By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com The South Padre Island Business Owners Association held a regular meeting Tuesday. The Association’s promotions committee reported they have activated social media outlets as well as gone live with a functional website that will continue to improve. The association reported they have been attending meetings to voice their opinions. They …
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May 09 2013
Tax Assessor to seize property
By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com County Tax Assessor-Collector Tony Yzaguirre, Jr. reported that his office will be working with the Cameron County Sheriff’s Department in executing court ordered property seizures. Yzaguirre said his office has been working with the delinquent tax collection attorney on accounts owing business personal property taxes. “This round of our collection …
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May 09 2013
Tax figures show mixed results
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Despite fluctuations over the months in sales, communities in the Laguna Madre area have still experienced overall increases in year-to-date sales tax collections last month. The City of Port Isabel saw a gain of 5.27 percent for the month, bringing in $197,472, up from $87,574 last April. For …
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May 02 2013
Pirate Days!
Port Isabel Pirate Days is set for Saturday, May 4, from 11 am — 10 pm. at Port Isabel’s Historic Lighthouse Square. Scheduled events include: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.—Scavenger Hunt; 2-4 p.m.—Canon Throw; 11:30 a.m. -5 p.m.—Caricatures & Face Painting; 4 p.m.—Best Arrrgh! & Best Costume;11 a.m.-5 p.m.—Music Extravaganza; 8:30 p.m.—Lighthouse movie …
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May 02 2013
Chavez, Ray land big awards
By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com Alexa Ocean Ray and Sabrina Chavez, Port Isabel High School seniors were selected for two prestigious awards last month. Ray said she was notified she had received the Bill Gates scholarship two weeks ago after being selected as one of the 2,000 nationwide finalists. “My parents were ecstatic and I …
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May 02 2013
Early voting underway
Special to the PRESS Early voting in the Point Isabel Independent School District School Trustee Election pitting incumbent Mickey Furcron against Raul Loera began Monday and will continue through May 3rd. Election Day is May 11, 2013. Early voting will be held at the following locations: Port Isabel High School/UTB Learning Center — Monday – …
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May 02 2013
Businesses unite to help spur economy
By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com A group of South Padre Island business owners have founded the South Padre Island Business Owners Association in their second meeting at Louie’s Backyard Monday. The association was created to have an organized and cohesive voice representing the businesses of the island. This is the first ever business group on …
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May 02 2013
BEDC backs SpaceX at workshop
By AARIN HARTWELL Special to the PRESS Boca Chica Beach is among the top contingents of the first ever, commercial rocket launch site in the world only five miles south of South Padre. Brownsville Economic Development Council member Lizzy De La Garza presented on behalf of Space X Thursday, Add MediaMay 1st at South Padre Island …
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Apr 25 2013
Bomb squad called to investigate package
PRESS Staff Report Port Isabel was on edge Wednesday afternoon when first responders from here and neighboring communities converged on one of the city’s more popular shopping centers. Employees and patrons for the various stores and eateries in the shopping center located just off of Texas Highways 510 and 100, near the edge of town, …
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Apr 25 2013
Martinez accused of threatening to kill wife
By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com A Port Isabel man is behind bars after allegedly threatening to kill his wife. The Port Isabel Police Department was dispatched to the 600 block of South Shore Drive in reference to a disturbance on Saturday, April 20. Officers arrived and found that a 15-year-old male ran into his neighbor’s …
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