Apr 09 2013
Special to the PRESS Legislation which would further the SpaceX Boca Chica Beach commercial space launch project cleared the House Land and Resource Management Committee late Monday by a vote of 9-0. House Bill 2623 by State Rep. Rene Oliveira allows Cameron County to temporarily close an area of beach for launches and space flight …
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Apr 04 2013
By RAY QUIROGA Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com Andres (Andy) Bridges believes that there has to be somebody out there with answers, and he’s determined to find that person (or people), even if it means standing on the same corner of Queen Isabella Blvd. every day for the rest his life. Bridges said he just …
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Apr 04 2013
By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel Police Department with assistance of Homeland Security Investigation and Drug Enforcement Agency executed a felony arrest warrant March 26 at a shopping center in Port Isabel. Adrian Niño was being served by both federal agencies for alleged delivery of a substance in a four to six month …
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Apr 04 2013
Continuing to delight area residents and visitors with its decorative sense of illumination is the City of Port Isabel as the lighthouse is once again sporting colors associating with a certain theme. Currently, a blue hue illuminates the lighthouse in observation of Autism Awareness Month. (Staff photo by Ray Quiroga)
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Apr 04 2013
PRESS Staff Report Attorneys representing the family of Nicolas “Nico” Benavides, the 20-year-old Schlitterbahn Waterpark employee who died after suffering severe head and face injuries due to a work-related incident in March, were in a Cameron County court Wednesday after a petition was filed by Benavides’ mother, Monica Buituteira, days after Benavides’ life support was …
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Mar 28 2013
PRESS Staff Report One week after Darla Lapeyre was sentenced to six months in jail at a state facility for negligent homicide, board members of the City of South Padre Island Economic Development Corporation moved to suspend her as the entity’s executive director. After discussing the matter in executive session on Thursday, the board decided …
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Mar 28 2013
By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com The South Padre Island Convention and Visitors Bureau Transition Board held a regular meeting Wednesday. A market analysis by Charlie Johnson was presented to the board. Johnson updated a report done in 2005 and recommended the convention center expand to 40,000 square foot exhibit space and to add a 10,000 …
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Mar 28 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Special to the PRESS One life is gone and another changed forever after a teenager involved in a car accident during Spring Break on the Island succumbed to his injuries Wednesday night. Sixteen-year-old Alex Soto, a junior at Los Fresnos High School, died from injuries sustained in a DWI wreck at South …
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Mar 28 2013
By RAY QUIROGA Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com Peter Caceres, owner -operator of Olympian Fitness in Port Isabel admits that as much confidence he had in his athletes, even he was surprised that no less than 11 of his students advanced to the 2013 USA Taekwondo National Championships to be held in Chicago July 3-9. …
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Mar 28 2013
By RAY QUIROGA Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com A group of area women are on a mission to better inform local voters. Madeleine Sandefur of Laguna Vista and Rose Timmer of Brownsville are among the core members of the League of Women Voters of Texas – Rio Grande Valley. A relatively new organization in the …
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