Apr 20 2023
By JAVIER GONZALEZ Special to the PRESS The spring season is an exciting time of year on the Island, especially at the South Padre Island Birding Nature Center & Alligator Sanctuary [SPIBNCAS]. Thousands of trans-gulf migratory birds will be arriving at the center and on SPI as they complete their marathon 600-mile flight across the …
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Apr 13 2023
By MICHAEL PETTY Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel City Council convened their meeting promptly at 7 p.m. on April 11, 2023, with Mayor Martin Cantu Jr. presiding. Present were Commissioners Sandra Holland, Martin C. Cantu, Carmen Rios, and Jeffery David Martinez. The meeting began with the reading of the minutes, as there was …
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Apr 13 2023
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Victor Baldovinos, the City of South Padre Island’s Environmental Health Director who has also been recently appointed to the Code Enforcement Advisory Committee of Port Isabel, invited the community to an Earth Day E-Waste Celebration. This “celebration” will take place on Saturday, April 22, 2023. “People call our office all the …
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Apr 13 2023
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS On March 31, the Tarpon track teams traveled to Raymondville to compete in the Albert Tijerina 16th Annual Relays. The track & field meet had 23 schools attending. Besides Port Isabel, other notable schools included Brownsville Hanna, Brownsville Rivera, McAllen Memorial, Mission Veterans, PSJA, San Benito and …
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Apr 13 2023
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS On Saturday April 22 through Sunday, April 23, Port Isabel will be hosting two football-related events. First up is the 2023 HSSM 7on7 “Battle of South Texas Championship.” The two-day event will have 24 teams separated into six pools of four teams each. Day one pool play …
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Apr 13 2023
Editor’s Note: Moments in Time is a collection of recovered newspaper briefs and other publications, compiled by local historian, Steve Hathcock, that offer a look back at the history of the Rio Grande Valley and the rest of the world. TRIP TO MOON ON RAYS OF LIGHT PREDICTED BY PROFESSOR AUGUSTE PICCARD NANCY-FRANCE, April …
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Apr 06 2023
By AMBER JONES Special to the PRESS Rita Garcia, a counselor at Port Isabel Junior High, has received a proclamation from the City of Port Isabel, at the March 28 City Commission meeting, to honor her 50 years of service in the school district. Garcia, who Point Isabel Independent School District has employed since she …
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Apr 06 2023
Special to the PRESS On April 5, 2023, the City of Port Isabel announced that it had been awarded $1,000,000 in Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development via the Texas General Land Office (GLO). The funds, which will be used for improvement along Pennsylvania Avenue …
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Apr 06 2023
By KREIG KOHL Special to the PRESS March 21 saw the regular meeting of the South Padre Island City Council. After the convocation, the council opened the floor to public comments, the first of which was a congratulation to the SPIPD for handling spring break so well. The third public comment was from a citizen …
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Apr 06 2023
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS This past Saturday, April 1, the Port Isabel Junior High Girls 7th & 8th track teams competed at the District Track Meet held in Lyford, TX. The seventh-grade team finished in second place after finishing with 189 team points. Meanwhile, the eighth-grade girls became District Champions by …
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