Dec 06 2012
By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com A Port Isabel local playing a Texas Lotto scratch-off won $20,000. Hector Martinez, Sr. purchased a Veteran’s Cash from Causey’s Circle Drive-in in Port Isabel. He said it was a pleasant surprise winning on a large scale. “I think I might save it for a little bit, but I think …
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Dec 06 2012
Special to the PRESS The University of Texas Board of Regents unveiled an approved plan Thursday in Austin that will merge the University of Texas Pan American, the University of Texas at Brownsville, and the Regional Academic Health Center in Harlingen as a single institution to increase educational opportunities in South Texas, and more rapidly …
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Dec 06 2012
Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Christmas Parade has been rescheduled to December 13, as a show of support for the Port Isabel High School football team’s advancement to the Class 3A Division II state quarterfinal and anticipated advancement to the semifinal. Additionally, in honor of their outstanding season, the football team has …
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Dec 02 2012
Special to the PRESS CORPUS CHRISTI — There was a light chill in the air on Saturday night in Calallen, but there was also some Port Isabel Tarpon magic, too. In front on a charged up Tarpon crowd, the boys dug deep several times to win a back-and-forth thriller over Geronimo Navarro 35-28 in overtime …
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Nov 29 2012
The Port Isabel Tarpons are shown during Friday’s area round matchup against Sinton. See Thursday’s PRESS for full results of the Tarpons’ victory and for information on the regional semi-final playoff game against Navarro, which is set for 6 p.m. Saturday at Corpus Christi Calallen. Visit portisabelsouthpadre.com after the game for playoff coverage. (Photos by …
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Nov 29 2012
By RAY QUIROGA Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com Shoppers and employees at the local Walmart store got more than just after Thanksgiving bargains earlier this week when a South Padre Island man allegedly exposed himself in the middle of the store and ultimately led police on an approximate 100 mile-per-hour chase across the Queen Isabella …
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Nov 29 2012
By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com Ballots were recounted Tuesday in the Cameron County Constable Precinct 1 race between Horacio Zamora and Pete Delgadillo. Delgadillo came away with the win by a slim margin and said he was pleased that he was able to have the votes recounted. “It feels good to win, I can’t wait …
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Nov 29 2012
By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com A Holocaust survivor and member of the Resistance will be sharing stories of her experience at Chapel by the Sea Thursday, Dec. 6. Marguerite Levy-Feibelman wrote “Whisper Your Name into My Ear,” a memoir of her time spent in occupied France during the World War II. She said it was …
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Nov 29 2012
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS The Town of Laguna Vista was among the top five cities in Cameron County to realize the highest percentage of sales tax refunds for this year-to-date in 2012, according to the Texas Comptroller’s Office. November reports indicate that of the 16 municipalities in the county collecting sales tax …
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Nov 29 2012
By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com The South Padre Island Shoreline Task Force held a regular meeting Monday. The task force heard a presentation from Clayton Brashear, owner of Clayton’s Beach Bar. Brashear said his goal is to build a fishing pier at his establishment on the Island. He said the pier is planned to be …
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