PRESS Staff Report The South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center offers visitors a unique window into the natural habitat of birds, plants and other creatures that is the Laguna Madre. The SPI WBC, as it’s also known, has slated a slew of Winter Seminars in an effort to educate the public. Those seminars are …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2012/01/30/spi-world-birding-center-slates-activities/
Jan 30 2012
Red tide advisory lifted for people with respiratory conditions
Special to the PRESS Based on the most recent information provided by the Cameron County Extension Agent for Coastal and Marine Resources, the Cameron County Department of Health and Human Services has lifted the red tide advisory for people with respiratory conditions. Although efforts have been made by Cameron County Parks Department to pick up …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2012/01/30/red-tide-advisory-lifted-for-people-with-respiratory-conditions/
Jan 30 2012
El Paseo presents ‘Good Doctor’
Special to the PRESS A government clerk accidently sneezes on the back of his boss’s head and can’t stop apologizing; a wild woman assails a gout-stricken bank manager; an apprentice dentist pulls his first tooth; a frightened governess endures harsh treatment by her employer; a maritime entertainer specializes in drowning for a fee; a Casanova …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2012/01/30/el-paseo-presents-good-dr/
Jan 30 2012
Point Isabel ISD School Board recognized
By THERESA VASQUEZ Special to the PRESS January 2012 was School Board Recognition Month; a time to recognize school board members, according to the National School Boards Association. As Dr. Estella R. Pineda, Point Isabel ISD Superintendent, said, “What we normally do to honor the board, on behalf of each campus, is select students to …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2012/01/30/point-isabel-isd-school-board-recognized/
Jan 26 2012
Developer, PIHA to build housing complex
Special to the PRESS Franklin Development and the Port Isabel Housing Authority have teamed up to develop Artisan at Port Isabel – a 73-unit affordable multifamily apartment community in Port Isabel. Franklin Development is currently “breaking ground” at what used to be Villa Del Mar I and II, at 106 Port Road 78578. Artisan at …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2012/01/26/developer-piha-to-build-housing-complex/
Jan 26 2012
Fitting Tribute: Friedman honored with monument
By THERESA VASQUEZ Special to the PRESS With her contagious smile and extraordinary visions for the historic Lighthouse Square, Barbara J. Friedman continues to leave her presence with a majestic bronze monument unveiled Wednesday morning on the corner of Maxan and Garcia in Port Isabel. As Mayor Joe E. Vega said, “This marks the two-year …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2012/01/26/fitting-tribute-friedman-honored-with-monument/
Jan 26 2012
Garage sale ordinance quashed
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Amid an emotional statement opposing adoption of a new garage sale ordinance here, Laguna Vista officials earlier this month backed away from enacting rules that would govern frequency and types of such events. One resident called the proposed regulations “absolutely ridiculous and an infringement of “Big Brother” overregulation …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2012/01/26/garage-sale-ordinance-quashed/
Jan 26 2012
SPI looks at Convention Centre expansion
By THERESA VASQUEZ Special to the PRESS For the City of South Padre Island, it is out with the old and in with the new, sort of; in terms of committees, the City of South Padre Island has dissolved the Convention Centre Expansion Task Force, and added a new committee to evaluate requests for qualifications (RFQs). …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2012/01/26/spi-looks-at-centre-expansion/
Jan 26 2012
Coach Stumbaugh talks contract, realignment
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel Head Football Coach and Athletic Director Monty Stumbaugh sat down in his office Tuesday night and talked about contracts and realignment. The basic facts are as follows; Coach Stumbaugh is in the second year of a three-year contract as the head football coach and athletic director …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2012/01/26/coach-stumbaugh-talks-contract-realignment/
Jan 23 2012
Bean Counter: Doucette’s find turns into passion
By RAY QUIROGA Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com For Dennis Doucette, it all started one day while strolling the Galveston Island beaches. It was there, some nine years ago, that on the shore, entangled in weeds, and covered in barnacles, that he discovered a curious stone of sorts. He took it home, polished it off …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2012/01/23/bean-counter-doucettes-find-turns-into-passion/








Comments