Nov 11 2016
Special to the PRESS Dear Editor, Liquefied natural gas a safer, less polluting energy source I’m encouraged to see the Rio Grande LNG project moving forward. As a retired US Coast Guard officer who has lived and worked in the Port Isabel tax district for at least 15 years, I am a proponent of …
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Nov 11 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com It was a very long election season — a very, very long election season. In the time it took our country to whittle down a football team’s worth of Democratic and Republican hopefuls down to the final two nominees at the Roll Call of States at the two …
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Nov 11 2016
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS The following is an excerpt from Old Indio Last of the Karankawa Indians on Padre Island and other short stories by Steve Hathcock. By the end of Spanish rule in Texas, the Karankawa, never numbering more than a few thousand, had been greatly reduced by epidemic diseases and other …
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Nov 04 2016
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS A food drive to collect items for Thanksgiving Day meals to present to needy families in the Laguna Madre Area is now underway by Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church. Donations of perishable food products, including turkeys, can be delivered to the church office at 705 South …
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Nov 04 2016
Celebrating the Day of the Dead in Port Isabel By PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS One of the great benefits of living near the border is that residents get to enjoy cross cultural events and experience traditions other than their own. In the U.S., Halloween means dressing up in costumes, trick-or-treating and playing pranks …
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Nov 04 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com This Sunday, thousands of people will descend upon Port Isabel with big appetites just in time for the 23rd Annual World’s Largest Shrimp Cook-off. Approximately 18 competitors, both professional and amateur, will be vying for prizes at the popular community event, which will be held in the parking …
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Nov 04 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Cameron County Regional Mobile Authority (CCRMA) came before the Cameron County Commissioners Court Tuesday to request an amendment to the trust agreement for State Highway 550 after revenues from the toll road fell short of projections by as much as 40 percent. CCRMA Chief Financial Officer Adrian …
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Nov 04 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce this week announced that it was cancelling its annual Port Isabel Lighted Boat Parade. The event, which would have celebrated its 29th year next month, typically occurs in December. Lack of participation ultimately drove the Chamber to cancel the event, said Chamber …
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Nov 04 2016
CVA hears reports on biker, Splash events By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Convention and Visitors Advisory (CVA) Board considered funding for the RGV Reef project as well as heard post event reports, a presentation on the Valley International Airport, and an update on Island marketing efforts. “It didn’t go as …
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Nov 04 2016
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Silver Tarpon Band has qualified for the state marching contest. They did so by placing first in Class 4A in the area contest at Gregory-Portland High School last Saturday. At the area contest all bands march in the preliminaries and then again in the …
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