Nov 01 2019
By Steve Hathcock The cargo steamer Baychimo, built in Sweden, in 1914 for the Hudson Bay Company, spent its early days plying the frigid waters along the Victoria Island Coast of the Northwest Territory trading supplies for pelts with the people who lived in the cold northern wilderness. The Baychimo was homeward bound in October …
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Nov 01 2019
By David Lee Zamora Special to the Parade Judy is a way better Bohemian Rhapsody, a movie that truly makes you feel for Judy Garland (Renee Zellweger) and her struggles to make money and to take back custody of her children from her ex-husband. Garland played Dorothy in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz …
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Nov 01 2019
By M. Kathy Raines Special to the PRESS Glancing from my book, I was delighted to glimpse the ballooning speckled pink dewlap, or throat fan, of a green anole as did push-ups against the wall of the gazebo. Noticing me a few photographs later, it leapt …
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Nov 01 2019
By Larry Gage Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons volleyball team dropped their final match of the season at Progreso Monday night. They finish the season with a 2-12 record in league play. The Press spoke with head P.I. coach Julie Breedlove Wednesday and she talked about finding successes and bright spots …
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Nov 01 2019
By Larry Gage Special to the PRESS Cole Pinkerton is ready to go. The third-year Varsity hoops player has been hard at work on his game ever since the end of last year’s basketball season and he is ready to hit the hard court running when practice begins this week. The Press found Pinkerton in …
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Nov 01 2019
By Larry Gage Special to the PRESS Basketball practice has officially begun for the Port Isabel High School hoops squad. The Press was there to see how it all went down, and the head man and a few of his players shared their thoughts. “It’ll be pretty much just basics, getting them moving, and running …
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Nov 01 2019
By Laura Lyles Reagan Special to the PRESS South Padre Island Birding Nature Center and Alligator Sanctuary (SPI SBNCAS) received a call on the morning of October 27, 2019, from SPI Police Department regarding a four-foot nuisance alligator near the KOA entrance, right off Padre Blvd. Texas Parks & Wildlife were contacted first and, …
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Nov 01 2019
By Johanna “Luna” Sanchez Special to the PRESS My name is Luna, and I am part of a paranormal investigation team called @JoeDarklyVlogs. The team and I will be taking you across the Rio Grande Valley to encounter some of the experiences we, and others, have come across with the paranormal. Our first visit was …
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Nov 01 2019
By Laura Lyles Reagan Special to the PRESS It was perfect weather for the 4th Annual Hallowings Monarch Migration Festival. The South Padre Island Birding Nature Center and Alligator Sanctuary (SPIBNCAS) hosts the annual celebration of the Monarch butterfly migration which passes through South Padre Island late October and early November. The generation of Monarchs …
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Oct 25 2019
Laura Lyles Reagan Special to the PRESS On Monday October 21, 2019 beginning at 12:58am. the National Weather Service of Brownsville, Texas issued the first tornado warning. Then it issued the first severe thunderstorm warning. Multiple residents said that severe weather hit the island at approximately 2:00am and the electricity was lost shortly thereafter. Tim …
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