Oct 27 2017
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Management of the Laguna Vista marina, its development and future, are issues on the Nov. 7 special election in this coastal community. The Town of Laguna Vista was notified it could face legal action if it adopts a proposed revised lease agreement with the Laguna Madre Recreation Association which …
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Oct 27 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Golf course ponds, helping its largest customer, and annexing new land into its service area were all major topics of discussion during a regular meeting of the Laguna Madre Water District (LMWD) Board of Directors Wednesday evening. An uncertainty in regards to the ownership future of the South …
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Oct 27 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A trip to the hospital in an ambulance will cost more in one Laguna Madre community after the City approved a rate increase. The Port Isabel City Commission agreed to the rate hike for ambulance services provided by its City-owned emergency medical services (EMS) department during its regular …
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Oct 27 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The name of the game was ball control and the Bulldogs of Orange Grove played it well as they got past the Port Isabel Tarpons, 37-20, last Friday night at Tarpon Stadium. “They did what we were hoping they wouldn’t be able to do,” Tarpon Head Coach Jaime …
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Oct 27 2017
By PETE BANDA Special to the PRESS reporter@sbnewspaper.com The Lady Bobcats dropped their final district game of the season to the Port Isabel lady Tarpons 25-16, 25-15, 17-25, 25-16. Because of the loss, Rio Hondo and Progreso tied for fourth place in 32-4A at 6-8 and will have a play-in match at 3 p.m. on Saturday at …
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Oct 27 2017
Special to the PRESS Letter to the Editor and Laguna Madre area residents, Residents of the area, please vote NO on the Laguna Madre Water District $16 million bond issue in November. If fully authorized, the bond issue could more than double the tax rate of the water district and residents would then be paying …
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Oct 27 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Recently, a friend wrote about the importance of communing with nature. It’s important, he said, going so far as to describe it as vital to our well-being. I’d have to say that I wholeheartedly agree with him. Thanks to some mild cold fronts we’ve had quite a few …
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Oct 27 2017
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS “Mister Hathcock,” the email started, “I am writing to you, in the hopes you may be able to tell me something about a bottle we found, while walking along the beach on South Padre Island last summer. It is amber colored with an embossed message that reads as follows: …
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Oct 13 2017
Sand sculptors work around high tides at Sandcastle Days By PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS Thousands of visitors ebbed and flowed around the sand sculptures on display last weekend, undeterred by the high tides which had threatened to destroy the master sand sculptures early in the week. Local sand artists Lucinda “Sandy Feet” Wierenga …
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Oct 13 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Subsea 7 will be leaving the Port Isabel San Benito Navigation District by the end of the year. That was the news Port Director Steve Bearden announced during a breakfast meeting of the Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce last Friday. “They are moving to a new spoolbase where …
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