Sep 16 2016
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Lady Tarpons volleyball team lost at home to Hidalgo Tuesday night, three sets to one. It was their third straight loss to start the district season. The Hidalgo Lady Pirates won by the scores of 25-13, 23-25, 25-10, 25-10. Port Isabel fell behind 16-5 …
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Sep 16 2016
Special to the PRESS Dear Editor, Regardless of who gets elected, Clinton or Trump, we want to be ready to confront the realities in front of us; economic inequality and Racism. The present model has been very good for the political class. This system has evolved and thanks to the resistance from progressive entities we had slavery, …
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Sep 16 2016
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS We have all experienced the irrational feeling of great wealth that comes over us as we walk along the beach collecting shells. Yet, we seldom give any consideration as to what significance shells had to earlier cultures. Seashells are treasures and from the earliest times, people all over the …
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Sep 16 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Last week some dreaded news broke for folks along the Laguna Madre: red tide was on our shores. I imagine many people reacted the same way I did — by saying, “Oh no! Not again!” No one can predict where or when a red tide bloom will occur, …
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Sep 09 2016
Special to the PRESS Update 9/12/2016: Due to red tide moving into the area, Friends of Animal Rescue will be postponing their 2nd annual Tails on the Beach event. The organization decided to postpone the event out of concern for the effects the red tide might have on our two and four legged friends. Initially …
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Sep 09 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) last week announced it had formed a partnership with Rio Grande LNG, one of three companies seeking to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal along the Brownsville Ship Channel. Reactions from local residents, particularly those who have opposed …
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Sep 09 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com As the largest piece of protected land in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge’s (LANWR) 97,000 acres serve as crucial habitat for several endangered species. It is a haven for animals that exist nowhere else in the state, and in some places, nowhere …
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Sep 09 2016
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS The SPI City Council took action on budget, taxes, parking, and City Council election related issues in a special meeting held on August 31. Council approved the second and final reading of Ordinance 16-17, establishing a no parking zone on the south side of White Sands Street east of …
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Sep 09 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Galvan Park and Washington Park were the focus of much of the discussion at Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Port Isabel City Commission. The Commission unanimously approved pursuing grant applications for improvements at the two parks, as well as the first reading of the 2016-2017 budget and property …
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Sep 09 2016
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS The 30th annual Adopt-a-Beach Fall Beach Cleanup is slated on Saturday, Sept. 24 on South Padre Island. “This time every year, thousands of Texans from all across the state head to the beach to voluntarily pick up trash left behind by careless beachgoers,” Adopt-A-Beach organizers say. Online volunteer registration …
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