Inaugural ‘Tails on the Beach’ a tail-wagging success

By PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS Few sights are more heart wrenching than lost and homeless animals. The Rio Grande Valley has a staggering number of homeless animals, with most shelters filled to capacity. Every day, hundreds are euthanized due to lack of available space and resources. However, there are organizations like the Friends …

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Birding Center celebrates 6th anniversary

By PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS The offer of free cake, cookies and admission combined with a picture-perfect day were the irresistible factors that enticed large crowds to the South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center on Saturday, in celebration of its sixth anniversary. Visitors were treated to sightings of beautiful birds, such as …

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Raising Awareness During Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Special to the PRESS By Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz A husband, ex-husband, boyfriend arrives at the home of the wife, ex-wife, or girlfriend. What starts out as a discussion quickly escalates to an argument, followed by some pushing and ends with the woman getting struck on or about her face and body. …

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Dune Hugger: Red Tide

Special to the PRESS Red Tide.  An event that occasionally marks the beginning of fall for the Coastal Bend and Southern Texas Coasts that can plague the Gulf and Bay Sides of our barrier islands in Corpus Christi, Port Aransas and South Padre Island.  It causes fish kills that result in the rancid smell of …

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Letters to the Editor for Oct. 1, 2015

Special to the PRESS The Long Island Village Board of Directors have unanimously voted to join Port Isabel, South Padre Island, Point Isabel School District, Laguna Vista and the Laguna Madre Water District in opposing LNG plants being constructed anywhere close to the Brownsville Ship Channel. Long Island Village is a thriving community of 1,024 …

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Senior Leadership Important for Lady Tarpons

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS As the most experienced members of the Port Isabel High Lady Tarpons volleyball team, the nine senior players on the squad have certain responsibilities.  And by all accounts and indicators they take them seriously. Your high school volleyball reporter looks in on practice once or twice a week, …

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TURNING TIDE: Red tide bloom reaches South Padre Island

By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The instincts of local fishermen and surfers have proven correct as waters all along South Padre Island have tested positive for the presence of red tide. Looking at the surf from the roof of the UTRGV Coastal Studies Laboratory Monday afternoon, dark rust-tinted shadows colored the water along …

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City passes budget, tax rate

By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel City Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to pass the first reading of a $4.8 million budget for the 2015-2016 fiscal year that is expected to generate a surplus of over $7,000. The Commission also approved a tax rate decrease. After learning in July that the City …

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City hopes to draw ‘active tourists’

By ALLEY COWGILL Port Isabel-South Padre Press ads@portisabelsouthpadre.com Port Isabel is actively to expand their tourism market to include active tourism. Port Isabel sponsored a stakeholder workshop last Thursday to discuss the Lower Rio Grande Valley Active Transportation and Tourism Plan, or “The Active Plan.” During a presentation, active tourism was defined as a traveling philosophy …

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CVB funds Spring Break promoter

By ALLEY COWGILL Port Isabel-South Padre Press ads@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Convention and Visitors Advisory Board (CVA) held a regular meeting on Wednesday to discuss possible action regarding a Spring Break marketing proposal by Inertia Tours. The meeting began with Board Member Hershal Patel clearing the air by informing the public that the CVA is not defunding Spring …

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