BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The cities of Port Isabel and Laguna Vista and Point Isabel Independent School District (PISD) will hold their elections on Saturday, May 10. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS E-edition by clicking here or …
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May 05 2014
BI-DISTRICT PLAYOFFS: Hawks sweep Port Isabel; Holland optimistic of team’s future
By PETE BANDA Special to the PRESS LA JOYA – The Port Isabel Tarpons saw their impressive season, which included a third place finish in District 32-3A, come to a close in La Joya on Friday, where the Zapata Hawks swept PI in a best-of-three bi-district playoff clash. The Hawks put on a clinic in …
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May 01 2014
Cleanup hauls 120 tons of trash
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Volunteers statewide took to the beaches on Saturday as part of the 28th annual Texas General Land Office (GLO) Adopt-A-Beach Spring Cleanup. More than 7,334 volunteers hauled more than 120 tons of trash that was littered up and down the Texas coastline. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe …
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May 01 2014
Body found on Boca Chica
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Deputies with the Cameron County Sheriff’s Department found the body of a young man around 10:30 a.m., Tuesday near the jetties at Boca Chica Beach. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS E-edition by clicking here or call the news office at (956) 943-5545. Tweet
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May 01 2014
FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND: Tous shares sea turtle preservation tales
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Turtle Lady legacy will live on. Last week, Mary Ann Tous, niece of Ila Loetscher — “The Turtle Lady” — discussed the impact Loetscher made on area biological activists as part of the Treasures of the Gulf Museum’s “Telling Our Stories” series. Tous spearheads the Turtle To read the rest …
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May 01 2014
Dune restoration efforts visible from space
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com For the last six years, the Surfrider Foundation South Texas Chapter has partnered with the City of South Padre Island to restore area dunes, which help protect the Island when faced with natural disasters. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS E-edition by …
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May 01 2014
POWC considers recall petition
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The South Padre Island Property Owners Who Care (POWC) have a recall petition ready to be submitted to the City to recall Mayor Robert Pinkerton Jr., Mayor Pro Tem JoAnn Evans, Councilman Sam Listi and Councilwoman Alita Bagley. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South …
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May 01 2014
Walker struck, killed in accident
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A woman was killed Tuesday after she was struck by a vehicle in an auto-pedestrian accident. Authorities with the Laguna Vista Police Department on Tuesday responded to a one-car accident on Farm to Market Road 510 in which a vehicle swerved and hit a female pedestrian who was walking …
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May 01 2014
COUNCIL UNDER FIRE: Presence of Mayor’s spouse in closed session draws ire
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Herb Houston, husband of Laguna Vista Mayor Susie Houston, has recently come under fire for having been invited into a March 3 Town Council executive session to provide consulting services related to annexation attempts by the City of Brownsville. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port …
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Apr 24 2014
Windstorm rates spike 5 percent
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) recently approved a five percent rate increase that could significantly impact the coastal housing and commercial markets, when coupled with recently-approved increases in flood insurance. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS E-edition by clicking here or call the …
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