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Tarpon Time: A successful 2016 season

By JOE HAMBY Special to the PRESS The Tarpon Season ends but not the memories.  The third game loss of the 4A Bi-District game closed the season for the Port Isabel Tarpon with a record of 18 wins, six losses and one tie.  Winning memories were made by Tarpon ballplayers, coaches, and all supporters. The Season …

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Online exclusive: District, student at odds over Top 10 ranks

By RAY QUIROGA Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com After approximately two hours of negotiating behind closed doors Thursday, attorneys representing both sides of a dispute involving the Port Isabel High School senior class ranking came to a tentative understanding. Late last month, the courts granted a temporary restraining order preventing the District from releasing this …

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Election results released

Elections

By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The City of Port Isabel and Point Isabel Independent School District elections were fairly decisive as final tallies were announced Saturday evening. With nearly two-thirds of the vote, former Place 1 Commissioner Juan Jose “J.J.” Zamora won the seat of mayor over former Place 2 Commissioner Maria de …

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School district headed to court

Tarpons

By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Representatives for the Point Isabel Independent School District were set to be in court Thursday morning as a dispute over senior class rankings continues. Late last month, a judge granted a temporary restraining order (TRO) preventing the District from releasing the senior class rankings. At the center of …

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Council considers high speed internet

By ABBEY KUNKLE Special to the PRESS As part of the plan to make South Padre Island a world-class tourism destination, Councilman Dennis Stahl addressed some of the city’s upcoming improvements at the last City Council meeting and brought new ideas to take the South Padre Island to the next level. In recent efforts to …

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Second motion to intervene filed

By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Laguna Vista officials voted Tuesday to file a motion to intervene in the pending proceedings relating to Texas LNG with the U.S. Federal Regulatory Commission. Texas LNG is one of three corporations planning to build a liquefied natural gas export terminal at the Port of Brownsville, in March of …

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Candidates sworn in

By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com It was standing room only inside the Port Isabel Commission chambers Tuesday as family, friends and local residents crowded in to witness the swearing in of a new mayor and two new city commissioners. Speaking shortly after the start of the meeting, City attorney Gilberto Hinojosa spoke to …

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Regional leaders talk MPO merger

TxDOT

By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Millions of state transportation dollars are on the table and everyone in Cameron County wants a piece of the pie, from the small towns of the Laguna Madre to the County’s largest city, Brownsville. As a result, numerous city and County leaders are scrambling to form a regional …

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Island expands community relationships

By ABBEY KUNKLE Special to the PRESS Judge Pete Sepulveda joined the South Padre Island City Council last week at their regular meeting to encourage support of a regional Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) that would combine the three current Valley MPOs into one powerhouse voice for the RGV throughout the state of Texas. Potentially taking over San Antonio …

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Town supports transportation collaboration

By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Laguna Vista’s elected officials are in support of discussions that potentially could form one Valley-wide Metropolitan Planning Organization, which would give the Town a voice in its future development and potential funding to support needed infrastructure projects. Cameron County Commissioner David Garza told the Town Council that combining existing …

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