Sep 05 2013
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Members with three response agencies simulated a joint agency response to an incident involving 12 people in various emergency situations on the beach. The Coast Guard, City of South Padre Island Beach Rescue and Cameron County Beach Rescue participated in the rescue exercise. The drill tested the agencies’ abilities …
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Sep 05 2013
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Two Port Isabel Tarpons were involved in an altercation last Friday in Laguna Vista that led to one student-athlete being arrested. Manuel de la Rosa, 17, has been charged with aggravated assault and failure to stop and render aid. To read the rest of this story, subscribe to The Port …
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Sep 05 2013
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Juan Gabriel Ruiz, of Port Isabel, was arrested recently and charged with indecency with a child. Port Isabel authorities investigated the incident after allegations of Ruiz’ inappropriate contact with a minor had surfaced. The 11-year-old girl had told her mother who then filed a complaint with the Port Isabel …
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Sep 05 2013
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com No one likes it when underage party goers consume alcohol, especially when it’s in their backyards during Spring Break each year. Resident Vic Sprecher would like the City to do something about it, at least for one week during the month in which all of the schools and colleges …
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Aug 30 2013
Staff Report The Friends of the Port Isabel Public Library will meet at 4 p.m., Monday, Sept. 9 in the Conference Room, Port Isabel Public Library, 213 N. Yturria St. New members are always welcome! Membership fee is $10 per year.
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Aug 29 2013
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The South Padre Island Wave Transit is set to expand considerably over the next few years as the proposed Multi-Model Project takes shape. Expansion of the transit system, which is located on Padre Boulevard immediately after the Queen Isabella Causeway exit, will be completed in three phases. To read …
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Aug 29 2013
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on Tuesday cited Enterprize Management Inc. and Schlitterbahn Beach Resort Management LLC $96,000 for six safety violations related to a fatal incident in which a 20-year-old lifeguard was killed and a maintenance supervisor was severely injured. To read the rest of this …
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Aug 22 2013
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Texas A&M Maritime Academy training ship, General Rudder, made landfall Wednesday at the SubSea7 facility in Port Isabel. The cadets on board have been training for either their unlimited third engineering or third mate licenses. Upon graduating from the Academy in Galveston, the cadets will enter various maritime …
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