Tag: Laguna Vista

Standing Calendar (Week of Oct. 30-Nov. 5)

Date: First Monday of Every Month Time: 4 p.m. Event: Friends of the Port Isabel Public Library Meeting Where: Main Library Conference Room, 213 N. Yturria St., Port Isabel Admission: $10 per-year More Info: (956) 943-1822 Date: Every Monday to Friday Time: 8 to 9 a.m. Event: Walking Club Where: Washington Park, Port Isabel Admission: …

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Community Calendar (Week of Oct. 30-Nov. 5)

Date: Oct. 31 Time: 4:30 p.m. Event: Scary Pumpkin Contest Where: South Padre Island Birding Center, SPI More Info: (956) 761-6801 Date: Oct. 31 Time: 7 to 9 p.m. Event: Zombie Walk & Costume Contest Where: South Padre Island Birding Center, SPI More Info: (956) 761-6801 Date: Oct. 31 Time: 8:30 p.m. Event: Lighthouse Establishment …

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SALES TAX REPORT: Laguna Madre cities experience sales tax gains

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com All but one community in the Laguna Madre area experienced sales tax gains in the month of August. Port Isabel reported a 1.33 percent increase in sales tax collections this August, from $191,563.05 during the same period last year to $194,113.14 this year. On South Padre Island, a …

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Standing Calendar (Week of Oct. 23-29)

Date: First Monday of Every Month Time: 4 p.m. Event: Friends of the Port Isabel Public Library Meeting Where: Main Library Conference Room, 213 N. Yturria St., Port Isabel Admission: $10 per-year More Info: (956) 943-1822 Date: Every Monday to Friday Time: 8 to 9 a.m. Event: Walking Club Where: Washington Park, Port Isabel Admission: …

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Community Calendar (Week of Oct. 23-29)

Date: Oct. 25 Time: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Event: Coastal Kids Marine Science Saturday Camp Where: The University of Texas-Pan American Coastal Studies Lab, Isla Blanca Park, SPI More Info: (956) 761-2644 Date: Oct. 25 (Every Other Saturday) Time: 9:30 a.m. Event: Guided Nature Walk Where: South Padre Island Birding & Nature Center, 6801 …

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Standing Calendar (Week of Oct. 16-22)

Date: First Monday of Every Month Time: 4 p.m. Event: Friends of the Port Isabel Public Library Meeting Where: Main Library Conference Room, 213 N. Yturria St., Port Isabel Admission: $10 per-year More Info: (956) 943-1822 Date: Every Monday to Friday Time: 8 to 9 a.m. Event: Walking Club Where: Washington Park, Port Isabel Admission: …

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Community Calendar (Week of Oct. 16-22)

Date: Oct. 20 and 21 Time: 6:30 p.m. Event: Auditions for Melodrama with Music: El Paseo Arts Foundation’s “The M.T. Inn” Where: Paragraphs Book Store, South Padre Island More Info: (956) 572-5730 Date: Oct. 23 Time: 9 a.m. Event: Coffee and Conversation Where: Café Kranzler, 2412 Padre Blvd. More Info: (956) 761-4412 Date: Oct. 23 …

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Local man seeks aid for Ebola-stricken homeland

By JACOB LOPEZ Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Although the Ebola virus has only recently been a national concern – especially after the first confirmed case in the United States involved the patient, Thomas Eric Duncan, succumbing to the deadly disease on Wednesday, Oct. 8 – thousands continue to de in West Africa. Beko Mantein, a …

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Booming mosquito population prompts spraying

By JACOB LOPEZ Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com In the ongoing war against mosquitoes, local communities have struck a critical blow against the blood-thirsty pests. Adrian Rodriguez, public information officer for the City of South Padre Island, said the Island is spraying “every morning at 4 a.m.” and in the evenings “whenever the wind isn’t blowing.” …

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Standing Calendar (Week of Oct. 9-14)

Date: First Monday of Every Month Time: 4 p.m. Event: Friends of the Port Isabel Public Library Meeting Where: Main Library Conference Room, 213 N. Yturria St., Port Isabel Admission: $10 per-year More Info: (956) 943-1822 Date: Every Monday to Friday Time: 8 to 9 a.m. Event: Walking Club Where: Washington Park, Port Isabel Admission: …

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