Apr 25 2011
By JOE R. BOWLING JR. A few days in and all is well as the City of Port Isabel, along with the Laguna Madre Humane Society and the Friends of Isabel Y. Garcia Shelter have teamed up to work together at the animal shelter. The city is now officially operating the shelter but they are …
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Apr 25 2011
By JOE R. BOWLING JR. The number four will significant to those interested in the next step for the Modern Venice Project in Port Isabel Tuesday night. Item four on the agenda for this week’s commissioners meeting on Tuesday will be a discussion of a revised map of the area and prior to that a …
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Apr 25 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ An 11-month-old baby boy and his mother died Friday in a two-car collision off of US Highway 100 and California Road in Los Fresnos. According to Public Information Officer Eddie Garcia of the Brownsville Police Department (BPD), a silver 2003 Ford Mustang was traveling east on Highway 100 when the driver …
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Apr 21 2011
By JOE R. BOWLING, JR. editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com In reaching goals in life it is never too early for success. Thus is the case for Port Isabel freshman Sara Mayes. Mayes, who competes in equestrian events, secured a $5,000 scholarship recently by beating out several other hopefuls. Mayes has been riding horses for nearly three years …
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Apr 21 2011
By MARTHA McCLAIN With an eye toward service, training and progress, Laguna Vista’s top public safety official hold the credentials needed to get the job done Robert McGinnis is the Town’s police and fire chief, as well as its emergency management coordinator. He’s also lead instructor at the Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council’s Regional …
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Apr 21 2011
By JOE R. BOWLING JR. With an agreement between the City of Port Isabel and the Laguna Madre Humane Society in place, the task at hand is to now define what the shelter represents and who will be doing what. City Manager Ed Meza and LMHS President Beth Fedigan met Thursday morning …
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Apr 21 2011
By JOE R. BOWLING JR. “This is a perfect example of an open door policy working in this country.” These were the words from new President of the Laguna Madre Humane Society (LMHS), Beth Fedigan, after an agreement was reached between LMHS and the City of Port Isabel regarding the operations at the animal Shelter. …
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Apr 18 2011
By JOE R. BOWLING, JR. Breaking the silence to the media Tuesday night, the new president of the Laguna Madre Humane Society made a plea to the City of Port Isabel to negotiate a settlement and end the legal proceedings and the pending eviction. Margaret Ingle attended and spoke at the commission meeting Tuesday night …
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Apr 18 2011
By JOE R. BOWLING, JR. The City of Trejo, Honduras may be many miles away from the Rio Grande Valley, but this week Mayor Jose Antonio Lainez Mejia from the city of Trejo made a journey that will bring the two closer. The Port Isabel Rotary Club has been instrumental in a program for 10 …
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Apr 18 2011
By JOE R. BOWLING, JR. The weather conditions were perfect and nature took it’s course on South Padre Island Saturday morning. As a parade to mark the beginning of the Kemp’s ridley Seas Turtle nesting season was going on, the first turtle made it’s way on shore to lay her eggs. By the end of …
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