Oct 01 2012
By CRAIG ALANIZ Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS The Museums of Port Isabel and the Laguna Madre Museum Foundation presented “True Life Stories from the Mexican Revolution,” by Gloria Bates Thursday as a part of the “Telling Our Stories” series. The play was monologues by different key players in the Mexican Revolution based on interviews of …
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Oct 01 2012
Special to the Parade Port Isabel Mayor Joe E. Vega and city commissioners along with the Port Isabel Health Department are asking citizens to do their part in preventing mosquitoes. The City of Port Isabel has been spraying for mosquitoes and citizens can do their part by using the tips and information below: Limit Mosquitoes …
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Sep 27 2012
By CRAIG ALANIZ Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS Precinct 1 Judge Bennie Ochoa was proclaimed Justice of the Peace of the Year for the State of Texas at a dinner ceremony in South Padre Island Tuesday. Judge Ochoa was voted by his peers of Justices of the Peace to receive the honor. At 23 years-old, Judge …
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Sep 27 2012
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Local communities realized a mixed bag in sales tax revenue in September. The City of Port Isabel saw a gain of 19.10 percent for the month, bringing in $220,521.93, up from the $185,146 last September. For the year-to-date, the city is up 5.02 percent with $1,500,072 for the …
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Sep 27 2012
Special to the PRESS The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is planning for upcoming preventative maintenance on the Queen Isabella Memorial Bridge. Bridge Engineer Rex Costley, with the TxDOT Pharr District, spoke before the South Padre Island City Council on September 19 to update the city on the planned preventative maintenance. Costley said the seven-month …
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Sep 27 2012
Special to the PRESS More than 9,316 volunteers across the Texas coast pitched in Saturday for the 26th Annual Texas General Land Office Adopt-A-Beach Fall Cleanup. The volunteers removed 153 tons of trash from 29 sites along 186 miles of Texas coast. “The turnout this year was amazing,” said Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson. “We …
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Sep 27 2012
Special to the PRESS BROWNSVILLE – A series of open forums has been scheduled to discuss the vision of a standalone University of Texas at Brownsville. The focus of the “21st Century University Commission” will be to create a vision for what UTB should strive to become by 2050. “We have an opportunity few will …
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Sep 24 2012
By CRAIG ALANIZ Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS A retired engineer from Goldsby, Oklahoma photographed an abandon sailboat at a local shipyard. The image has since been featured in several art institutions in Oklahoma. Bob Finley said he would like to know the history of the Ensueno sailboat that has gotten so much attention. He said …
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Sep 24 2012
By CRAIG ALANIZ Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS Convention and Visitor’s Bureau Director Lacey Ekberg presented the direction of the CVB at Coffee and Conversation Thursday. Ekberg said in her four months on the Island that she has realized what a tremendous place it could be. She said finding personal interests and following passions will bring …
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Sep 24 2012
Special to the PRESS The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s Deputy Director Ramiro Garcia Jr., who heads the Office of Compliance and Enforcement, will attend the third annual Valley Environmental Summit hosted by State Rep. Eddie Lucio III on Thursday, Oct. 4, in Brownsville. This meeting of state and local leaders and local stakeholders engages …
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