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Lady Tarpons Putting in the Track Time

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Lady Tarpons track and field team has been working out at Tarpon Stadium for the past several weeks and should be ready to do some serious running, jumping, and throwing when it’s time for the season’s first track meet next month. The Press found …

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Tarpons Lose at Home, 69-46, to Zapata

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By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons basketball team lost a 69-46 decision to the Zapata Hawks in Tarpon Gym Tuesday night in the sixth district game for  both teams. The Tarpons remain winless in district play for the season and currently stand 0-6 in the District 32-4A standings.  Zapata improves …

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Walking Con Respeta

By JOSE SANCHEZ Special to the PRESS This morning I joined a group of volunteers to pick up garbage on the beach on South Padre Island in Texas. It was a windy day in January, but it was not cold. We had driven several miles beyond the city limits to where the pavement ends, and …

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Letters to the Editor for 1-21-2016

Special to the PRESS Dear Editor, If you are disappointed about the Walmart store closing — located at 7480 Padre Island Highway (Highway 48) in Brownsville, you can protest by writing to: Walmart Corporate Office 702 SW 8th St. Bentonville, Arkansas 72716 (A petition would be great!) Or, call Walmart at (479)273-4000 and someone will …

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Nice Day for a Run: Thousands participate in annual Causeway race

By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com “It was great; it was a little rough with the wind when we got off the Causeway, but other than that, it was beautiful. Nice weather.” That’s what Brownsville resident Annie O’Conner had to say as she caught her breath and stretched after completing her first ever Causeway …

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City moves forward with viewing facility

By ABBEY KUNKLE Special to the PRESS After a closed executive session at their last meeting, the South Padre Island Convention and Visitors Advisory Board (CVA) made a recommendation to the City Council to proceed with further planning regarding potential SpaceX viewing sites and a Convention Centre Annex building. Councilman Dennis Stahl further explained the …

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Beloved ‘Turtle Lady’ home for sale

By ABBEY KUNKLE Special to the PRESS After over 50 years of being in the family, the home of the Turtle Lady of South Padre Island is up for sale. Before it officially goes on the market to the general public, Mary Ann Tous, member of the South Padre Island Historic Preservation Committee and niece …

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Short-term rentals issue unresolved

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By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Short-term rentals on Beach Blvd. in Laguna Vista were debated again Tuesday as property owners asserted their rights on both sides of the issue before the Town Council. The matter remains unresolved, however, as no action was taken following an executive session where Councilmen met with their legal council to discuss adoption of …

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Indictments handed down in Palacios Paz beheading

By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Five men who were arrested in connection with the beheading death of Jose Francisco Palacios Paz in the spring of 2015 have been indicted for the murder by a Grand Jury in the 107th District Court Wednesday. The men, including U.S. Border Patrol agent Joel Luna, will each …

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NO SMOKING? City holds smoking ordinance workshop

By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel City Commission were joined by several residents as the City hosted a workshop to discuss creating an ordinance that would regulate smoking within City limits. Currently, the City does not have any sort of regulation prohibiting smoking, but the idea of a smoking ordinance has …

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