Jun 06 2025
By DIANTÉ MARIGNY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com After months of grassroots opposition, community rallies, and late-night calls to lawmakers, the fight to preserve public control over access to Boca Chica Beach has ended in defeat, for now. Senate Bill 2188, a companion to House Bill 4660, passed in the final days of the Texas legislative session, …
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Jun 06 2025
[Photo 2: Out enjoying dinner at one of our favorite spots, Daddy’s. This picture was taken right before the girls courageously got up and sang Karaoke on a busy Saturday night. ] By: Dianté Marigny editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Living on South Padre Island feels like a dream most days. We’ve lived here nearly a year now, though …
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Jun 06 2025
[From devices in hand at all times, to enjoying outdoors and living in actual reality] By: Dianté Marigny editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com It was one of those days. The kind where the heat clings to your skin, your boss seems to forget you’re human, and your coworkers push every last button you’ve got. The kind of day that …
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Jun 05 2025
By TRINA “INDI” JOHNSON Special to the PRESS Every summer on South Padre Island follows a rhythm that’s been reluctantly accepted. Breezes blowing. Crowds swelling. Tar balls arriving. After tangled sargassum drapes the shoreline, dark clumps of sticky tar are quietly and repeatedly pushed ashore, clinging where they land and staying longer than …
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Jun 05 2025
By TRINA “INDI”JOHNSON Special to the PRESS Isla Blanca Park has claimed the title of Best Texas Beach in the 2025 USA TODAY Readers’ Choice Awards, announced June 2. This marks the second consecutive year the South Padre Island favorite has landed the top spot, affirming its reputation as a standout along the Gulf …
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Jun 05 2025
By TRINA “INDI”JOHNSON Special to the PRESS On May 31, 2025, the windswept dunes of End of the Road on South Padre Island’s North End were transformed by a determined band of volunteers as part of the Trash Free Gulf campaign, a Gulf Trust initiative supported by H-E-B’s Our Texas, Our Future program. …
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Jun 05 2025
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS On Wednesday, May 28, the Port Isabel Tarpons 7on7 team wrapped up their season playing in the Brownsville 7on7 league. The league was composed of the following six teams: Port Isabel, San Benito, Los Fresnos, Bro. Hanna, Bro. Lopez, and Br. St. Joe. After four weeks …
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Jun 05 2025
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS On May 31, the Texas Fight League (TFL) MMA organization made its return to South Padre Island Convention Center as it kicked off its TFL4: Return to Padre event. The rowdy crowd in attendance was treated to eleven exciting fights, including Port Isabel’s own Robert Maldonado …
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Jun 05 2025
By: Trina “Indi” Johnson Special to the PARADE In a world overgrown with polished, predictable tunes, Miles Williams emerges as a singular force, his music standing tall, bow-bent with raw honesty. He is a spirit that strays far from the mainstream’s lacquered gleam. For Miles Williams, the journey began startlingly early, planted deep …
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Jun 05 2025
By: Trina “Indi” Johnson Special to the PARADE For more than two decades, laughter has been sparked by Raymond Orta, a La Joya-born comedian now rooted in the breezy South Padre Island. His humor, tangled with Spanglish rhythms and Valley heart, has traveled stages near and far, sprinkled generously with grit and genuine …
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