Mar 14 2013
By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com The second week of March was Texas Week on South Padre Island. Students from all over the state as well as the country made their way out to the Island. South Padre Island police have said the season has begun with a mild start but they expect more traffic on …
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Mar 14 2013
Special to the PRESS South Padre Island’s new Public Works Director Marcy Newman brings vast experience and a personal investment to her new position. A Texas Professional Engineer with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University, and 31 years of experience in transportation improvement, Newman is well positioned to have a …
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Mar 14 2013
Special to the PRESS Once again, Cameron County Parks and Recreation will implement a Cash for Trash Return Refund Program. The program will begin March 11 through September 9 and will operate on the Cameron County beaches north of access 5. This program is intended to address the negative impacts of domestic trash left behind …
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Mar 14 2013
Special to the PRESS Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. (D-Brownsville) filed legislation which would address concerns raised by Cameron County cities relating to the City of Brownsville’s annexation of unincorporated areas in the county. “I filed a package of bills related to municipal annexation to encourage dialogue on the practice of strip annexation,” Senator Lucio said. …
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Mar 14 2013
PRESS Staff Report An off-duty Harlingen police officer was arrested on Sunday afternoon at South Padre Island for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman. Thirty-four year-old Elias Cardona was arrested at the 500 block of Padre Boulevard after he allegedly took advantage of an intoxicated woman. The extent of the circumstances surrounding the alleged assault, however, …
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Mar 14 2013
By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com A Laguna Vista resident and seventh grader at Saint Joseph Academy in Brownsville competed in the Private School Interscholastic Association Spelling Competition. Taylor Wilson recently won the PSIA District Spelling Competition for seventh and eighth graders. Spelling words are pronounced at approximately five words per minute. Contestants may either write …
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Mar 11 2013
By RAY QUIROGA Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com Life support was terminated over the weekend for Nicolas “Nico” Benavides, the 20-year-old Schlitterbahn Waterpark employee who was declared brain dead Saturday evening after suffering severe head injuries due to a work-related incident on Wednesday. Benavides began working at the South Padre Island waterpark approximately five weeks …
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Mar 08 2013
By RAY QUIROGA Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com Nicolas “Nico” Benavidez, the 20-year-old seasonal employee who had been working for Schlitterbahn Waterpark on South Padre Island for only five weeks when he sustained serious, work-related head injuries on Wednesday, March 6, is listed in critical condition at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen as of …
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Mar 07 2013
By RAY QUIROGA Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com When Cesar Cantor, General Manager for the Pearl on South Padre Island, was approached with the opportunity to sit on the Island’s newly formed Convention and Visitors Transition Board (CVT), tasked, among other things, to research available options for the future of the South Padre Island Convention …
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Mar 07 2013
Special to the PRESS South Padre Island Convention Centre Sales Manager Sylvia Soliz was selected to serve as Interim Director for the Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB). Soliz has been with the City of South Padre Island for nearly 16 years and has built strong working relationships with the hotel industry and community. Rene Valdez, …
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