Feb 05 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The 2014-2015 winter season was a dismal one for many throughout the country. In the Northeast, public works employees were creating veritable mountains out of plowed snow. There was so much of the white stuff shoved off of roadways that mounds of it remained stubbornly unmelted long into …
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Feb 05 2016
By ALENXADRA BROTZMAN Special to the PRESS This month, the Keep South Padre Island Beautiful committee is highlighting the Texas Prickly Pear as the plant of the month. The Texas Prickly Pear, or Opuntiaengelmannii, is part of the cactus family (cactaceae) and has also been called Lindheimer’s Prickly Pear, in honor of prominent Texas botanist, Ferdinand …
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Jan 15 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com This past weekend, the Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce hosted the 32nd Annual Longest Causeway Run and Fitness Walk. The longstanding fitness event draws thousands of people every year, and it’s an event I’ve covered as a journalist several times. This year was no different. As I pulled …
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Jan 15 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Members of the Epsilon Sigma Alpha women’s service organization are hosting a Bunco Party this Saturday to raise money for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. The event, which is open to anyone, will take place from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Port Isabel Community Center, said ESA …
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Jan 08 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com It’s a new year, and with it come New Year’s resolutions. One of the most common resolutions people make, aside from eating right, and keeping a better eye on finances, is the promise to become more physically active — to exercise more and get in better shape. I’m …
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Dec 31 2015
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Here we are at the twilight of another year. These past 12 months have flown by so fast and now a new year greets us with new opportunities, new possibilities, new resolutions. Looking over the resolutions I made at the beginning of this year, I see that I …
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Dec 31 2015
By ALEXANDRA BROTZMAN Special to the PRESS Most people associate the Keep South Padre Island Beautiful Committee (KSPIBC) with a group of Island locals dedicated to beach cleanups, recycling and conservation. While all of this is true, the group is also dedicated to community education and involvement. For this reason, we have decided to bring back …
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Dec 24 2015
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com In 1897, 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon asked her father if Santa Claus was real. I’m sure this is a question many parents face with some apprehension. Virginia’s father, Dr. Philip O’Hanlon, suggested she pose the question as a letter to the editor in New York City newspaper, The Sun, …
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Dec 18 2015
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com There are less than 10 days until Christmas and I haven’t finished my shopping yet. I should probably start panicking soon, except this is something that happens every year. I’m a horrible procrastinator when it comes to gift shopping. There are others in my family who would win …
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Dec 11 2015
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Last week while bustling away here at the Press and Parade offices, my phone buzzed just out of sight on my desk. A few seconds later, it buzzed again. When I reached over to check it, I saw that it was a pair of text messages from my …
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