Oct 12 2012
PRESS Staff Report The Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS is receiving reports of a body found in Laguna Madre waters earlier this morning. The U.S. Coast Guard is reportedly assisting to retrieve the body, which was said to be found in the vicinity of FM 510 and Highway 100 near Paradise Cove, a Laguna Vista subdivision. …
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Oct 11 2012
By RAY QUIROGA South Padre Parade rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com This message goes out to Lucinda “Sandy Feet” Wierenga, Andy Hancock, Amazin Walter McDonald and that entire bunch: I’m convinced that you guys exist only to make my job as a dad that much harder. Upon being awestruck by all those creations at Sandcastle Days, my seven-year-old turned …
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Oct 11 2012
By RAY QUIROGA South Padre Parade rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com What is it about the modernized marvels we know as motorcycles that capture our imagination? Steppenwolf and Montrose sang about them, Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda acted in movies about them. Steve McQueen and Marlin Brando were inspired by them. Even some of the most renowned poets and …
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Oct 11 2012
Special to the PRESS Get ready for four days of entertainment, food and fun at SPI BikeFest. Thousands of bikers will mount their rides in this the 17th annual event packed with three days of food, merchandise and live entertainment at South Padre Island Convention Centre and Visitor’s Bureau, beginning Thursday, October 11 and ending …
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Oct 11 2012
By HEATHER C. COX Special to the PRESS It has been two days, and authorities still have not released the identity of a woman whose remains were found buried under two feet of sand, “three to four miles north of public Beach Access 6,” said Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio. The corpse of a woman …
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Oct 11 2012
Special to the PRESS Deputies from the Precinct 1 Cameron County Constable’s office assisted US Immigration Customs Enforcement agents on a joint interdiction operation in Laguna Heights. After receiving several tips that possible illegal activity was taking place at 133 Jefferson Avenue, Laguna Heights, constables and agents made contact with the owner and were given …
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Oct 11 2012
Special to the PRESS The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded $2.475 million to the state of Texas for construction of a community safe room in the city of Brownsville. FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) will pay 75 percent or $2,475,000 of the $3,300,000 project. The concrete, dome safe room, which will also …
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Oct 11 2012
Special to the PRESS On Saturday, October 13, the City of Port Isabel and the Port Isabel Museums will be hosting their annual Lighthouse Market Day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Lighthouse grounds. Vendors on the Lighthouse Square will be offering a variety of food, antiques, arts and crafts, art and more. …
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Oct 11 2012
Special to the PRESS Local organizations dedicated to providing shelter to animals and helping curb overpopulation of strays recently underwent state inspections. The Port Isabel Animal Shelter was inspected by the state last week and was found to be overcrowded as far as useable runs are concerned. The shelter must find places for 13 dogs …
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