Council weighs food trucks

By ABBEY KUNKLE Special to the PRESS Seemingly out of the blue, as it was the first time on the agenda, the South Padre Island City Council held a discussion on the first reading of Ordinance No. 15-11 to allow mobile food establishments, also known as food trucks on the Island. The City Council has …

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SPI pursues grants for public marina

By ABBEY KUNKLE Special to the PRESS With recent and upcoming fishing tournaments being held on the Island this summer, including the Shallow Sport Tournament that brought in over 200 boats and 1,000 anglers, the issue of the lack of public bay access and specifically boat access to the Laguna Madre has come to the …

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Keep SPI Beautiful seeks volunteers

By ABBEY KUNKLE Special to the PRESS The Keep SPI Beautiful Committee (KSPIB) met Thursday afternoon for their regular monthly meeting. The meeting was a bountiful one with the formation of three subcommittees including one regarding volunteer outreach and organization, another for the Butterfly Garden project, and finally, one to discuss the creation of a …

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Writer’s Block: Life is Fleeting

By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Are you in a rush right now? Is your mind racing with all the tasks you have yet to accomplish today? This week? This month? Are you slowly, but steadily, ticking off checkmarks on you mental to-do list while adding more and more items to the end of …

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PIT STOP: Murphy USA breaks ground

By ALLEY COWGILL Port Isabel-South Padre Press ads@portisabelsouthpadre.com On Tuesday, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for a new Murphy USA gas station in front of the Walmart in Port Isabel. The project, which will include 16 pumps, is estimated to be completed in three months. The construction of a gas station at this particular location has …

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All Together Now – Silver Tarpon Band Reports

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS It’s been all percussion so far this summer, until this week.  On Wednesday, July 15, the frontal ensemble and battery were joined by the rest of the Silver Tarpon Marching Band in the two main rehearsal halls of Port Isabel High School. The Press found Silver Tarpon band …

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AEP Texas warns consumers about calls from scam artists

Special to the PRESS AEP Texas reminds area electricity users that scam artists posing as electric company personnel are continuing to call consumers telling them they are behind on their electric bill and threatening to disconnect their electric service unless immediate payment is made.  Reports of such scam calls began appearing earlier this month within …

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Rubalcaba Returns to Tarpon Coaching Staff

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Victor Rubalcaba has returned to the Port Isabel High School coaching staff after a two-year absence.  Previously he was the athletic coordinator for the Port Isabel Junior High School from 2008 to 2013, and was the head powerlifting coach at the high school for the 2012-13 school year. …

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Pee-Wee Tarpon Football registration this Thursday

PRESS Staff Report Register your little one for this season’s Pee-Wee Tarpon Youth Football. Registration will be open Tuesday, July 21 and Thursday, July 23. The first day of practice kicks off at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, July 27 at the Laguna Madre Little League Fields. Children from 4 – 11 years old will be …

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Fisher of Men: Priest blesses shrimp fleet ahead of season’s start

By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Shouting out, “Bountiful catch! Lots of shrimp!” the Reverend Mark Watters raised his arm and sprinkled holy water in the direction of one shrimp boat after another during the Blessing of the Vessels Tuesday morning in Brownsville. Watters, a resident of Selma, Alabama, has come to the Rio …

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