Jul 08 2016
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Most cities in South Texas are experiencing dips in their latest monthly net sales tax allocation from the Texas Comptroller’s office, while their payments for the first six months of the year are up. Brownsville, Harlingen, Los Fresnos, South Padre Island, Port Isabel and Laguna Vista have decreased payments …
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Jul 08 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com South Padre Island firefighters responded to several grassfires this week as temperatures and wind speeds rose. Two units responded to Isla Blanca Park Monday evening after a report of a fire near the UTRGV Coastal Studies Lab, Interim Fire Chief Albert Perez said Tuesday. The response was slightly …
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Jul 08 2016
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Former Port Isabel Tarpon quarterback Isaiah Martinez is back in town after his first year of matriculation at Blinn Junior College. The Press found him at Tarpon Stadium recently and he talked about his three-year career as the starting quarterback for Port Isabel. “I’m just here for the …
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Jul 08 2016
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS It’s a rare coach who is not optimistic about the new season and Port Isabel High athletic director and head football coach Monty Stumbaugh is no exception. The Press found Stumbaugh in the high school athletic offices recently and he shared his thoughts and expectations for the 2016 …
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Jul 08 2016
Special to the PRESS Dear Editor; I am surprised at several events lately under the control of the Port Isabel City Council. First, the apparent disregard of either the Planning and Zoning Committee and the council, or both, in common and ordinary requirements in the building of multiple units on the same property. The two …
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Jul 08 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com If you were like me, you probably spent at least a portion of the Fourth of July holiday outdoors. And if you’re also like me, it probably felt like our South Texas sun was packing quite a punch over the long weekend. That’s because it was. It didn’t …
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Jul 08 2016
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS Born Hidalgarde Weicklein, she got her first taste of the fame that would follow when she was selected as Miss Jefferson at Jefferson High School in 1938. (San Antonio) Her singing career began when she took lessons from Mary Stuart Edwards and Sister Mary Lawrence at Incarnate College. After …
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Jul 08 2016
Special to the PRESS July’s plant of the month is known as the Yellow Sophora, or necklace pod. This coastal Texas native is from the Fabaceae family, with the scientific name Sophora tomentosa. The shrubs grow to approximately six and a half feet tall with hairy alternating leaflets. The flowers are yellow, pea-shaped, and strongly …
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Jul 01 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Recent reports of Gulf Coast visitors being stricken with bacterial infections after recreating on Texas beaches has many worrying about the water quality on South Padre Island. But officials reassured tourists there’s nothing to fear. According to a statement released by the City of South Padre Island Monday, …
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Jul 01 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Port Isabel city officials wanted answers after a man in police custody escaped from the Port Isabel City Jail, injuring three officers in the process before carjacking an elderly woman and leading state law enforcement officers on a pursuit that spanned several counties. During a city commission meeting …
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