By PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS The City Commission special meeting Tuesday evening opened with City Manager Jared Hockema sharing the outcome of a lawsuit lodged against the City of Port Isabel. In 2017, the Cameron County Housing Authority and Community Housing and Economic Development Corporation sued Port Isabel, accusing the city of rejecting …
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Aug 02 2019
Funds allocated: SPI Council votes on 2019-2020 budget
By PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island City Council held a special meeting Tuesday morning to formally accept a few key pieces of municipal business. With the exception of media and a few city officials present, the sparsely attended meeting was brief, with no one stepping forward to make any …
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Jul 26 2019
Sanchez totally into the trombone
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Jerry Sanchez plays the trombone in the Silver Tarpon Marching Band and does not mind at all that it takes up so much of his time in the summer. Summertime is traditionally that time of year when students have time to relax, sleep late, and engage in all …
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Jul 26 2019
Nieto recalls Tarpon football career
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS He was known as the “Nitro Man” or, simply, “Nitro.” He is Port Isabel Junior High, and part-time Varsity, football coach Johnny Nieto. He recently met with the Press at a local burger place and shared the memories of his playing days as a Port Isabel Tarpon. Nieto …
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Jul 26 2019
Drum major Morales ready to go
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Elizabeth Morales is a clarinet player when she’s in the ranks of the Port Isabel Silver Tarpon Marching Band. However, she will not be down in the ranks for the 2019 marching season. She will be one of two drum majors fronting the band this year for the …
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Jul 26 2019
Hobby Lobby’s Steve Green visits Port Isabel
By PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS Evangelical Christian and president of Hobby Lobby, Steve Green, visited the Port Isabel Event and Cultural Center on July 18 to promote his family’s Museum of the Bible to area residents. The Green family, led by Steve’s father, David, founder and CEO of Hobby Lobby, gained notoriety in …
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Jul 26 2019
Council member election announced
By FREDDY JIMENEZ editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com After months of political dissidence and the election of a new mayor, the City of South Padre Island announced a general election for Council Member Place 1 and 2. In a press release, South Padre Island’s public information officer Nikki Soto said. A general election will be held in the City …
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Jul 26 2019
History of TIFT: How the tournament’s first year predicted its 80th
By GAIGE DAVILA Port Isabel-South Padre Press In the June 1934 edition of Rio Grande Valleybased Monty’s Monthly News magazine, James Addison Hockaday, or “J.A.,” a Missouri-born physician who moved to Port Isabel, described the philosophy behind the first Rio Grande Valley Fishing Rodeo, two months before the tournament’s start: “At our front door flows …
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Jul 26 2019
Renovations slated for Washington Park
By ANGIE GAMEZ Special to the PRESS The City of Port Isabel held its Ground Breaking Ceremony on July 18 for the Washington Park renovation project. City Manager Jared Hockema, City Commissioners Carmen Rios, Jeffrey Martinez, and Martin Cantu, Jr., Chief of Police Robert Lopez, and Judge Benito Ochoa IV were among the attendees celebrating …
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Jul 26 2019
Burst pipe: LMWD issues area wide-boil notice
By Gaige Davila Port Isabel-South Padre Press This story has been updated. Workers from an unnamed utility company broke a main water line on the 700 block of Padre Boulevard around 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 23, according to Nikki Soto, public information officer for the City of South Padre Island, in a press …
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