Jun 03 2016
By ABBEY KUNKLE Special to the PRESS After years of care for the animals of South Padre Island, Friends of Animal Rescue has taken another step to improve the safety and security of Island residents and their pets. At their last meeting, the South Padre Island City Council approved the first reading of Ordinance No. …
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Jun 03 2016
Man walks to help kids, get gym back By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com It’s said that every journey begins with a first step. For Harlingen resident David Remp, that first step began Saturday morning at the base of the Queen Isabella Memorial Causeway in Port Isabel and was set to end some 40 …
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Jun 03 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Well, pretty much everyone knows Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer, but for those who didn’t, Mother Nature was fairly quick to inform them Monday. The day was sweltering by 9 a.m., with a thick blanket of humidity pressing down on the already soupy air. The intermittent …
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Jun 03 2016
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Former Port Isabel High student-athlete Gabby Torres is home for the summer after completing her freshman year at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). She sat down recently with the Press and shared her thoughts on her first year of college. At Port Isabel High Torres …
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Jun 03 2016
Special to the PRESS Dear Editor, So you want to know if I am happy, sad or mad and would like to hear about it? Happy, sad, or mad are all emotions expressed by humans. These are all states of mind. I choose to be happy these days. Because I am blessed! I was born …
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May 27 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Located on Holly Beach Road not far from FM 510 on the outskirts of Laguna Vista, the Laguna Madre Christian Academy (LMCA) is housed inside an unassuming building. Passersby may not be aware that the neatly kept brown building is home to 60 students from three years of …
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May 27 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The South Padre Island Convention and Visitors Advisory Board (CVA) met Tuesday morning to hear the reports of several of the Island’s most recent tourist draws, including Beach-N-Biker Fest, the National Tropical Weather Conference, Splash and the Jailbreak Run. Most notable, however, was a detailed financial and law …
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May 27 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Several events throughout the region will be held to mark Memorial Day this year. Local Boy Scouts will assist members of Port Isabel VFW Post No. 8791 in placing American flags at the gravesites of veterans at the Port Isabel City Cemetery, said VFW member Robert Vela earlier …
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May 27 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The unofficial results for the May 24 primary runoff elections are in. In the race for Cameron County Judge, former Brownsville mayor and attorney Eddie Treviño, Jr. came out ahead of former Place 4 Commissioner Dan Sanchez. Treviño secured 54 percent of the ballots cast, receiving 9,163 …
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May 27 2016
By ABBEY KUNKLE Special to the PRESS Last week, the South Padre Island City Council approved a large sum of money in budget amendments for City projects. Though the requests seemed to come all at once, many of the projects have been a long time coming and are expected to be great improvements for the …
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