Feb 02 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Revenues generated by the Cameron County Parks system, which include several popular beach accesses on South Padre Island, saw a dip in the last quarter of fiscal year 2017. The downturn was due in large part to Hurricane Harvey. That was the news reported by Cameron County Parks …
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Feb 02 2018
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Shoreline Task Force considered a pair of beach and dune applications, and discussed beach walkover maintenance issues during their Monday, Jan. 29 meeting. The Task Force first considered a modification to an existing beach and dune permit for 6800 Padre Boulevard. Shoreline Management Director Brandon …
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Feb 02 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel High powerlifters Julianna Barrera and Dagan Wise each took home gold medals from last Saturday’s meet at Brownsville Porter High School. It was a return trip to Brownsville for the Port Isabel High men’s and women’s teams, and Wise and Barrera both improved on the total …
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Feb 02 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpon and Lady Tarpon basketball teams made the trip to Progreso Tuesday night and split their games. The Tarpons won, 56-36, and the Lady Tarpons lost, 40-34. The Tarpons remain on a roll in district play with their sixth consecutive win. They also got the …
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Feb 02 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Did you happen to catch a glimpse of the super blue blood moon this week? I didn’t, though I tried. So, what was it? It was our regular old moon — that gleaming silvery white hunk of cheese which has shown us the same smile for millennia now …
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Feb 02 2018
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS After Taylor’s army advanced from Corpus Christi to the banks of the Rio Grande River in March of 1846, Roswell Denton was awarded the sutlers contract at Fort Polk which was situated where the Point Isabel lighthouse stands today. (Sutlers were merchants under contract to the Army who sold …
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Jan 29 2018
Special to the PRESS Workforce Solutions Cameron (WFSC) announced the 2nd South Padre Island Job Fair will take place on Thursday, Feb. 1, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the South Padre Island Convention Centre. In partnership with the City of South Padre Island, and the South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce, the event …
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Jan 26 2018
Wildlife Expo kicks off with alligator presentation By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge Manager Boyd Blihovde lifted up a young alligator for the crowd to see in the dimly lit auditorium at the South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center (BNC) Tuesday morning. The small, thin creature, with its …
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Jan 26 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com “Move to deny,” said Cameron County Commissioner David A. Garza during a meeting of the County Commissioners’ Court Tuesday. Garza was seconded by Commissioner Sofia Benavides, and with a unanimous vote, the Court denied Larry Mark Polsky’s application to build a topless bar on South Padre Island. The …
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Jan 26 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com More than 50 Atlantic green sea turtles were released into the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday in the wake of yet another cold front. Tuesday’s release, which took place at Isla Blanca Park and was open to the public, marked the third such release in recent weeks after several …
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