Mar 15 2019
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Three Port Isabel High lifters have qualified for the state powerlifting meet in Abilene. They did so on the strength of their performances in last week’s regional meet in Bishop. Jaden Lopez, Neyfis Castellanos, and David Hernandez all made it by either placing in the top two of …
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Mar 15 2019
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Allyson Reyes, Danaka Camacho and Marlyn Cesenes all struck gold for the Port Isabel Lady Tarpons track and field team at the Jim Hudson Relays at La Feria last week. Reyes took first place in the high jump at 5-feet even and Cesenes cleared 10 feet in the …
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Mar 15 2019
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS It was another strong performance by Tarpon sprinters at last week’s Jim Hudson Relays at La Feria. Port Isabel athletes took gold medal honors in the 4 x 100-meter and 4 x 200-meter sprint relays and came home first and third in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes. In …
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Mar 15 2019
Special to the PRESS Editor, The recent “special meeting” of Laguna Vista’s Town Council was called at the behest of Councilman Mike Carter and others. The Town Council voted in February to change our regular scheduled meeting to accommodate travel plans during Spring Break. Rick Morado, our legal counsel, was not able to attend due …
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Mar 15 2019
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com There’s an old joke you may be familiar with. More of a weary punchline, really. Anytime someone is acting like a curmudgeon — full of pessimistic, half-glass-full, nihilistic thoughts about the futility of life — someone inevitably tells that person that they need to lighten up, to be …
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Mar 15 2019
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS We who call Padre Island home, have always known our days are numbered; for our beautiful tropical home is just one hurricane away from annihilation. Oddly, the potential damage of one of nature’s deadliest storms pales when compared to what almost happened to Padre Island one hot day …
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Mar 08 2019
Former teacher admits to improper relationship with student By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A former Point Isabel Independent School District (PIISD) teacher has admitted to having an improper relationship with a female PIISD student and has reached a plea agreement with the Cameron County District Attorney’s Office in connection with the case. Robert …
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Mar 08 2019
Other elections see changes, Texas Ranger inquiry By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The ballot has been set in the May 4 special election for mayor of South Padre Island. Three candidates have thrown their hat in the ring for the election, which was precipitated by the resignation of current Mayor Dennis Stahl. The …
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Mar 08 2019
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS Members of the newly-formed Special Events Committee on South Padre Island have asked City leaders to consider dissolving the committee for the sake of efficiency and expediency in addressing funding requests from event organizers. The discussion came during a meeting of the Convention and Visitors Advisory Board last Wednesday. …
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Mar 08 2019
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Economic Development Corporation (EDC) began preliminary plans to assess the feasibility of developing a ‘micro-hospital’ on the Island. The topic came up during a Feb. 22 meeting, when the EDC considered an $18,000 funding request to perform a feasibility study on locating a micro-hospital on …
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