Dec 22 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Just one year after announcing he would resign from the Texas Secretary of State’s office, Carlos Cascos has announced he is once again ready to serve in public office. The former Cameron County judge is seeking to once again fill that seat and has filed to run as …
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Dec 22 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Laguna Vista attorney Larry Polsky has hit another snag in his attempt to develop a topless bar on South Padre Island. Polsky initially applied in June of this year for a permit to construct a topless bar on land he owns north of County Beach Access #6, but …
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Dec 22 2017
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS Clayton’s Pier was once again the topic of discussion during a pair of South Padre Island City Council meetings held last week. At issue during the Dec. 13 and 14 meetings was the proposed annexation of land at the sight of the 1,000 foot pier project. The property in …
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Dec 22 2017
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Six masses, a Posada and Christmas caroling are scheduled to celebrate the Christmas season at Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Port Isabel and the Mission in Laguna Heights. The first mass scheduled on Saturday, Christmas Eve, is slated at 4 p.m. and will be celebrated …
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Dec 22 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons lost to La Feria, 46-43, in a District 32-4A contest Tuesday night at Tarpon Gym. It was the team’s first loss after starting off 2-0 in league play. Last week Port Isabel won on the road against Zapata, 75-53, and beat Raymondville, 50-20, …
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Dec 22 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Tarpons topped the defending league champion La Feria Lions in a low-scoring contest, 35-29, Tuesday night at Tarpon Gym in the first district game of the season for both teams. It was 10-6, La Feria, after a quarter of play. Even fewer points were …
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Dec 22 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com In 1897, 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon asked her father if Santa Claus was real. I’m sure this is a question many parents face with some apprehension. Virginia’s father, Dr. Philip O’Hanlon, suggested she pose the question as a letter to the editor in New York City newspaper, The Sun, …
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Dec 22 2017
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS Last month’s high tides have created some of the best beachcombing conditions we have had in a long time. The best place and time for shelling, is along the wrack or trash line just after high tide. The shells found here are generally of a higher quality and have …
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Dec 22 2017
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS Sue Canny emailed me a while back to ask about some bricks she and her friend found while beachcombing at Barracuda Cove, which is located directly across the channel from the southern tip of Padre Island. “It was low tide and the muddy bottom was covered with big, white …
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Dec 15 2017
Rescuers race to save pelicans stranded by winter winds By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com As a cold front moved into the Rio Grande Valley last week, local residents began bracing for what they knew would come with the cold north wind: dozens upon dozens of brown pelicans whose clumsy flight would be stalled …
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