Feb 17 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons basketball team outscored the Raymondville Bearkats, 60-54, on the road Monday night in the final game of the season for both teams. The Tarpons end the season on a three-game winning streak in district play and finish with a 5-9 league record. They won …
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Feb 17 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High track and field team can be seen at Tarpon Stadium these days practicing and getting ready for the 2017 track and field season. The Press found head boys coach Joe Gonzales in his classroom at the high school this week to get his thoughts …
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Feb 17 2017
Special to the PRESS Dear Editor, I had occasion to go to some of the major retailers in Port Isabel to try and turn in used batteries. Small batteries such as one might use in a flashlight. I was unable to find any retailer who would take them. In the course of my travels I …
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Feb 17 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com You hear stories about the good ol’ days. You hear stories of the time when towns were so small that you knew all your neighbors and folks never locked their doors at night because why would you when you can name everyone in your no-stoplight-town? You hear stories …
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Feb 17 2017
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS A couple of years back, I wrote about a massive influx of Portuguese Man of Wars that washed onto the beaches of South Padre island in 2012. In that article, I explained to my readers that under normal conditions, colonies of Man-o-Wars travel with the currents and usually wash …
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Feb 03 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com After a protracted discussion about recent revisions to the Cameron County Erosion Response Plan (ERP), the Cameron County Commissioner’s Court unanimously approved sending the draft document to the Texas General Land Office (GLO) for an informal review. The decision came last Thursday, Jan. 26 during a special meeting …
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Feb 03 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com In accordance with the Cameron County Parks Master Plan, a $3.75 million overhaul of E.K. Atwood Park is slated to begin with a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, Feb. 3. The park, also known as Beach Access 5, is one of the most popular destinations for South Padre Island …
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Feb 03 2017
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS The SPI Convention and Visitors Advisory Board considered funding for future proposed Island events in its Jan. 25 meeting. “In the report and recommendations we are forwarding to you, you will see that we have serious challenges for fully funding the current application requests to begin with, and serious …
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Feb 03 2017
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Two incumbents and one political newcomer have filed for places on the Laguna Vista Town Council May election ballot as of Thursday morning. The May 6 election will decide who will fill three-year terms for the mayor and three council positions. Currently the places are held by Mayor Susie Houston, Council members Place 1 Michael Carter, Place 2 Wanda Reyes Rice and Place 3 Frank Davalos. Mayor Houston has filed …
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Feb 03 2017
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Cameron County Regional Mobile Authority (CCRMA) recently provided the Cameron County Commissioners Court a year-end review of the progress of several key projects, chief among them the Second Causeway Project and the SH 550 toll road. Planning for the Second Causeway, an 8-mile bridge which will connect …
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