Mar 19 2012
By RAY QUIROGA Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com Texas Week proved that it wasn’t a matter of if but when Spring Breakers would funnel into the area and officials’ predictions of record breaking numbers are appearing to be right on the money. As area residents know all too well, by this past Friday, as early …
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Mar 19 2012
Special to the PRESS On Thursday, March 21 at noon, the ‘Pinta’ and the ‘Niña’, replicas of Columbus’ ships will arrive in Port Isabel. The ships will be docked at the Southport Marina, South Pt. Drive, until their departure early Monday morning on April 2. The media are invited to a private viewing of the …
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Mar 19 2012
Special to the PRESS The America’s WETLAND Foundation (AWF) honored three South Padre Island coastal advocates for their efforts to make a difference in coastal sustainability. State Sen. Eddie Lucio, D-Brownsville, and Cameron County Commissioner Sofia Benavides received the Foundation’s prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award for their efforts to improve and grow their communities and the …
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Mar 15 2012
By THERESA VASQUEZ, RAY QUIROGA Port Isabel South Padre PRESS rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com Special to the PRESS … Any thoughts that area residents just might escape Spring Break 2012 unscathed were easily quashed by Thursday as traffic lined up, Island-bound, deep into Port Isabel on Hwy. 100. Island officials are expecting record numbers of Spring Breakers this season with …
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Mar 15 2012
By THERESA VASQUEZ Special to the PRESS The trailer fire that took place Saturday March 03, 2012 is still under investigation, and according to Rodrigo Garcia, City of Port Isabel Fire Marshall, “we are still investigating the situation, but I can say that this is not a suspicious fire.” Every investigation is different…it all depends on …
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Mar 15 2012
By THERESA VASQUEZ Special to the PRESS As spring break winds down, citizens will be gearing their attention to local school board and city elections. The Point Isabel School Board has two seats up for vacancy this May, and according to Merced Cantu III, PI-ISD School Board President, “We have two seats up for election this …
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Mar 15 2012
Special to the PRESS Laguna Madre Art Gallery, which celebrated its grand opening on March 5, has received many kudos for the quality and variety of artwork displayed. Each month the gallery plans to showcase two artists by displaying some of their work in the store’s window and by writing articles on the artists so …
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Mar 12 2012
By RAY QUIROGA Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com Officials are reporting that the weather has appeared to have little effect on out-of-the-area Spring Breakers traveling to the Island. Mary K. Hancock, Special Events Manager for the South Padre Island Convention & Visitors Bureau, reported Monday that hotel occupancy has increased from 60 percent last week …
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Mar 12 2012
Special to the PRESS The State of Texas is warning thousands of Spring Breakers to avoid traveling to Mexico because of increasing drug-related violence, but an equally dangerous threat lurks in the salty surf along the state’s popular beaches. Nine out of 10 beachgoers cannot identify a rip current that is happening right in front …
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