Nov 17 2017
By PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS Last week, local residents, business owners and other professionals got a chance to hear what the state’s transportation department has in store for the Rio Grande Valley, as TxDOT District Engineer Pedro R. Alvarez discussed plans to create what would be the fifth largest Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) …
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Nov 17 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS It was opening night of the 2017-2018 basketball season Tuesday night and both Port Isabel High hoops squads came through with big wins. The Lady Tarpons took on the Lady Chargers of Brownsville IDEA Frontier Academy and led all the way for a 52-35 victory. The Tarpons also …
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Nov 17 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The 2017 football season came to an end for the Port Isabel Tarpons last Friday night when they came up five points short at the end of a hard-fought football game against the Bears of Corpus Christi – West Oso at Tarpon Stadium. A win in the last …
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Nov 17 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com I can’t remember where I heard it, but some time ago I heard some advice cautioning people to consider their prayers carefully, for God may choose to answer you in a way you didn’t quite expect. It’s a version of the old adage, “be careful what you wish …
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Nov 17 2017
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS Spike Reality series American Digger, starring former pro wrestler Ric Savage and the History Channel’s Swamp People, (a group of characters who make their living salvaging old logs, wrestling alligators and treasure hunting in the wilds of Louisiana swamps) have inspired a lot of interest in metal detecting. The …
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Nov 10 2017
Amateur astronomer hosts stargazing event By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Adam Chance passed out sheets of copier paper to the small group assembled on the caliche parking lot at Arturo Galvan Park last Friday evening. On the paper was a round circle with pinpricks marked here and there showing what constellations will be …
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Nov 10 2017
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Monuments to US Navy aircraft carriers the Ranger, Constellation and Independence will be unveiled at Laguna Vista Veterans’ Memorial Park this Saturday as a highlight to the scheduled Veterans Day ceremony. Events begin at 11 a.m. at the park, located on FM 510. All Veterans, families and friends are …
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Nov 10 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The communities of the Laguna Madre are proud to honor their veterans, and as such, will be hosting several Veterans Day festivities this weekend. First up is the City of Port Isabel, which will be holding a ceremony at its Veterans Memorial Park on Saturday at 10 a.m. …
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Nov 10 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Laguna Madre Water District’s (LMWD) bond election has failed, with 57 percent of voters casting their ballots against the proposal. According to unofficial election results released by the Cameron County Elections Department, which administered the election, voters cast a total of 421 ballots. There were 179 votes …
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Nov 10 2017
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Victor Worrell will be the next Laguna Vista Town Council member, following a big win Tuesday over two other candidates for the Place 5 position. With a total of 216 votes, Worrell outpaced former Councilman Richard Hinojosa, who received 115 votes and Dan Hanson, who had 41 votes. Worrell …
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