Feb 17 2022
By DAVID LOPEZ Special to the PRESS Point Isabel ISD held its regular school board meeting Tuesday and included a public hearing on their 2020-21 Texas Academic Performance Report, assessed by TEA. Highlights of the report included 98.8% student attendance, an increase from last year, and zero violent offenses for school year. Also, of the …
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Feb 17 2022
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The excitement is growing for the upcoming romantic comedy that is being partially filmed on the island of South Padre. “Switch Up” is the name of the film, and the PRESS had the opportunity to sit down with the cast and crew responsible for making it possible. “I am in awe,” …
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Feb 10 2022
By JULIE KELLER Special to the PRESS On Friday, the temperature of the waters dropped below 50 degrees. With these low water temperatures, Sea Turtle Inc of South Padre Island rallied together their team of volunteers and its large community support team to help out the sea turtles of our island’s waters. “Sea turtles are …
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Feb 10 2022
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Jarrod Henry has introduced his take on moonshine to Port Isabel by opening up the Rio Grande Distillery and Magic Valley Moonshine on Lighthouse Square. The distillery had a soft opening Friday, February 4, but a grand opening is in the works. According to Henry, the Rio Grande Distillery team surprised …
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Feb 10 2022
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Hopper Haus Bar and Grill, located on 418 East Queen Isabella Boulevard, in Port Isabel will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, February 11, from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The bar had its soft opening on January 27. Ernesto Zavaleta, co-owner, felt that Super Bowl weekend would be the …
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Oct 01 2021
Special to the PRESS Last Thursday, Sept. 23, several members of the local Port Isabel Rotary Club gathered to complete an important local community project they began several months ago. Using matching Rotary grant monies and club funds raised locally, they purchased 10 new benches, placing them throughout Port Isabel and Laguna Heights. Thursday, the …
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Oct 01 2021
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The 10th annual Motorcycle Cannonball Run ended on South Padre Island this past weekend, with nearly a hundred riders cruising their 100-year-old machines through the Queen Isabella Causeway to victory. Starting in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, on the Canadian border, 88 riders, some dressed in early 1900s garb, departed to Texas …
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Oct 01 2021
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The City of Port Isabel is now weighing its options in responding to a Federal Aviation Administration analysis of SpaceX’s orbital launch. The FAA released its highly anticipated draft environmental review of SpaceX’s planned orbital launches two weeks ago, saying the launches would have little impact on Boca Chica and the …
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Oct 01 2021
Photos and words by Gaige Davila The PARADE sat with Will Abete as he started his shift at The Meatball Cafe, preparing to special a piña colada using fresh squeezed pineapple juice. Abete, 25, has worked at The Meatball Cafe for two months. Before, he bartended just across Padre Boulevard at Tequila Sunset. He’s lived …
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Oct 01 2021
Photos and words by Gaige Davila These days, Samantha Jo Finney is constantly baking. Baking clay, that is. Finney is the mind and hands behind Across The Causeway, a jewelry brand selling handmade, polymer clay earrings and necklaces. Finney started Across The Causeway in 2017, initially making anklets. During the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, …
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