BY MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Laguna Vista voters face a complicated polling season after officials here voted Tuesday to call a special election to fill a board vacancy caused by a longtime councilmember’s decision to seek the mayor’s job. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS E-edition …
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Apr 03 2014
City approves Financial Report
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The South Padre Island City Council on Wednesday approved the City’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for FY 2012-13, as prepared by Long Chilton, LLP. Quentin Anderson, representing the auditing firm, presented the report to the Council, and commended city leaders on South Padre Island having received its 17th consecutive …
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Apr 03 2014
MIRACLE OF ‘NATURE’: PBS to feature famed local sea turtle
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Community members and visitors to South Padre Island may already be familiar with the miraculous story of Allison, the longtime Sea Turtle, Inc. resident, and how she’s enjoyed being the first sea turtle in the world to receive a successful prosthetic flipper. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe …
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Apr 03 2014
Teen pulled from water dies
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Around 11:20 a.m. Sunday, South Padre Island authorities responded to a call of swimmers in distress at the beach by the 5100 block of Gulf Boulevard. South Padre Island Rescue Ocean Lifeguards pulled two of the three swimmers further north near the 5500 block of Gulf Boulevard. To read the rest …
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Apr 03 2014
Oil reaches North Padre Island
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Officials with the Texas General Land Office (GLO) and U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) on Tuesday confirmed reports of a significant amount of a tar-like substance having washed ashore in the Corpus Christi area. 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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Mar 27 2014
Event Center opening inches closer
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Port Isabel City Manager Edward Meza on Tuesday reported to the City Commission that construction of the Events and Culture Center is steadily progressing and that the City is still on track to meet its May 3 target date for a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony. To read the rest of …
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Mar 27 2014
Area unlikely to see major effects of spill
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com As of press time Thursday, roughly 170,000 gallons of tar-like oil was floating around Galveston Bay, located just 400 miles northeast of the Lower Laguna Madre. The spill occurred over the weekend when a barge carrying around 900,000 gallons of oil collided with a vessel in the Houston Ship …
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Mar 27 2014
Fishing law changes loom
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) officials held a public hearing last week at the Port Isabel Community Center to receive public input on proposed changes to regulations on flounder, spotted seatrout and oyster fishing. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre …
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Mar 27 2014
Seasoned boaters request dredging
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com No one likes being stuck in the mud, especially when it’s your luxurious sailboat that’s unable to move. A group of concerned boat owners in the Port Isabel Modern Venice area have requested the City of Port Isabel coordinate an immediate dredging, citing that water levels have significantly dropped …
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Mar 27 2014
Spring Breaker suffers burns in car fire
BY FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Special to the PRESS LOS FRESNOS – At least one person believed to be a Spring Breaker traveling from South Padre Island has been hospitalized after sustaining second-degree burns in a car fire on Sunday. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS E-edition …
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