Apr 07 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Lady Tarpons are primed and ready for the District 32-4A track and field meet. They took home three gold medals at last week’s Albert Tijerina Relays at Raymondville and are enjoying excellent weather conditions this week as they prepare for Saturday’s start of the …
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Apr 07 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Sydney “Trey” Mock and Joseph Ian Torres are about as ready as they can be for the District 32-4A track and field meet. Mock won his fourth gold medal of the season in the discus competition and Torres took the silver medal for second place in the shot …
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Apr 07 2017
Special to the PRESS Dear Editor, Laguna Vista residents should be aware that the existing LV Recreational Association (LVRA) lease — for the town-owned marina — is a self-serving sham that does a complete disservice to Laguna Vista’s tax-paying citizens. According to the PI PRESS, a workshop is scheduled for this Monday, April 10 (6.30 pm at City …
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Apr 07 2017
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS If it were not for a chance meeting of two brothers on the streets of New York City, separated for almost a quarter of a century, the name Singer might never have become synonymous with the sewing machine. In 1851, you could say that Isaac Singer’s future was “hanging …
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Apr 07 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com “I sometimes think drivers don’t know what grass is, or flowers, because they never see them slowly. If you showed a driver a green blur, Oh yes! he’d say, that’s grass! A pink blur! That’s a rose garden!” That quote has stuck with me since the moment I first …
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Mar 31 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com State Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. (D-Brownsville) has pulled two education bills from consideration by the Texas Senate after they received intense backlash from local educators. The proposed bills, SB 2112 and SB 2113, specifically targeted the school districts of Cameron County. SB 2112 aimed to consolidate the County’s …
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Mar 31 2017
Residents crowdsource ‘solutions’ for Spring Break By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Almost every seat in the room was filled at the South Padre Island Convention Centre as Property Owners Who Care (POWC) hosted a public forum to discuss solutions to Spring Break Wednesday. Approximately 170 people had gathered to discuss Spring Break 2017, …
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Mar 31 2017
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS The City of South Padre Island has a new Parks and Recreation manager. Anne Payne was introduced to the Committee by Dr. Sungman Kim during last Wednesday’s meeting. Payne comes to the Island from Tyler, where she worked for that city managing Liberty Hall for Texas Medical Center in …
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Mar 31 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A 3-year-old child was struck by a motorist on the beach Sunday, reports the Cameron County Park Rangers. The accident occurred at approximately 4:30 p.m. Saturday about a mile north of County Beach Access No. 5, said Horacio Zamora, chief of police for the Cameron County Park Rangers. …
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Mar 31 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The first orders of business for the Point Isabel School Board of Trustees at Tuesday’s meeting was to pass several resolutions in response to legislation currently under consideration by the 85th Legislature of Texas. The board unanimously opposed efforts to divert public education money away from public schools …
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