Feb 24 2017
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS South Padre Island Mayor Barry Patel opened a public hearing to discuss rezoning Lot 2, Block 96, Padre Beach Section VII from Neighborhood Transition Character Zone (NT) to Neighborhood Crossing (NC) during the Feb. 15 City Council meeting. No one from the public spoke in favor of the proposed …
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Feb 24 2017
Mayor optimistic about City’s future By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Almost every seat was taken last Friday morning as the Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual Breakfast with the Mayor at Pirate’s Landing. The crowd, comprised of area business owners, City staff and Port Isabel residents, had gathered to hear the …
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Feb 24 2017
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Laguna Vista residents on Beach Boulevard will see improvements to their street in the near future. Officials here approved almost $300,000 in upgrades after agreeing to incorporate the project into the pending Orange Street repairs. By combining the two streets into one bid package, the Town could save 20 …
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Feb 24 2017
School board incumbents run unopposed By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com With the Friday filing deadline now lapsed the Port Isabel School Board election picture is near complete. School Board President Cecilia Castillo and Trustee Jennifer Pinkerton were the only two candidates who filed to run in the May election. “We will not have …
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Feb 24 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Natalie Garza won two gold medals and the Port Isabel High Lady Tarpons track and field team placed eighth at the Indian Nation Relays last Saturday at Donna. Garza won the 400-meter run in the time of 59.51 seconds and hit the line more than 4.5 seconds ahead …
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Feb 24 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Two Port Isabel athletes struck gold and the Tarpons placed fifth as a team at the Indian Nation Relays at Donna last Saturday. It was the first official meet of the 2017 season. The gold medals came in the field events as Juan Muñiz took first place in …
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Feb 24 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com It’s like family. You walk into a place you haven’t been to in a while, but instantly feel yourself falling into a sense of comfortable familiarity. Like pulling on your oldest, most care worn sweater, you’re surrounded by a sensation that’s warm, soft and welcoming. It’s almost like …
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Feb 24 2017
Special to the PRESS Dear Editor, The Point Isabel school board did a great disservice to the district’s students, teachers, families and all taxpayers, when they rejected consideration of Chapter 313 for two multi-billion dollar liquefied natural gas projects. If the four school board members who voted against the possibility of Chapter 313 agreements thought …
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Feb 24 2017
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS Doug Olson sent me the following email: Hi Steve, Here is a picture of some of the things I found while beachcombing on South Padre Island this past February. I hope the pictures are good enough for you to see some of the detail. Doug Olson Hi Doug, It …
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Feb 17 2017
Large tar balls wash ashore By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Island residents may have noticed a mess on the sand earlier this week after stretches of South Padre Island were found to be littered with tar balls of various sizes. The black clumps of tar ranged in size from pebbles to large boulder-like …
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