Apr 13 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Wednesday was National Pet Day. As such, you may have seen an uptick in pet pictures while scrolling through your social media feeds this week. I know I did. Sure, it seems like just about every day is National Something Day, or International Something Day. There are days …
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Apr 13 2018
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS In the past few months I have had three people ask me about the “old” pier that was on the beach somewhere north on the Island. The Gulfside Pier, which was situated in Andy Bowie Park some five miles north of the original Queen Isabella Causeway, was constructed by …
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Apr 06 2018
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Parks and Keep SPI Beautiful committee considered options on whether to move forward with building a skate park at Tompkins Park during a meeting held on Wednesday, March 28. SPI Director of City Planning Clifford Cross announced that bids were opened on March 19 for …
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Apr 06 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com It was an eerie scene that played out like a scene from the opening credits of the old science-fiction television series, The Outer Limits. In sharply contrasted black and white, a column of what looked like smoke billowed out from the exhaust stack of an energy facility north …
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Apr 06 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Join the Point Isabel Independent School District and other community sponsors for the 7th Annual Autism Awareness Walk and Fun Run this Saturday, April 7. The free event will begin at 8 a.m. at Beulah Lee Park along Highway 100 in Port Isabel. Participants will walk 2.2 miles …
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Apr 06 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel – Cameron County Airport will soon be getting a new groundskeeper who will maintain the property full time. The news came after the Cameron County Commissioners’ Court approved the full-time hire at the request of airport Director Joe E. Vega during a meeting earlier this …
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Apr 06 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A Laguna Heights woman is in jail after Cameron County Pct. 1 constables arrested her in connection with a fight that broke out in a residential neighborhood on Saturday, March 24. Officials say deputy constables responded to the 200 block of Roy Street at approximately midnight that Saturday …
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Apr 06 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpon track and field team is primed and ready for this week’s District 32-4A Track and Field Meet at La Feria. After weeks of planning, practicing and moving people around for best effect, girls’ Head Coach Julie Breedlove reported this week that she has …
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Apr 06 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High track and field team has spent all season working to get a complete team into competition at the same meet, and they may finally be able to do it for this week’s district meet. The Tarpons are competing this weekend at the District 32-4A …
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Apr 06 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Now that we’re well and truly into spring our customary strong April winds and unpredictably rainy/sunny weather have arrived, as well. But, along with the knock-you-over gusts of winds, blistering sunshine, sideways rain and other things we usually experience this time of year, there’s something else that has …
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