Jun 12 2015
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Whether you’re working or playing, summertime seems to call for a change of tempo in more ways than one. With temperatures on the rise and the wintertime blues finally shaking off, I often find myself wanting to listen to music I can tap my feet or lip-sync to. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2015/06/12/whats-on-your-summer-playlist/
Jun 12 2015
By ABBEY KUNKLE Special to the PRESS Last month, SPI City Staff submitted an application for a Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) Grant for $11.4 million, and the City Council approved a $160,000 contract to update the transportation plan in preparation for the project. The Council met Tuesday afternoon to discuss the recently approved transportation plan …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2015/06/12/city-council-discusses-transportation-plan-updates/
Jun 12 2015
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Authorization to seek an appraised value of bayfront land for possible construction of a new public boat ramp in Laguna Vista was denied by Town officials Tuesday. The land, located near Laguna Heights, is owned by the Yturria family and could potentially be donated as the site for the …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2015/06/12/new-lv-boat-ramp-project-stalled/
Jun 12 2015
By ESTEVAN MEDRANO Port Isabel-South Padre Press press@portisabelsouthpadre.com Getting back to business as usual, the Port Isabel City Commission met Tuesday for a regular meeting. The commission began by accepting a request by Julian Hernandez Jr. — a Wave shuttle driver for 15 years in South Padre Island — to open and operate a new taxi …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2015/06/12/taxi-licensing/
Jun 12 2015
Self-described biker donates hair after a decade of growth By ESTEVAN MEDRANO Port Isabel-South Padre Press press@portisabelsouthpadre.com Gary Snyder has been growing his hair out for 10 years. Very early on in the process of doing so he thought about one day donating it to someone in need. That day came Tuesday afternoon at Kool Cuts …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2015/06/12/cut-for-a-cause/
Jun 12 2015
Special to the PRESS Warm weather couldn’t stop hundreds of runners eager to participate in the first ever summertime iteration of the Longest Causeway Run and Fitness Walk. Sponsored by the Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce, the mid-year run followed a course different than that of its winter counterpart, beginning at Schlitterbahn Beach Resort on South Padre Island and ending at the Port Isabel Event and …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2015/06/12/ready-set-go-hundreds-show-for-1st-annual-summer-longest-causeway-run/
Jun 12 2015
Special to the PRESS In 1959, Texas passed and ratified the Texas Open Beaches Act, a landmark public trust doctrine that declared that all Texans and visitors to Texan Gulf Coast Beaches had the right to access and use the Gulf facing beaches of Texas. The Natural Resources and Administrative Codes that have accompanied this …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2015/06/12/oh-galveston-the-thorn-in-the-side-of-every-texas-public-beach-advocate-in-the-state/
Jun 12 2015
Special to the PRESS Record rainfall totals in many parts of Texas the past few weeks means a record amount of freshwater pouring into the Gulf of Mexico – as high as 10 times the normal rate – and that could lead to huge problems for marine life and commercial fishermen very soon, warns a …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2015/06/12/record-flooding-could-mean-big-problems-for-gulf-of-mexico/
Jun 12 2015
PRESS Staff Report A loggerhead sea turtle nest was discovered on Sunday, June 7 containing 111 eggs. Sea Turtle, Inc. estimates that the eggs should hatch sometime in July. Though the Laguna Madre is a popular nesting spot for the endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, it’s rare for a loggerhead to make her nest here since they prefer the Atlantic coast states. This …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2015/06/12/turtle-twist-amidst-kemps-ridley-nesting-season-loggerhead-turtle-found-on-island/
Jun 12 2015
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel High graduating senior Daniella Murchison won big at the Rio Grande Valley Sports Hall of Fame Awards ceremonies last night in Harlingen. She took home the Sub-Class 6A Girls Athlete of the Year award for the third time in a row. She won the Class 4A …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2015/06/12/three-peat-murchison-wins-3rd-straight-athlete-of-the-year/
Comments