Jun 23 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The 2017 spring season has come to an end for the Port Isabel 7-on-7 football team. They finished second in their pool at last Saturday’s state qualifying tournament in McAllen, then lost in a playoff against Rio Hondo. The Tarpons were placed in Pool A with La Feria, …
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Jun 23 2017
Special to the PRESS Dear Editor, I have been otherwise involved or I would have responded to Walter Birdwell’s letter of 1 June earlier. I don’t know why, however, as I am becoming weary of his diatribes. Still, I realize that if we each, in our own time and place, do not stand up to …
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Jun 23 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com It’s sea turtle hatchling season on South Padre Island! Right now, hundreds of Kemp’s ridley sea turtle eggs are incubating in the warmth and safety of their sandy nests. Under the watchful eye of staff and volunteers at Sea Turtle Inc. (STI) the turtles will eventually hatch and …
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Jun 23 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com It begins with a text message, or a status update on Sea Turtle Inc’s Twitter and Facebook. “Yes!!!! Public release!” From that moment on, the clock’s ticking. Baby turtles only have so much energy and so much time to get into the water and hide in the safety …
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Jun 23 2017
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS Our first story begins in a cloud of dust. Jeff Erkenbrack and a friend were in the process of demolishing a six inch block wall to make room for an expansion of Running Etc., a sporting goods store located in Virginia Beach when they found the first artifacts, a …
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Jun 16 2017
Swim lessons kick off at municipal pool By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com “Relax. Relax.” Alberto Sosa repeated the word softly while holding up a child as she tried to float on her back at the Port Isabel Municipal Pool Tuesday morning. The girl’s legs tensed as she, with eyes closed, reached out towards …
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Jun 16 2017
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island City Council weighed funding requests against proposed budget concerns as well as debated a beach and dune permit for a proposed pier at Clayton’s Beach Bar during its regular meeting held on Wednesday, June 7. “These are very worthwhile causes we have here listed. They’re …
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Jun 16 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The City of Port Isabel began preliminary discussions about the 2017-2018 fiscal budget during a public workshop held at the start of Tuesday evening’s city commission meeting. The workshop was just the first of several which will be held between now and August. After two years of belt …
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Jun 16 2017
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS As planning for a proposed 23-acre ecology-oriented visitors’ center in Laguna Vista advances on the Cameron County level, Town Council members Tuesday agreed that US Fish and Wildlife participation should be considered. Boyd Blihovde, Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge manager, addressed officials here to ask that a portion of …
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Jun 16 2017
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Laguna Vista officials Tuesday voted to award a contract for street improvements to G&T Paving, LLC in the amount of $178,307. Funding for the project comes from a Texas Department of Agriculture grant to be administered by Town employees. Town staff received three construction bids before the Council awarded …
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