Feb 08 2024
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS This past Friday, February 2, Port Isabel hosted Donna in their second softball scrimmage of the season. In their previous scrimmage, Port Isabel was held without a score against Mercedes, but this time the Lady Tarpons bats were on fire. The game started off as a low-scoring …
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Feb 01 2024
By CATHERINEDONNELLY Special to the PRESS It’s been eight and a half months, 34 weeks, or 234 days since an EF-1 tornado hit the unincorporated community of Laguna Heights according to the National Weather Service (NWS). This is how long some families have been without the safe use of their homes and, in some cases, …
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Feb 01 2024
By LAURIE COKER Special to the PRESS On the romantic evening of Valentine’s Day, the Holiday Inn Beach Resort is set to host the annual Puppy Bingo event. A beloved tradition that has found a new home this year. The venue has been moved to the newly renovated Sea4Ever Banquet room, perched on the upper …
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Feb 01 2024
Genuinely funny and genuinely romantic, Bernard Slade’s 1975 play Same Time Next Year, ran four years on Broadway playing 1463 performances. It was nominated for three Tony awards: Best Play, Best Direction and Outstanding Performance by an Actress, winning the Tony for lead actress Ellen Burstyn, who later recreated her role in the successful motion …
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Feb 01 2024
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS This past Saturday, January 27, the Port Isabel Lady Tarpons hosted the Mercedes Lady Tigers in the season’s first scrimmage of the softball season. Mercedes has featured some good teams the last few seasons, including going 30-8 overall this past year. Meanwhile, Lady Tarpons are trying to …
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Feb 01 2024
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS This past Thursday, January 25, the Port Isabel Powerlifting boys team traveled to Weslaco to compete in the Weslaco HS Quad Meet. The boy’s division saw 48 lifters compete from the following four schools, 4A Port Isabel, 5A Edcouch-Elsa, 5A Harlingen South, and 6A Weslaco. Port Isabel …
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Jan 25 2024
By LAURIE COKER Special to the PRESS Sea Turtle Inc., the sole sea turtle rehabilitation center in South Texas, recently completed the rescue of more than 950 cold-stunned Atlantic green sea turtles during a challenging four-day period marked by dangerously low water temperatures. The organization conducted a historic public release event, the second largest in …
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Jan 25 2024
By CATHERINE DONNELLY Special to the PRESS Sometime in SPI’s not too distant past, a plain orange ‘UFO’ washed up on the shore of South Padre Island (SPI) between mile markers #9 and #10. It was approximately 2004, when the band OutKast was climbing the charts with their song “Hey Ya!” and “George Dubya” was …
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Jan 25 2024
By PORT OF BROWNSVILLE Closing out the year on significant milestones, the Port of Brownsville begins 2024 with Port Chief of Police William Dietrich succeeding former Port Director and CEO Eduardo A. Campirano as Interim Port Director. The Brownsville Navigation District Board of Commissioners began a national search for a new port director and CEO …
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Jan 25 2024
By CATHERINE DONNELLY Special to the PRESS Point Isabel Independent School District (PI-ISD), a 4A public school, has reason to celebrate student musical excellence in the new year after Silver Tarpon Band members participated in the recent Association of Texas Small School Bands (ATSSB) and Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) All-State auditions. According to PI-ISD, …
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