Mar 08 2019
Port Isabel focused on infrastructure improvements By JARED HOCKEMA Port Isabel City Manager Special to the PRESS I’m writing today to give an update on city projects coming up this year. Last year, we were fortunate to be able to re-construct some of the most deteriorated sections of roadways. With the passage of the …
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Mar 08 2019
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Welcome to March! For the Rio Grande Valley, March is a time of interesting dichotomies. A time in between times. A time of cold and gray days brought on by the last hurrahs of winter-like cold snaps, and a time of piercingly sunny and hot days predictive of …
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Mar 08 2019
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS Who was Red Lady and why did 81 sailors choose to bury her atop the tallest dune on Padre Island? Prologue: Summer 1963: Ila Loetscher, yet to be named “The Turtle Lady,” was driving north, along the shores of Padre Island, searching for sea turtle nests when she …
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Mar 01 2019
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The City of Port Isabel, already embroiled in a number of lawsuits in both state district court and federal court, is facing more litigation after a local business owner filed a suit in federal court. Eduardo Peña, proprietor of A-Pro Towing and Recovery, LLC, filed the suit in …
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Mar 01 2019
Immigrant activists hold vigil outside facility By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A 24-year-old pregnant Honduran woman being held at the Port Isabel Processing Center went into labor prematurely last Friday, Feb. 22, delivering a stillborn while at the immigration detention facility. The news first broke when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) published a …
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Mar 01 2019
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island City Council accepted the resignation of Mayor Dennis Stahl during their regular meeting held on Wednesday, Feb. 20. At the beginning of the meeting, Stahl took a moment to address the issue. “In my resignation statement I stated that I wanted to focus on my …
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Mar 01 2019
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island City Council revisited the issues related to Padre Boulevard construction, including medians and landscaping during a meeting last week. Mayor Dennis Stahl began by sharing that a two hour workshop was held the day before on the topic. Assistant City Manager Darla Jones provided background …
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Mar 01 2019
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The City of South Padre Island is gearing up for Spring Break 2019 a little bit differently this year. With two Texas universities changing their dates for Spring Break, Island officials are expecting what has traditionally been known as “Texas Week” — the single busiest week of Spring …
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Mar 01 2019
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS The newly formed South Padre Island Special Events Committee held their first regular meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 19. The meeting was preceded by a joint workshop between the Committee and the City Council. The committee elected Sean Till as its chair and Doyle Wells as vice chair before turning …
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Mar 01 2019
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Port Isabel Mayor Juan Jose “J.J.” Zamora and City Manager Jared Hockema delivered an update on the state of the city during a breakfast hosted by the Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce at Pirate’s Landing last Friday. It was a full house at the popular bayside restaurant, …
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