Feb 28 2013
Special to the PRESS Aaron S. Demerson, Executive Director, Office of the Governor – Economic Development and Tourism has agreed to speak at the next South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce Quarterly Public Affairs Luncheon. The luncheon will be held on Tuesday, April 16, at Isla Grand Beach Resort. A made-to-order pasta bar and buffet …
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Feb 28 2013
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Responding to the expanded use of recently upgraded City parks, officials in Laguna Vista last week agreed to install more facilities for outdoor recreation here. Selecting three of nine proposed amenities, the new additions will cost $17,850. Included will be four new barbecue pits, five picnic tables that …
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Feb 28 2013
By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com Laguna Madre Little League will be expanding to include 50/70 baseball, softball and challenger divisions to better serve the community. Little League Director Raul Loera said the expansion has been in the works for over two years. He said the challenger division has been established with the help of the …
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Feb 21 2013
By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com The City of South Padre Island Transition Board held a regular meeting Tuesday. The board reviewed the budget and year to date revenues and expenditures with the convention’s director to better understand the direction of the board and Convention Centre. A funding request from Race to the Border, a catamaran …
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Feb 21 2013
Special to the PRESS The City of South Padre Island is joining more than 300 law enforcement agencies across Texas in the Statewide Warrant Round-Up beginning Saturday, March 2. The roundup is designed to target thousands of defendants with traffic, parking, city ordinance, penal code and higher charge warrants from participating jurisdictions. Cities will work …
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Feb 21 2013
By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com A retired engineer from Goldsby, Oklahoma photographed an abandoned sailboat at a local shipyard. The image has since been featured in several art institutions in Oklahoma and has been recognized with another award. Bob Finley entered the photo in the Artists of the Arbuckles International Art and Photography show and …
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Feb 14 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Special to the PRESS BROWNSVILLE — The Cameron County Commissioners’ Court granted a permit on Thursday requested by Larry Mark Polsky to construct a retaining wall on the tracts located just north of South Padre Island city limits; the approval, however, is contingent on the Texas General Land Office’s (GLO) approval …
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Feb 14 2013
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Feb 14 2013
By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com The preventative maintenance project for the Queen Isabella Memorial Causeway continues through the month of February but should cease by March, officials say. The work being performed in this contract is part of continued preventive maintenance and remediation strategies to maintain the bridge’s extended service life. Rex Costly, Maintenance Engineer …
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Feb 14 2013
Special to the PRESS The United States seized a bank account located in Bermuda alleged to have been owned by former State of Coahuila, Mexico, Secretary of Finance Hector Javier Villareal Hernandez, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced this week. During the course of its investigation, the U.S. investigators also discovered that Villareal Hernandez allegedly …
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