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FOND FAREWELL: Forrestal makes historic trip

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Around 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, with thousands of onlookers lining the beach at Isla Blanca Park, the USNS Forrestal veered around the bend and began navigating her way through the Brownsville Ship Channel. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS E-edition by …

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12U Tarpons end historic run

BY MARINA WISE-HERRING Special to the PRESS Most people think players just need speed, dribbling, shooting and passing skills to play basketball. The 12u Port Isabel Tarpon basketball team utilizes all of those skills and puts emphasis on another skill equally important — playing with heart. To read the rest of this story, subscribe to …

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