May 13 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The City of Port Isabel and Point Isabel Independent School District elections were fairly decisive as final tallies were announced Saturday evening. With nearly two-thirds of the vote, former Place 1 Commissioner Juan Jose “J.J.” Zamora won the seat of mayor over former Place 2 Commissioner Maria de …
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May 13 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Representatives for the Point Isabel Independent School District were set to be in court Thursday morning as a dispute over senior class rankings continues. Late last month, a judge granted a temporary restraining order (TRO) preventing the District from releasing the senior class rankings. At the center of …
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May 13 2016
By ABBEY KUNKLE Special to the PRESS As part of the plan to make South Padre Island a world-class tourism destination, Councilman Dennis Stahl addressed some of the city’s upcoming improvements at the last City Council meeting and brought new ideas to take the South Padre Island to the next level. In recent efforts to …
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May 13 2016
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Laguna Vista officials voted Tuesday to file a motion to intervene in the pending proceedings relating to Texas LNG with the U.S. Federal Regulatory Commission. Texas LNG is one of three corporations planning to build a liquefied natural gas export terminal at the Port of Brownsville, in March of …
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May 13 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com It was standing room only inside the Port Isabel Commission chambers Tuesday as family, friends and local residents crowded in to witness the swearing in of a new mayor and two new city commissioners. Speaking shortly after the start of the meeting, City attorney Gilberto Hinojosa spoke to …
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May 13 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Millions of state transportation dollars are on the table and everyone in Cameron County wants a piece of the pie, from the small towns of the Laguna Madre to the County’s largest city, Brownsville. As a result, numerous city and County leaders are scrambling to form a regional …
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May 13 2016
By ABBEY KUNKLE Special to the PRESS Judge Pete Sepulveda joined the South Padre Island City Council last week at their regular meeting to encourage support of a regional Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) that would combine the three current Valley MPOs into one powerhouse voice for the RGV throughout the state of Texas. Potentially taking over San Antonio …
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May 13 2016
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Laguna Vista’s elected officials are in support of discussions that potentially could form one Valley-wide Metropolitan Planning Organization, which would give the Town a voice in its future development and potential funding to support needed infrastructure projects. Cameron County Commissioner David Garza told the Town Council that combining existing …
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May 13 2016
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Mariachi Plata gave an outstanding performance at last Thursday night’s Spring Concert at the high school auditorium. It may not always be true that the best is saved for last, but these young mariachi performers got some of the most enthusiastic applause of the night. With some kinds of music, it’s not …
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May 13 2016
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel High sophomore Natalie Garza is in Austin today (Friday, May 13) to compete in this weekend’s UIL State Track and Field meet. Garza qualified for state competition in the 400-meter dash by placing third in that event in the Region IV meet at Kingsville two weeks ago. The Press sought out …
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