Special to the PRESS Dear Editor, Intimate Enemies I want to share what I am doing to keep my sanity and dignity during this period of so much negativity against Mexicans and against the country in general. I am not going to repeat what everyone has heard or seen. No, what I want to do …
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Apr 06 2018
Rio History: A Tale of Two Doorstops
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS I’ve always had a fascination for stories about how someone inherited an old item which they assumed had little or no value only to discover… Wanting to buy a new car, a British woman decided to sell an old wooden Chinese pot she had inherited from her father which …
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Mar 30 2018
YACHT CLUB AUDIT
Forensic audit delivers scathing report of restoration project’s finances, planning Editor’s Note: To jump to Part 2 of this story, available exclusively online, click here. By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel City Commission heard a lengthy report about the Yacht Club project during its regular meeting Tuesday night. The presentation …
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Mar 30 2018
Aircraft carrier memorial to receive plaques
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Laguna Vista’s Veterans Memorial Park is receiving an additional feature this week. Bronze plaques for the Aircraft Carrier Memorial in the park are being installed at the facility by Town work crews, according to City Manager Rolando Vela. The plaques feature information about the USS Ranger (CV-61); the USS …
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Mar 30 2018
Laguna Vista, marina association continue talks
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Town of Laguna Vista and the Laguna Vista Recreational Association (LVRA) continued discussions about the future of the Laguna Vista Marina during a joint workshop at City Hall Monday evening. The two entities have been attempting for months to hammer out a new lease agreement for the …
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Mar 30 2018
Schlitterbahn co-owner charged in child’s death
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com This week authorities arrested Jeffrey Wayne Henry in Brownsville in connection with the decapitation death of 10-year-old Caleb Schwab at a Schlitterbahn waterpark in Kansas in 2016. According to Cameron County inmate records, Henry is being held on one count of murder, 12 counts of aggravated battery and …
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Mar 30 2018
Birding Center mulls alcohol permit
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS Birding and Nature Center operations, comprehensive planning, and website development were important topics of discussion during the Tuesday, March 27 meeting of the South Padre Island Economic Development Corporation (EDC). Board members considered a request from the Birding and Nature Center (BNC), which was seeking permission to apply for …
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Mar 30 2018
Bread of Faith
Rabbi helps locals prepare for Passover By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Rabbi Asher Hecht has been on a mission this week. The McAllen-area rabbi, who represents Chabad of the Rio Grande Valley (Chabad RGV), has been traveling across the Valley distributing shmurah matzah to help the local Jewish population prepare for the upcoming …
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Mar 30 2018
Beach access beautification continues apace
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS Beach access improvement projects and consideration of beach and dune applications highlighted the Monday, March 26 meeting of the South Padre Island Shoreline Task Force. Shoreline Management Director Brandon Hill provided the Task Force with an update on Shoreline Department projects. “We have completed the renovation of all of …
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Mar 30 2018
Only three district games next fall
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The latest re-alignment project by the University Interscholastic League (UIL) has caused a major shift for the 2018 Port Isabel football program schedule. There will be only three other teams in Port Isabel’s district for the next two seasons. District opponents for the Tarpons will be Raymondville, Rio …
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