Jul 22 2016
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Summer practices for the 2016 edition of the Port Isabel Silver Tarpon Marching Band have already begun, and the percussionists, as usual, are the first to report to the band halls at the high school. The Press recently found several members of the band hanging around the music …
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Jul 22 2016
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS Charles Canny emailed me and asked “What’s the story behind Padre Island’s name?” Padre Nicholas Balli, for whom the Island gets its name, was the first European to bring ranching to the Island. He and his nephew Juan founded El Rancho Santa Cruz de Buena Vista (later known as …
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Jul 22 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the importance of staying cool while outdoors this summer. Heat stroke is no joking matter, and it’s important to know the signs of a person experiencing heat exhaustion or heat stroke. With the mercury continuing to hover in the triple …
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Jul 15 2016
Mobile game draws tourists to landmarks By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Squinting in the bright afternoon sunshine, a woman holds a cell phone up, as if to take a photo of the bay from the vantage point at Pirate’s Landing. But closer inspection reveals the woman swiping at the screen instead of taking …
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Jul 15 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com It’s become commonplace now. Turning on the news to hear of another mass shooting has become the rule more than the exception, but last week the news hit closer to home in more ways than one. Last Thursday, near the end of what had been a peaceful Black …
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Jul 15 2016
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Entering the final quarter of the fiscal year, the Town of Laguna Vista’s financial outlook appears in good condition with revenues at 97.79 percent and expenditures at 78.66 percent. Town officials heard the financial report at their meeting Tuesday night from City Manager Rolando Vela. For the first three …
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Jul 15 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The 2016 commercial shrimp season is scheduled to begin this Friday, July 15, according to a statement released by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) this week. The commercial shrimp season closes for approximately two months every year in order to allow populations of brown shrimp to …
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Jul 15 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Money was the topic of conversation for the bulk of Tuesday night’s regular meeting of the Port Isabel City Commission. Specifically, the Commission walked through preliminary budgetary plans for the 2016-2017 fiscal year, which is set to begin Oct. 1. City Manager Jared Hockema prefaced the discussion by …
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Jul 15 2016
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS With concerns over fund usage, Town officials declined to take action to upgrade lighting fixtures at Roloff Park Tuesday. Meeting in regular session, the Council was presented with a plan to upgrade solar light panels at Roloff Park to create a hybrid lighting system. “This proposal comes from the …
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Jul 15 2016
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Former Port Isabel Lady Tarpon track and field athlete Daniela Murchison is back home in Port Isabel after a very successful first year of academics and athletics at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas. The Press sat down with the three-time state shot put champion recently and asked …
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