May 20 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com After months of research, several public workshops and one-on-one meetings with County leaders, conservationists and landowners, the Cameron County Erosion Response Plan (ERP) is just about complete. Peter Ravella, of PAR Consulting, was tasked by the Cameron County Commissioners Court to create the plan, which will serve as …
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May 20 2016
Board upholds admin’s rankings By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Point Isabel Board of Trustees sat in executive session for almost two hours Tuesday as they first held and then deliberated a grievance hearing regarding the ranks of Port Isabel High School’s top two prospective graduates. In the end, the board voted to …
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May 20 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Cameron County Constable’s deputies have arrested a Laguna Heights man in connection with a burglary at tire shop in the area. Gilberto Garza was charged with burglary of a building, a state jail felony, after allegedly burglarizing an automotive business on the 900 block of Highway 100 in …
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May 20 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Cake and punch punctuated the smiles and congratulations as the Point Isabel School Board of Trustees welcomed two returning and one new trustee during a swearing in ceremony Tuesday. After the vote tallies were canvassed by precinct, confirming the unofficial totals, Judge Bennie Ochoa III administered the oaths …
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May 20 2016
By ABBEY KUNKLE Special to the PRESS Keep South Padre Island Beautiful (KSPIB) Committee Member Jan Whittington joined the City for their Coastal Days program last week. In celebration of the end of the school year, and in an effort to squeeze in some more learning before the summer lull, Point Isabel teachers brought students …
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May 20 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The invitations have been sent out, the special outfits bought and carefully stored in the closet. Relatives and friends have made their travel plans and party supplies have been acquired. It is most definitely a time to celebrate because you, graduate, have worked hard to get to this …
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May 20 2016
By PETE BANDA Special to the PRESS reporter@sbnewspaper.com On most Sundays, you could probably find Marissa Nicole Maldonado and her family huddled around the television to watch the Dallas Cowboys play. But if Maldonado has it her way, the family will soon be watching Cowboy games for an entirely different reason. Maldonado, an 18-year-old San Benito High …
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May 20 2016
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Lady Tarpons basketball team will be participating in a summer hoops league, and have already played their first two games. The Press found girls’ basketball coach Blake Ramsey busying himself at the athletic offices this week, and was able to find out just what …
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May 20 2016
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The seniors took down the juniors, 20-8, in the fourth annual Powderpuff Football Game Tuesday night at Tarpon Stadium. With the win the players of the Class of 2016 go out undefeated in the contest, which is now officially a spring tradition. These same players won last year’s …
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May 20 2016
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel High Lady Tarpon runner Natalie Garza took fourth place in the 400-meter dash at the 2016 UIL State Track and Field Meet in Austin last Saturday. The race was delayed, along with numerous other events, for more than six hours by lightning. It was 8:30 that …
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