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.
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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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Aug 14 2014
Corps leads coastal resources workshop
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, on Wednesday, hosted a coastal resource management workshop at the Hilton Garden Inn on South Padre Island that covered how the Corps builds community resilience to storm damage and supports economic growth. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South …
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Aug 14 2014
Commission meeting postponed
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Aug. 12 meeting of the Port Isabel City Commission was postponed Tuesday night due to a lack of quorum. A make-up date had not been announced before press deadline. 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 …
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Aug 14 2014
New school year starts Aug. 25
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Summer vacation — like all good things — must come to an end, and that end will officially occur for local children on Aug. 25 when Point Isabel Independent School District (PISD) begins its new school year. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre …
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Aug 07 2014
TO INFINITY AND BEYOND: State boosts incentives to SpaceX
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com “Ground Control – Boca Chica … we are a go for liftoff.” It won’t likely be Gov. Rick Perry uttering that message, but Perry did, today, announce the State will offer $2.3 million from the Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) to land SpaceX’s commercial launch facility around Boca Chica Beach. …
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