Jan 22 2016
By JOSE SANCHEZ Special to the PRESS This morning I joined a group of volunteers to pick up garbage on the beach on South Padre Island in Texas. It was a windy day in January, but it was not cold. We had driven several miles beyond the city limits to where the pavement ends, and …
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Jan 22 2016
Special to the PRESS Dear Editor, If you are disappointed about the Walmart store closing — located at 7480 Padre Island Highway (Highway 48) in Brownsville, you can protest by writing to: Walmart Corporate Office 702 SW 8th St. Bentonville, Arkansas 72716 (A petition would be great!) Or, call Walmart at (479)273-4000 and someone will …
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Jan 15 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com “It was great; it was a little rough with the wind when we got off the Causeway, but other than that, it was beautiful. Nice weather.” That’s what Brownsville resident Annie O’Conner had to say as she caught her breath and stretched after completing her first ever Causeway …
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Jan 15 2016
By ABBEY KUNKLE Special to the PRESS After a closed executive session at their last meeting, the South Padre Island Convention and Visitors Advisory Board (CVA) made a recommendation to the City Council to proceed with further planning regarding potential SpaceX viewing sites and a Convention Centre Annex building. Councilman Dennis Stahl further explained the …
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Jan 15 2016
By ABBEY KUNKLE Special to the PRESS After over 50 years of being in the family, the home of the Turtle Lady of South Padre Island is up for sale. Before it officially goes on the market to the general public, Mary Ann Tous, member of the South Padre Island Historic Preservation Committee and niece …
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Jan 15 2016
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Short-term rentals on Beach Blvd. in Laguna Vista were debated again Tuesday as property owners asserted their rights on both sides of the issue before the Town Council. The matter remains unresolved, however, as no action was taken following an executive session where Councilmen met with their legal council to discuss adoption of …
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Jan 15 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Five men who were arrested in connection with the beheading death of Jose Francisco Palacios Paz in the spring of 2015 have been indicted for the murder by a Grand Jury in the 107th District Court Wednesday. The men, including U.S. Border Patrol agent Joel Luna, will each …
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Jan 15 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel City Commission were joined by several residents as the City hosted a workshop to discuss creating an ordinance that would regulate smoking within City limits. Currently, the City does not have any sort of regulation prohibiting smoking, but the idea of a smoking ordinance has …
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Jan 15 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The City of Port Isabel had much to discuss in its first meeting of the new year. Chief among the items listed on Tuesday night’s meeting agenda were discussions about the Yacht Club, maintenance dredging of The Fingers, peak season traffic problems on Queen Isabella Boulevard, a retirement …
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Jan 15 2016
By ABBEY KUNKLE Special to the PRESS At the Shoreline Task Force meeting Monday afternoon, Coastal Resource and Parks Administrator Reuben Treviño gladly announced that South Padre Island was again awarded a Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Grant from the Texas General Land Office (GLO) in the requested amount of $1.25 million for …
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