Sep 01 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com After a summer’s worth of protracted budget planning meetings, the Point Isabel School Board of Trustees made quick work of passing the 2017-2018 fiscal budget during a special meeting held last Thursday. “Our total budget … is, in expenditures, about $44.9 million,” said Henry LeVrier, deputy superintendent of …
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Sep 01 2017
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS The Rev. Patrick Roland Wells has announced his retirement from Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church. Wells will return to Houston where he will join a priest’s retirement community. He is shown with members of the church’s 10 a.m. mass choir. Victor Baldovinos | Courtesy photo Want …
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Sep 01 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS At last it’s time for some real football. The Port Isabel Tarpons will open the 2017 season against the Lobos of Brownsville Lopez this Friday night (Sept. 1) at Tarpon Stadium. Months of off-season workouts, four weeks of grueling practices under a blazing South Texas sun, and two …
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Sep 01 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Lady Tarpons volleyball team lost a non-district match in straight sets at Monte Alto on Tuesday night. Monte Alto won by the scores of 25-11, 25-15, 25-18, in the second match between the two teams this season. The Blue Devils won the first one …
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Sep 01 2017
By David Boughter Special to the PRESS As this summer comes to an end my wife and I are anticipating our son Clay leaving for UT-Austin. Tears have been shed by his mother and me around here constantly — at everything from home improvement show sob stories, to watching the scene from the end of …
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Sep 01 2017
Special to the PRESS Editor, Liquefied natural gas will bring job diversity and investment to the RGV. It is an exciting time to be living in the Rio Grande Valley. Our tremendous economic growth and resources will bring life-changing opportunities to our region. This is great news for the Valley, which has a young and …
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Sep 01 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com It’s been a tough week for a lot of Texans. With Hurricane Harvey making its slow approach towards the Texas coast last week, we here in the Laguna Madre began making our storm preparations. So, too, did our brothers and sisters to the north. It wasn’t a very …
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Sep 01 2017
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS The small Mexican town of Bagdad, located across the border at the mouth of the Rio Grande, would assume its place in history and sustain the Southern cause throughout the war. The Union did not desire another war with Mexico and was bound by treaties to allow shipping in …
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Aug 25 2017
Rolling updates on Hurricane Harvey By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Friday, 4:15 p.m. The Queen Isabella Memorial Causeway is open once again, reports TxDOT. Too, the City of Port Isabel has shut down its Emergency Operations Center and has resumed normal City functions. The City has also closed the hurricane shelters it opened …
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Aug 24 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Shelters will open at the Port Isabel Community Center, 213 Yturria St. and the Port Isabel Police Department/Municipal Court, 110 W. Hickman St. Shelters open at midnight Thursday and will receive residents until 4 a.m. Friday morning. If you are in need of shelter, please bring water, …
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