BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Laguna Madre Water District announced this week that the Microfiltration System has been installed at the Laguna Vista Water Plant. Customers may experience periods of low water pressure and a slight water discoloration over the next few weeks as the installation process is completed and the pH level …
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May 08 2014
Action group seeks to save Laguna Vista Health Clinic
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away but what if there’s no doctor? What do you do with all those apples? Billie Reilly is one of many residents who have come to rely on the services provided by Dr. Enrique Gonzalez at the Laguna Vista Health …
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May 08 2014
Ochoa pleads not guilty in scandal
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Orlando Ochoa Sr. on Monday entered a plea of not guilty at the Port Isabel Municipal Court on charges of assault, obstruction/retaliation, terroristic threat and tampering with a witness. 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 …
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May 08 2014
Candidates report campaign finances
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Three of the four candidates running in the Port Isabel Municipal Election submitted the required second reports that document their campaign contribution totals from the period of April 11 to May 2. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS E-edition by clicking here or call …
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May 08 2014
Driver in fatal crash still not identified
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Authorities with the Laguna Vista Police Department have not yet identified the driver of a Cadillac Escalade that was involved in a fatal, one-car accident last Tuesday on Farm to Market Road 510. Rebecca Haugh, of Laguna Vista, who was walking with her husband across the street from the …
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May 08 2014
Election Day is Saturday
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.
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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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