May 04 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Seven Port Isabel Tarpons gave it their all at last weekend’s UIL Region IV Track and Field Meet at Kingsville. These seven Port Isabel High runners competed in three different events in their efforts to qualify for the state meet in Austin later this month. Shawn Shrewsbury ran …
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May 04 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Four Port Isabel Lady Tarpons competed at last week’s UIL Region IV Class 4-A Track and Field Meet at Kingsville. Two of them ended the day with personal bests in their events and ended their high school careers on high notes. Natalie Garza came up just short of …
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May 04 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com If you’ve been paying attention to the news the last few months, then chances are you might have seen some of the bad press our most ubiquitous social media company has been receiving lately. I’m talking about Facebook — that behemoth of a technological marvel that serves as …
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May 04 2018
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS I remember a time my friend Bill Bieker and I were on a hunt for an old US army encampment we had heard about. A friend of Bill’s had stumbled upon the site on his ranch after Hurricane Brett had brushed the Island back in 1999. Though the storm …
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Apr 20 2018
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS Citizens and elected officials gathered at Isla Blanca Park on a gorgeous sunny day last Thursday, April 12, for a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the construction of new improvements and amenities on the gulf side of the park. Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño, Jr. served as the Master of …
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Apr 20 2018
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Early voting for what is the most spirited election in recent time in the Laguna Vista begins here Monday. The General and Special Charter Amendment election will run from April 23 through April 28 at City Hall from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.at City Hall, 122 Fernandez Street. Additionally, extended early …
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Apr 20 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Infrastructure, streets, transparency and fiscal responsibility were all key talking points for the candidates seeking election in Port Isabel. With early voting getting underway beginning next Monday, and Election Day on May 5, the bevy of Port Isabel candidates have ramped up their campaigning. Three seats are up …
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Apr 20 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Despite a slight increase in revenues, the Cameron County general fund was down in 2017, with much of the budget going towards law enforcement and public safety. That was the report delivered by Carlos Barrera, a certified public accountant with Brownsville-based Long Chilton, during the Cameron County Commissioners’ …
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Apr 20 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Point Isabel School District Board of Trustees discussed an agreement with American Electric Power (AEP) and National Teacher Appreciation Week during their meeting Tuesday evening. The board unanimously approved renewing an agreement for AEP to use school facilities in the event of an emergency, such as a …
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Apr 20 2018
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS South Padre Island Shoreline Task Force members heard from Shoreline Management Director Brandon Hill on the status of his department’s projects during their Monday, April 9 meeting. “It all relates back to our ongoing shoreline master plan,” said Hill of his presentation, which he also shared at the April …
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