Dec 31 2015
Special to the PRESS Cameron County Commissioner’s Court today on a 4-0 vote provided an Order establishing a County-Wide Transportation Reinvestment Zone that is projected to support approximately $1.6 billion in transportation projects that will promote safety, support development, and facilitate the movement of traffic in Cameron County. In approving the Order, the Commissioners Court …
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Dec 31 2015
Special to the PRESS Even though Christmas felt like Easter with the temperatures, and now the chill of winter has paid the Island a visit, it’s time for the Christmas tree to come down. The City of South Padre Island wants to remind you that all live trees can be recycled into mulch, free of …
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Dec 31 2015
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS The public is invited to attend a meeting in Laguna Vista to hear the latest information on the new Texas Open Carry law which becomes effective Jan. 1. Laguna Vista Police Chief Tony David is hosting an informational meeting to answer citizen questions about this new law on Tuesday, …
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Dec 31 2015
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS January 1 marks a Holy Day of Obligation for Catholics across the world, celebrating Saint Mary as the mother of Jesus Christ. In Port Isabel at Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church, a vigil mass will be conducted Thursday, Dec. 31 at 6 p.m. and Feast Day Masses on …
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Dec 31 2015
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Former Port Isabel High Lady Tarpon athlete Daniella Murchison is home for the holidays after a successful first semester at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas. She sat down with the Press this week at a local burger establishment and shared the experiences of her first term at …
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Dec 31 2015
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS It had been over a month since the Port Isabel Tarpons basketball team played a home game. Tuesday night the Tarpons took on a Brownsville Frontier Academy team they’d previously beaten at their place, 66-63. Port Isabel won again, 44-38, in what may have been the most exciting …
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Dec 31 2015
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons hoops squad will return to district play this Saturday after competing in this week’s Roy Williams Holiday Tournament in Corpus Christi. The district is going back to a scheduling plan, previously tried for a season, in which the boys and girls basketball teams …
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Dec 24 2015
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com With his grandmother helping him to stand, little Alton Johnson immediately gravitated towards a pair of Ford trucks on off-road tires. Soon, he was sitting on the ground happily playing with them while a mountain of toys towered over him just feet away. The scene was the happy …
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Dec 24 2015
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel Police Department toy drive was a great success, said Chief of Police Gualberto “Wally” Gonzalez. “The toy drive was as successful as it has been for the last 20 years,” Gonzalez said Monday. “We gave out close to 400 (toys),” he said. The police department …
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Dec 24 2015
By ABBEY KUNKLE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel residents are encouraged to start a healthy new year by joining Texas A&M AgriLife in planting fruit and vegetables on December 28 at 3 p.m. at the Port Isabel Community garden located across the street from the Boys and Girls Club. With the wind and rain …
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