Feb 12 2016
By ABBEY KUNKLE Special to the PRESS Last Saturday turned out to be a beautiful one for the Port Isabel Rotary Club’s Annual Shrimp and Fish Fry. Schlitterbahn Beach Resort provided the perfect background for the lunchtime event on Feb. 5. Rotary Member Sherman Lee directed traffic into the event in full clown fish regalia …
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Feb 12 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com When Leanne Reid decides she wants to do something, it gets done. Recently, the affable Winter Texan, who hails from just south of Toronto, Ontario, decided she wanted to give back to the community she and her husband call home for two months out of the year. The …
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Feb 12 2016
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Plans for a $3,000 development study of 23 acres of city-owned land on State Highway 100 were tabled Tuesday by the Laguna Vista Town Council. The study would provide all necessary mapping and infrastructure cost estimates to make the site serviceable for water and sewer, City Manager Rolando Vela told the …
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Feb 12 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The forecast is set to be perfect this weekend as Air Fiesta flies into town. Almost two dozen performers are ready to wow the crowds by performing aerobatic acts in the sunny skies over Brownsville this Saturday and Sunday. “We have several national acts, including a sailplane performer …
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Feb 12 2016
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Tarpon and Lady Tarpon powerlifters were at it again in Brownsville last week. They were back at Pace High School on Thursday (Feb. 4) for a tri-meet at which teams representing Pace and Rio Hondo high schools were also on hand. They did pretty …
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Feb 12 2016
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons fell into a hole early at La Feria Monday night and lost in the end, 66-46, in the 12th district game for both teams. With the loss Port Isabel falls to 1-11 in District 32-4A play. La Feria improves to 10-2 and has clinched …
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Feb 12 2016
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons basketball team has won one and lost one to gain a split in their last two games of the 2015-2016 season. Last Friday they were all over the Lady Red Ants of Progreso, winning in the end, 57-43. At La Feria this past …
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Feb 12 2016
JOE E. VEGA PORT ISABEL MAYOR Special to the PRESS On February 5th I gave the State of the City at the Annual Breakfast with the Mayor. The Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce and Scott Friedman and his family were kind enough to host this event for the 8th year. There were many people in …
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Feb 12 2016
Special to the PRESS The 62nd Annual Presentation Ball of the Lower Valley Cotillion Club was held at the South Padre Island Convention Centre on Saturday, Jan. 30. The Cotillion Club was founded in September of 1954 by Mrs. Byron Campbell of Raymondville as a social organization designed to bring together and present to society …
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Feb 12 2016
Special to the PRESS Dear Editor, Valley Lives or Company Profits? More and more of our Valley communities are in immediate danger from invasive oil and natural gas companies, companies that threaten our health, safety, and local economies. Our best hope is the election of new Port of Brownsville Commissioners who take our valley wide …
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