Aug 17 2018
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Town of Laguna Vista officials Tuesday a proposed operating budget of $1,713,331 for the coming fiscal year. Highlights of the financial document include an unchanged tax rate of 0.354124, which is the current tax rate, a 3 percent salary increase for Town employees and the purchase of a rescue …
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Aug 17 2018
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Parks and Keep SPI Beautiful Committee discussed park maintenance, feedback regarding the July 4th parade, and the Committee’s social media site during their Wednesday, August 15 meeting. Jon Wilson, with Public Works, also provided an update on completed and planned maintenance at the City’s parks. …
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Aug 17 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel City Commission approved the second and final reading Tuesday night of an ordinance calling for a special election this November for a series of bonds to fund several capital improvement projects. The Commission also approved the first readings of the budget for fiscal year 2018-19 …
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Aug 17 2018
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS Reports on shoreline nourishment efforts and beach access maintenance highlighted the Monday, Aug. 13 meeting of the South Padre Island Shoreline Taskforce. Shoreline Management Director Brandon Hill reported on the recently concluded nearshore berm nourishment project and a follow-up study that is under way to track the migration of …
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Aug 17 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS It’s tournament season for the Port Isabel High Lady Tarpon volleyball team. This week, they’re hosting their annual Volley at the Beach Tournament, which was set to begin with pool play on Thursday. Last week the Lady Tarpons played in the season’s first tournament at McAllen. And while …
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Aug 17 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpon football team will play their first scrimmage of the 2018 pre-season this Friday at Brownsville Pace High School. The scrimmage is set to begin at 9 a.m. The PRESS met with Tarpon assistant and former Tarpon player William Bodden to learn how practice is …
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Aug 17 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Silver Tarpon Marching Band started outdoor practices last week and the outdoor work continues this week. Directors and student musicians alike are hard at work getting ready for the band’s first performance of the 2018 marching season, which will be two weeks from this …
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Aug 17 2018
Special to the PRESS Dear Editor, As the owner of South Texas Covert Security Investigations Company in Brownsville, I can’t begin to express how much of a blessing it will be to have the LNG industry in our south Texas community. In particular Rio Grande LNG who will be the largest project and will be …
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Aug 17 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Each day, when I get home from work, I walk up the path to my front door. I jiggle the key in the lock, push open the door and am greeted by a friendly face. Sitting a few paces from the reach of the arc of the swinging …
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Aug 17 2018
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS Long before Padre Nicolas Ballí began running cattle on the Island this entire area was a favored destination for wealthy ranchers and their families. At first, the little town that stood on the bay was called El Fronton. Some say it got that name from a sheer cliff that …
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