Feb 21 2020
By ALAN RAMIREZ Special to the PRESS The Children’s Advocacy Center of Cameron and Willacy Counties have announced Rio Grande Valley native Laura Lyles Regan as the new Executive Director of their organization. Reagan has been a contributor to the PRESS since last summer, where she’s written parenting columns and reported on South Padre Island. …
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Feb 21 2020
By Pamela Cody Special to the PRESS The SPI City Council held its regular meeting Wednesday, February 19, to discuss items of business including naming a new city secretary and amending the landscaping plans currently underway on the Island’s medians. After an impressive 35-year career as city secretary, Susan Manning is retiring on March 31, …
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Feb 21 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Two eleven-inch tiger shrimp, or giant tiger prawns (penaeus monodon) were caught off the Louisiana coast by a shrimp boat captained by Frankie Perez, operating out of Twin City Shrimp Company in Port Isabel. The shrimp were caught in 28 fathoms of water (168 feet). Tiger shrimp have a distinctive black …
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Feb 21 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com South Padre Island Police Department (SPIPD) is one of more than 300 law enforcement agencies acting in a statewide “warrant roundup,” to collect unpaid fines on outstanding warrants, according to a press release from the City of South Padre Island. Laguna Vista Police Department (LVPD) is also acting in the “roundup,” …
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Feb 13 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A 302-lot, 84.5-acre subdivision south of Laguna Heights, bordered by Pennsylvania Avenue, will develop soon, after Port Isabel’s city commissioners granted preliminary approval to the project on February 12. The subdivision, named Bahia Point, and its developers, S.R. Campbell Properties, had a hearing with the city’s planning and zoning commission …
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Feb 06 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The City of Port Isabel, with Port Isabel Mayor Juan Jose “JJ” Zamora and Port Isabel City Commissioner Martin Cantu, have filed a lawsuit against the Port of Brownsville for its lease agreements with liquified natural gas (LNG) companies. Texas LNG, Annova LNG and Rio Grande LNG are seeking …
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Feb 06 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisaelsouthpadre.com Harlingen, Texas, based development company S.R. Campbell Properties is planning to build a large subdivision adjacent to Laguna Heights, extending existing streets and adding around 150 homes spread among 302 lots. At 84.50 acres, which starts beyond the fenceline bordering Pennsylvania Avenue, the Bahia …
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Feb 06 2020
By Constancio Martinez, Jr. Special to the PRESS Rio Grande Valley coaches met this Monday, February 3, at the Harlingen Aquatic Center for the unveiling of the new UIL 2020-21 and 2021-22 Realignment for Football, Volleyball, and Basketball. The District Assignments and Reclassification involving Port Isabel are as follows. For …
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Feb 06 2020
By Pamela Cody Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Planning and Zoning Commission held a special meeting Thursday, January 30, to elect new officials and approve requests for final plats and replats of two different lot areas on the Island. Previously, Patrick McNulty served as chair of the Planning and Zoning Board, …
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Jan 31 2020
By Pamela Cody Special to the PRESS At its regular meeting on January 23, the Port Isabel-San Benito Navigation District (PISBND) voted against a potentially lucrative new tenant lease agreement with a diesel fuel wholesale company. The upstart company, OEA Energy, LLC, a wholesaler out of Houston, Texas, approached the PISBND in October of …
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