a couple of cold fronts blow through during the 2016-2017 winter season already, but they’ve all been pretty tame compared to the …
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Jan 13 2017
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS Over the years, I have penned several articles about how Padre Island got its name. This latest version is in response to an email from John Nolan who wanted to know more about the history of Padre Island……. Padre Nicholas Balli, for whom the Island gets its name, was …
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Jan 13 2017
Special to the PRESS Dear Editor, As a Los Fresnos resident pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Gas Engineering at Texas A&M University-Kingsville/Rio Grande Valley Engineering Initiative, I’ve been following the proposed Rio Grande LNG project with great interest. From what I’ve learned, it will be a tremendous economic boost for our region. I hope …
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