Staff Report All volleyball and football players will begin their two-a-day practices on Aug. 5. They are to report to the high school at 7 a.m. All players are expected to have their athletic paperwork ready to be turned if they haven’t already. All athletic paperwork is available online on the Port Isabel High School …
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Aug 01 2013
Fifty shades of blue
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com She is beautiful…and deadly. She is blessed with a bounty of sea life, most of which we eat, and yet, you can’t drink a drop of her water. Every dawn and dusk, the sun graces her horizon with a prolonged kiss. The Laguna Madre is many things to this …
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Aug 01 2013
Are you ready for school?
BY CHRISTINA R. GARZA Reporter press@portisabelsouthpadre.com A new school year is a new opportunity for students to do their best and make the most of the education opportunities before them. For students in Point Isabel Independent School District the new academic school year is less than a month away with classes scheduled to begin Aug. …
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Aug 01 2013
Board hears academic report, update
BY CHRISTINA R. GARZA Reporter press@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Point Isabel Independent School District (PIISD) Board on Thursday held a meeting to review items for the upcoming school year. Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Ana Holland presented a report focusing on student performance for end-of-course exams in relation to student performance during the school course assessments. …
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Aug 01 2013
Clarke resigns as city manager
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The South Padre Island City Council held a special called meeting Monday morning to accept the resignation of City Manager Joni Clarke, effective Aug. 30. The item was discussed in executive session and later voted on as it did not appear on the official agenda. To read the rest …
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Jul 29 2013
UPDATE: Blackout left over 8,000 people without power
By CHRISTINA R. GARZA Reporter press@portisabelsouthpadre.com A major power outage that occurred Monday morning reportedly affected 8,100 American Electric Power Texas customers at the peak of the outage. The outage hit Port Isabel with a minor impact on South Padre Island and the Long Island Village area. The first outage began shortly before 10 a.m. …
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Jul 29 2013
BREAKING: 3,000 without power in PI, SPI
PRESS Staff Report A power outage in the Port Isabel and South Padre Island area has affected as many as 3,000 people, said Frank Espinoza of American Electric Power. Espinoza said the technicians are working on restoring power by sections. Espinoza said the outage occurred as a result of an equipment failure at an AEP …
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Jul 25 2013
Breedlove picked as new PI volleyball coach
BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The new varsity volleyball coach at Port Isabel High is Julie Breedlove, who comes over from an assistant’s job at Los Fresnos High, and is more than ready for the new season to begin. To read the rest of this story, subscribe to The Port Isabel-South Padre Island PRESS. …
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Jul 25 2013
General Rudder to visit Port Isabel on maiden voyage
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The training ship, General Rudder, based out of Texas A&M University Galveston, is set to dock in Port Isabel on Aug. 21 at the Subsea 7 facility. The General Rudder is part of TAMUG’s Texas Maritime Academy and houses 50 cadets and 15 crew members. To read the rest …
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Jul 25 2013
Rabbis on the move
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Jewish religion is steeped in a rich and storied tradition that spans thousands of years, but that spiritual heritage and culture is at risk of fading away in some of the less populated, rural areas of Texas with dwindling Jewish-American communities. To read the rest of this story, …
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