Dec 29 2017
By PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS Scores of families and children waited patiently in line as members of the Port Isabel Police Department distributed more than a thousand free toys and gifts to area children this past Friday at the Port Isabel Event and Cultural Center. Police Chief Robert Lopez has been on the …
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Dec 29 2017
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS The Island’s Butterfly Park and its proposed skate park topped discussions at the Wednesday, Dec. 20 meeting of the Parks, Recreation and Beautification Committee. The committee also reflected the recently approved merger with the Keep SPI Beautiful Committee. In regards to the Butterfly Park, the committee entertained two options …
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Dec 29 2017
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Planning and Zoning Commission considered a pair of extension requests during its Thursday, Dec. 21 meeting. The first of these was an appeal for a 90-day extension for the subdivision known as the Sandbar Estates, owned by Sandbar Properties, Inc. “The applicant is requesting an …
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Dec 29 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Former Port Isabel Tarpon student/athlete Joseph Ian Torres has made it through his first semester at the University of Houston, and is home for the holidays. Torres recently sat down with the Press and talked about athletic and academic life at the next level. “It took me a …
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Dec 29 2017
Special to the PRESS Dear Editor, We have to correct the negative message at Post Isabel on election procedures. I read at the Port Isabel Press that Bennie Ochoa decided at the last day not to run and let his son apply at the last day for his position. I respect the voters at Port …
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Dec 29 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com People tend to become a bit reflective as a year begins to draw to a close, and that’s no exception inside the four walls of the Port Isabel – South Padre Press offices. So, what can I say about 2017? A lot happened this year. Some good, some …
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Dec 29 2017
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS John Singer, arguably our Island’s best known beach-comber and finder of great treasures, was shipwrecked on the shores of Padre Island sometime in the late 1840s. He is said to have made his living the first year by crafting shingles from a cargo of cypress logs that washed ashore …
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Dec 22 2017
Year-long wait for Lighthouse renovations nearly over By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com It’s been more than a year since scaffolding first went up around the historic Port Isabel Lighthouse for what was supposed to be a 2-month long project to repaint the exterior and replace the balcony railing. But not long after the …
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Dec 22 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Birders from around the Rio Grande Valley are once again gathering at avian hotspots in order to participate in the annual Christmas Bird Count. The Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is one of the largest citizen-scientist initiatives in the country. Through it, amateur scientists take stock of what kinds …
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Dec 22 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com It was a decision that shocked many: longtime Justice of the Peace Benito “Bennie” Ochoa, III, chose not to file for re-election as the filing deadline lapsed last Monday. Instead, his son, Benito “Bo” Ochoa, IV submitted an application to run for the seat his father has occupied …
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