Sep 19 2015
By ABBEY KUNKLE Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Shoreline Task Force met Monday afternoon for their regular monthly meeting. Coastal Resource and Parks Administrator Reuben Treviño brought some good news regarding the Beneficial Use Dredge Material (BUDM) project. The BUDM project, which began in 1997, is the City’s primary way of combating …
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Sep 19 2015
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The threat of severe rain kept the Rotary Club of Port Isabel from setting over 300 American flags out for display in honor of Patriot’s Day Friday. “It’s just bad flag etiquette, if there’s not a light on the flag, to just leave it in the rain,” said …
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Sep 18 2015
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS They are the unsung heroes, those players who engage in hand-to-hand combat down in the trenches. They get all the blame when one of their backs gets thrown for a loss, and little of the credit when the team gets a score or a big gain. They are …
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Sep 18 2015
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS It was lightning more than rain that forced the cancellation of last Friday night’s non-district road football game between the Port Isabel Tarpons and the Hidalgo Pirates. Some games in the Lower Rio Grande Valley were played as scheduled but quite a few others were either canceled or …
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Sep 18 2015
Special to the PRESS Officials with The Texas A&M University System, the City of McAllen and Hidalgo County took the first steps today to expand Texas A&M’s presence in the Rio Grande Valley and create new higher education options for students. Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp, Texas A&M University President Michael K. Young, …
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Sep 18 2015
Special to the PRESS “Low Battery” On Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at approximately 6:16 a.m., the officer was dispatched to Houston in reference to a fire call. Upon his arrival the officer was met by a man who stated that all his smoke detectors were going off and he didn’t have a fire in his …
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Sep 18 2015
Special to the PRESS Dear editor, A poem to celebrate the string of defeats for pro-LNG resolutions by different public agencies in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. THE DEFEAT OF LNG VAMPIRES AND ZOMBIES I was with that big group of villagers When we finally wiped out the vampires There were a whole lot of us there …
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Sep 18 2015
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons volleyball team took Rio Hondo in four sets on the road Tuesday night in their second district match of the season. They evened their league record at 1-1 after last Saturday’s loss at Zapata. Port Isabel won the first two games at Rio …
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Sep 18 2015
Special to the PRESS Imagine not having electricity for 5 – 20 hours each day or receiving impure water every eight days. That is life in Barrio Eduardo Castillo in Trujillo, Honduras. The Port Isabel Rotary Club joined forces with the Trujillo, Honduras Rotary Club to provide a daily supply of clean water to the …
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Sep 18 2015
Special to the PRESS LV Residents and Friends, This is to provide you a brief update on the recently-adopted budget and on upcoming community events and to share information that may be of interest to you. The Town Council adopted the new budget and tax rate at its regular meeting of September 8. Please read …
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