Jan 06 2017
Fair weather spurs ;arge turnout at ‘Polar Bear’ event By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Mild temperatures led to one of the most well-attended New Year’s Day Polar Dips South Padre Island has seen in years. That’s according to owner of Clayton’s Beach Bar and host of the event, Clayton Brashear. “In 2017, we …
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Jan 06 2017
Former PRESS staffer dies By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Lifelong Port Isabel resident and former Port Isabel – South Padre Press staffer Maria Louisa Ewing died on New Year’s Eve at Harlingen Medical Center in Harlingen. She was 82 years old. Ewing, known to her family and friends as ‘Wicha’ was a force to …
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Jan 06 2017
Former county judge faces multiple charges By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Former Cameron County Judge Pete Sepulveda turned himself into the sheriff’s office late Tuesday, according to a statement released by the Cameron County District Attorney’s Office. Sepulveda faces multiple charges for allegedly using County resources to pave a private road. “In March …
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Jan 06 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Almost a dozen Atlantic green sea turtles were recently found dead in close proximity to each other on Boca Chica Beach reported Jeff George, executive director of Sea Turtle Inc. on South Padre Island. According to George, dead sea turtles occasionally wash ashore, but the recent find, which …
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Jan 06 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The City of South Padre Island this week announced the appointment of a new fire chief. According to a statement released by the City, Doug Fowler, of Austin, comes to the Island with 35 years of fire service experience and most recently served as an assistant fire chief …
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Jan 06 2017
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Orange Lane in Laguna Vista is scheduled for repaving in the New Year. Town officials last month voted to award a contract for engineering services for the street improvements to the Cruz Hogan Consulting Engineering firm. Funding for the project, estimated at $235,000, will come from a Texas Department …
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Jan 06 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons basketball squad fought hard against the visiting Gators of Grulla but were outscored in the end, 62-54. It was the second district game for both teams at Tarpon Gym Tuesday night. The Tarpons led early, 8-7, and again, 20-17 just before halftime. Grulla outscored …
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Jan 06 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons basketball team rallied from a third-quarter deficit to defeat the Lady Gators of Grulla, 44-35, at Tarpon Gym Tuesday night. With the win Port Isabel evened its district record at two wins and two losses. Port Isabel took advantage of cold shooting by …
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Jan 06 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com We nearly one full week into the new year and I wonder how many of us have already broken our New Year’s resolutions. It’s ok. It happens. In the time I’ve been here my previous columns for the first week of January have also been about new year’s …
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Jan 06 2017
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS “The foot locker, as our family has been calling it, belonged to my maternal grandfather. After he passed away in 1981 the foot locker went first to his son and then to my aunt. I was very close to my grandfather growing up. That, combined with my natural curiosity, …
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