Feb 06 2014
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Daniela Betancourt, 17, on Tuesday, was named the Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Madre’s Youth of the Year. “I’m happy and nervous,” Betancourt said. The PIHS senior coaches three basketball teams at the Club, ranging from ages 5-12. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to …
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Dec 26 2013
This year’s Laguna Madre Junior Leadership class attended their Emergency Preparedness Retreat this past week. The class learned about and visited facilities relating to fire rescue, hurricane preparation, emergency coordination and protection. Places attended included: the City of South Padre Island Fire Department, SPI Visitor’s Center (Chamber of Commerce) and the South Padre Island Coast …
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Nov 27 2013
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com On Friday, service personnel with the Coast Guard auxiliary unit, stationed on South Padre Island, treated the members of the Laguna Madre Boys & Girls Club families to a delicious Thanksgiving feast. The Coast Guard has been hosting its ‘Thanks for Giving’ event at the Club for the last …
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Nov 14 2013
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Gray County Sheriff’s Office has arrested Lucio Navarro, 24, of Laguna Heights, for murder after Navarro allegedly killed an elderly man in Laguna Heights. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS E-edition by clicking here or call the news office at (956) …
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Oct 10 2013
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Jesus Caballero, 37, of Harlingen has died after wrecking his motorcycle Saturday evening in Laguna Vista. According to the report, Caballero had been riding his motorcycle on State Highway 100 when the accident occurred. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS …
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Sep 19 2013
BY MARTHA MCCLAIN Special to the PRESS The familiar topic of street improvements in Laguna Vista was discussed at the Town’s September meeting, with a report on funding methods presented. Options to create street improvements were addressed by City Manager Rolando Vela who presented suggestions for Council consideration. Various financing possibilities were included in a …
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Aug 15 2013
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Laguna Madre Water District Board Wednesday tabled a construction bid for the Lift Station No. 19 Rehabilitation Project until the District’s attorney can review LMWD’s proposed acquisition of a $51,000, 0.5-acre easement. District Engineer Charles Ortiz provided an overview of some of the work that will take place …
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Aug 01 2013
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com She is beautiful…and deadly. She is blessed with a bounty of sea life, most of which we eat, and yet, you can’t drink a drop of her water. Every dawn and dusk, the sun graces her horizon with a prolonged kiss. The Laguna Madre is many things to this …
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Jul 25 2013
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Laguna Madre Water District Board of Directors on Wednesday approved the purchase of a new chemical feed system for Water Pump No. 2, including new allen feed, caustic and ALS pipes. The $58,273 purchase is actually a change order related to an already existing contract and is not …
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Jul 11 2013
BY MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS An ethics complaint charging Laguna Vista City Manager Rolando Vela with violation of the City Charter in failure to complete a comprehensive plan within a stipulated two-year period has been filed with Town officials here by former Laguna Vista Councilman Bill Schnier. To read the rest of this …
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