Jan 15 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The City of Port Isabel had much to discuss in its first meeting of the new year. Chief among the items listed on Tuesday night’s meeting agenda were discussions about the Yacht Club, maintenance dredging of The Fingers, peak season traffic problems on Queen Isabella Boulevard, a retirement …
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Jan 15 2016
By ABBEY KUNKLE Special to the PRESS At the Shoreline Task Force meeting Monday afternoon, Coastal Resource and Parks Administrator Reuben Treviño gladly announced that South Padre Island was again awarded a Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Grant from the Texas General Land Office (GLO) in the requested amount of $1.25 million for …
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Jan 15 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com This past weekend, the Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce hosted the 32nd Annual Longest Causeway Run and Fitness Walk. The longstanding fitness event draws thousands of people every year, and it’s an event I’ve covered as a journalist several times. This year was no different. As I pulled …
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Jan 15 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Members of the Epsilon Sigma Alpha women’s service organization are hosting a Bunco Party this Saturday to raise money for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. The event, which is open to anyone, will take place from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Port Isabel Community Center, said ESA …
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Jan 15 2016
By PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS Under the direction of Jo Ann Evans, local residents and winter visitors were treated to a wonderful weekend of entertainment, with the El Paseo Arts Foundation putting on three sold-out performances of legendary playwright Neil Simon’s Rumors. It was a delightfully engaging play filled with fast-paced, witty dialogue …
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Jan 15 2016
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Lady Tarpons hoops squad went on the road Tuesday night and came home from Progreso with a 48-29 win in the sixth district game for both teams. “It was a great confidence builder at this point in the season,” P.I. head girls coach Blake …
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Jan 15 2016
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel Tarpon hurdler Omar Silva is working hard to get ready for the 2016 high school track season. Every weekday afternoon, after his last class lets out, he walks out to Tarpon Stadium and practices the two events he has competed in for the P.I. varsity since …
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Jan 15 2016
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons basketball team took the bus to Progreso Tuesday night and came up just short, 56-52, in the fourth district contest for both teams. “We matched up with them fairly evenly,” P.I. head coach Anthony Velarde said by phone Wednesday evening. The Tarpons trailed 14-12 …
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Jan 15 2016
Special to the PRESS Tony Yzaguirre, Jr., Cameron County Tax Assessor Collector, wishes to inform property owners that 75,116 final tax statements for tax year 2015 will be mailed out for personal property and real estate accounts totaling $69,054,304.42, which have not been paid. Approximately 77 percent of property taxes that the Cameron County collects …
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Jan 15 2016
Special to the PRESS Editor, Yesterday at the Town Council Meeting two people spoke during the open forum opposing Ordinance Number 2012-18 that prohibits short term rentals on Beach Boulevard. One of the individuals was speaking for the family that owns the property that desires short term rentals and the other was an attorney representing …
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