BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The South Padre Island Convention and Visitors Transition Board (CVTB) Tuesday discussed how best to utilize $300,000 that has already been budgeted to promote the Island. Talks centered around possible marketing strategies, content ideas and general activities like “live music” and “water park” to push what the Island has …
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Aug 29 2013
Schlitterbahn cited $96k for fatality
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on Tuesday cited Enterprize Management Inc. and Schlitterbahn Beach Resort Management LLC $96,000 for six safety violations related to a fatal incident in which a 20-year-old lifeguard was killed and a maintenance supervisor was severely injured. To read the rest of this …
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Aug 22 2013
General Rudder makes landfall Wednesday at SubSea7
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Texas A&M Maritime Academy training ship, General Rudder, made landfall Wednesday at the SubSea7 facility in Port Isabel. The cadets on board have been training for either their unlimited third engineering or third mate licenses. Upon graduating from the Academy in Galveston, the cadets will enter various maritime …
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Aug 22 2013
Sweepstakes shut down
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Cameron County District Attorney’s Office last week led three raids on businesses in Port Isabel and South Padre Island that were allegedly operating under false pretenses. The three establishments had been posing as lottery sweepstakes foundations. To read the rest of this story, subscribe to The Port Isabel-South Padre …
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Aug 22 2013
Tax rate to remain unchanged
BY CHRISTINA GARZA press@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel City Council held a special meeting Tuesday to discuss the proposed property tax rate. The Commission unanimously approved to set the proposed tax rate at 0.63 percent, keeping the rate the same as previous years. To read the rest of this story, subscribe to The Port Isabel-South Padre Island …
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Aug 22 2013
$25M plan for Centre approved
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The South Padre Island City Council on Wednesday approved the scope of work and $25 million price tag for its plan to renovate and expand the Convention Centre. Of that total projected cost, nearly $11 million would go toward renovations, including: exhibit hall ($3.38 million); meeting rooms ($2.01 million); …
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Aug 22 2013
Theft shocker at Birding Center
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Richard Franke, Chairman of the Board of Directors for the South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center on Monday filed an incident report with the South Padre Island Police Department claiming that four of the Center’s daily deposits are missing. To read the rest of this story, subscribe to …
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Aug 15 2013
Varsity football scrimmage Saturday in Brownsville
BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS With two weeks of practice behind them, the Port Isabel Tarpons are off to Brownsville this weekend for a football scrimmage against Pace High School on Saturday morning. The PRESS talked with head P.I. football coach and athletic director Monty Stumbaugh in his office Monday morning to find …
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Aug 15 2013
Wet weekend doesn’t slow down Ladies Kingfish teams
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Sandy Broadway, of South Padre Island, and DeDe Arnhold, of Wichita Falls, walked away as the big winners from last weekend’s Ladies Kingfish Tournament held in Port Isabel and South Padre Island. Broadway was crowned Bay Champion as her three required species (redfish, trout and flounder) weighed nearly 15 …
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