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Kids fishing tourney slated for Saturday

By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel Press is proud to help sponsor the 4th Annual Hooked for Life Mayor Joe E. Vega’s Kids Fishing Classic in Port Isabel. The friendly competitive event will cast off at 8 a.m. on Saturday, April 9 at the Pirate’s Landing Fishing Pier. “It’s a great …

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Skipjack ramp improvements approved

By ABBEY KUNKLE Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island City Council returned to their regular meeting schedule after the Island’s busy month of March. Members tied up recent business to prepare for the busy summer season and began discussion on new projects including an agreement for improvements to the Skipjack property on West …

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Kayaker’s body found

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By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The search for a missing kayaker ended Saturday when Texas Game Wardens found the body of Adrian Garcia, 21, in the area of The Fingers Saturday in Port Isabel. A resident of San Benito, Garcia’s family traveled to the Laguna Madre region to help in the search and …

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Firm chosen for Isla Blanca improvements

By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Three firms presented their qualifications vying for the lucrative opportunity to manage a major overhaul to one of Cameron County’s premier revenue-generating parks, Isla Blanca Park. In the end, the County Commissioner’s Court unanimously chose to go with Halff & Associates. “I liked that two of the teams …

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LNG update: Industry, opponents to hold events

By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Things are progressing, both for the three companies seeking to build Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) export terminals along the Brownsville Ship Channel, and for the grassroots movement that opposes them, Save RGV from LNG. This week, the company that represents the largest of the three proposed projects, Rio …

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Letter to the Editor for 4-07-2016

Special to the PRESS Port Profiteering from Destruction of Laguna Madre Ecosystems Dear Editor, Recently Port of Brownsville commission chairman, Ralph Cowen, was crowing about the astute business acumen the Port was displaying by kicking out the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) decades-old lease of about $3,500 a year for the 2,280 acres which now …

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Writer’s Block: So Much To Do…

By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com … So Little Time. With spring in full swing, the social calendar is quickly beginning to fill up. This weekend is no exception. Those with kids will have an early start as the Hooked For Life fishing tourney is set to take place at Pirates Landing Saturday morning …

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Fifth arrest in tax office sting

By PETE BANDA Special to the PRESS reporter@sbnewspaper.com Another person has been arrested in connection with the January sting operation that led to Cameron County Tax Assessor-Collector Tony Yzaguirre being charged with several counts of bribery and engaging in organized criminal activity. The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) arrested Claudia Elisa Sanchez last Wednesday afternoon at …

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AREA CHAMPS: Lady Tarpons trounce La Vernia, 4-1

By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com It was a one sided game in more ways than one as the Port Isabel Lady Tarpons hosted a 4-1 decision against the La Vernia Lady Bears Friday afternoon at Tarpon Stadium. The area round match was history in the making, marking the deepest playoff victory so far …

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Tarpons Look Forward to District Meet

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons track and field team competed in their final meet of the 2016 season last week before next week’s District 32-4A meet in Port Isabel.  On Saturday they took part in the biggest meet of the season, the Meet of Champs, at Weslaco’s Bobby Lackey …

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