Sep 28 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Lady Tarpons volleyball team has finished the first half of its district schedule of matches and it did not end on a good note. The Lady Tarpons dropped a five-set match at Progreso Tuesday night by the scores of 25-10, 25-23, 14-25, 11-25, 12-15. …
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Sep 28 2018
Special to the PRESS Dear Editor, Re: your paper’s article of September 19th on the Laguna Vista Marina. After all these years of negotiating, the outcome is, the city slaps high taxes on the members of the LVRA? Then adds insult to injury with the costs of carrying $2 million in insurance, and the demands of security, upkeep, …
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Sep 28 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com With the recent rains cooling things down a little, and also spurring an explosion of vegetative growth throughout the Rio Grande Valley, I decided it was high time to do a little outdoor tidying up this weekend. My patio, though bare concrete, is shaded by a lovely, mature …
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Sep 28 2018
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS In March of 1950 the Willacy County Navigation District appeared in court and sued to have the 1,760 acres of land immediately surrounding the port facilities of “Red Fish Landing” condemned. In a court ordered settlement, the District paid the American Legion $3 an acre for the land it owned. The small fishing …
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Sep 21 2018
Friends organize Mexican bingo fundraiser If you want to go: Saturday, 5:30 p.m. at Port Isabel Firemen’s Hall By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com “She is just a strong little girl.” Those are the words Liana Zamora used to describe her 2-going-on-3 year old daughter, Mia Valdez. The toddler — the younger of Zamora’s …
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Sep 21 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Plans to construct a state-of-the-art ecotourism facility along Highway 100 took one step closer to reality after the Cameron County Commissioners’ Court approved design concepts Tuesday. “The team has been working diligently throughout the course of the last few months of making visits to several cities where parks …
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Sep 21 2018
By ALEXA RAY Special to the PRESS The 3rd Annual SPI Wahoo Classic fishing tournament festivities will kick off this weekend after being postponed last week due to the threat of tropical weather. The three-day event will commence on Friday, Sept. 21 with a captain’s meeting at Jim’s Pier on South Padre Island. Participants will …
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Sep 21 2018
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Preparing for a new fiscal year in October, Laguna Vista Council Members have approved their operating budget of $1,713,331 for the 2018-2019 fiscal year. Additionally, an effective tax rate on real property of 0.354124 was approved for the coming fiscal year, unchanged from last year. City Manager Rolando Vela …
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Sep 21 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Though the skies were gray and the threat of rain hung over the air, nothing could keep residents and leaders of Port Isabel and South Padre Island from marking the 17th anniversary of the Queen Isabella Causeway collapse. It was a small and somber ceremony at the foot …
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Sep 21 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel Police Department will soon have some new equipment to train with, as well as new duty weapons to issue to staff and reserve officers, thanks to getting the go-ahead from the City Commission during a special meeting Tuesday. The Commission unanimously approved the purchase of …
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