BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Boards of Directors for both the South Padre Island Economic Development Corporation (EDC) and the Birding and Nature Center (BNC) held a special called meeting last week to discuss the BNC’s future. “This is a touchy subject, I know,” said EDC Executive Director Scott Friedman. “This has to …
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Dec 12 2013
Pedestrian walkway requires major repairs, maintenance
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Public Works Director Marcy Newman shared a detailed update on the pedestrian walkway with the South Padre Island City Council at its meeting last week. She said that earlier this year, the City contracted with Green, Rubiano & Associates (GRA) to perform a two-phase structural analysis. To read the …
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Dec 12 2013
STRANDED ON AN ISLAND: Cold front leaves sea turtles stunned and displaced
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The winter weather that rolled in over the weekend has caused water temperatures to drop, leaving many distressed sea turtles out in the cold. Sea Turtle, Inc. officials have spent the last few days rescuing dozens of stunned sea turtles that have made their way up the beach in …
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Dec 12 2013
Battle over property rights rages on
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The City of Port Isabel sent a stern letter to the City of Brownsville last week, notifying Brownsville’s City Commission that its multiple attempts to annex areas throughout the Laguna Madre area have allegedly been illegal. Port Isabel’s city officials clearly state in their letter that they intend to …
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Dec 12 2013
2 dead, 1 hurt in ship channel
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Port Isabel police officers responded to a chilly scene on Tuesday on the south side of the Brownsville Ship Channel in which two Mexican nationals died attempting to illegally cross the border. A third national is currently being treated for hypothermia-related symptoms at Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville. …
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Dec 05 2013
KING OF THE CASTLE: Hancock wins championship
BY PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS Andy Hancock, local sculptor, artist and sand castle instructor, has a new feather in his cap. He was recently selected as champion from a field of 15 other sculptors from Mexico, Canada and all over the United States in the Solo Division of the 27th Annual American Sand …
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Dec 05 2013
STOPPED SHORT: Tarpons’ chase for State ends with 21-14 loss to La Vernia
BY ARMANDO GARZA Special to the PRESS CORPUS CHRISTI — As the La Vernia Bears took a knee to run out the clock to win last Friday’s regional round playoff game, fans on the Port Isabel side sat in disbelief. Many of them were sad because the season was over at 12-1 after the devastating …
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Dec 05 2013
Council approves park proposal
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com South Padre Island will soon have another park to offer its permanent residents and potential tourists as the City Council on Wednesday approved setting aside $100,000 to develop the project. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS E-edition by clicking here or call …
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Dec 05 2013
Birding and Nature Center up for grabs
Staff Report Officials with the South Padre Island Economic Development Corporation (EDC) postponed a special called board meeting that had been set for Tuesday morning at the SPI Birding and Nature Center Conference Room. The brief agenda consisted of just two items, both related to a proposal in which Sea Turtle, Inc. would lease and …
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