BY Sasha Heller Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The South Padre Island City Council at its meeting last week approved contracting with the University of Texas-Brownsville (UTB) to fund a graduate position during the 2014-15 school year, creating a partnership with the college that could assist the Island with coastal resources management. To read the rest of this …
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Aug 22 2014
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Tarpons struggle against Mercedes in final scrimmage
By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the PRESS MERCEDES — Man, even Murphy would’ve shaken his head. In the final scrimmage at Tiger Stadium on Friday evening, everything that could’ve gone wrong for the Port Isabel Tarpons did as the Mercedes Tigers prevailed by a 3-1 margin. Then in a live half, the hits kept …
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Aug 21 2014
City seeks $2.4M for culinary arts institute
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel City Commission, at a special-called meeting Monday, authorized the Port Isabel Economic Development Corporation to apply for approximately $2.4 million of loan funds through the Office of the Governor to develop a culinary arts institute. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South …
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Aug 21 2014
Motorist strikes drunken walker
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Last month, a visiting couple from Iowa accidentally collided with an intoxicated man who had been stumbling southbound along the 5400 block of Padre Boulevard late in the afternoon. According to the accident report, Daniel and Sherri Herber, of Urbandale, Iowa had been driving inside the right-hand lane. To read the …
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Aug 21 2014
Fundraiser held for cancer patient
BY PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS There are the obvious reasons why living on South Padre Island is special – the weather, the beautiful beaches – but what makes it truly special are its amazing, year-round residents. SPI is a small, tightly-knit community that never fails to step up when one of their own …
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Aug 21 2014
Former officer sentenced for sexual assault
PRESS Staff Report A jury this week found former Harlingen police officer Elias Cardona guilty of a 2013 sexual assault and sentenced him to eight years probation. Cardona, 35, was off duty when he was arrested on South Padre Island during Spring Break in March 2013. Tweet
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Aug 21 2014
Board questions consulting expenses
BY PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS The Point Isabel Independent School Board (PISD) met last week to discuss and make decisions on a list of agenda items, including updating the district’s gifted program. The meeting began on a light note, with board members posing for photos in matching new Tarpons shirts for an upcoming football …
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Aug 14 2014
Paid parking program approved
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The South Padre Island City Council, at its meeting last week, approved a paid parking program to be implemented next year to address parking issues along Gulf Boulevard. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS E-edition by clicking here or call the news office at …
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Aug 14 2014
Community health program launched
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The City of Port Isabel, in partnership with Tu Salud Si Cuenta!, has launched a community-wide campaign from the University of Texas School of Public Health. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS E-edition by clicking here or call the news office at (956) 943-5545. …
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Aug 14 2014
Peninsula set to expand
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com At its meeting last week, the South Padre Island City Council approved a beach and dune permit for the ownership of Peninsula Island Resort & Spa to build an additional 27-unit hotel tower and parking lot. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS …
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