Oct 30 2014
By ESTEVAN MEDRANO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com As part of the Head Start Program, the roughly 150 children of the Esperanza B. Garza Center in Port Isabel got an educational treat this past Thursday when local law enforcement agents gave a presentation on the significance of knowing how to respond during an emergency and the …
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Oct 30 2014
By ABBEY KUNKLE Special to the PRESS The lower Laguna Madre area is reaching a turning point as the face of the standard tourist is beginning to evolve. With the area soon having to make adjustments to younger generations visiting, while accommodating the travel decline of baby boomers, a tourism assessment team came down from …
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Oct 30 2014
[slideshow_deploy id=’10545′] By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons, playing in a raucously loud Tarpon Gym, knocked off district leader La Feria in five sets to pull themselves into a three-way tie for the District 16-4A (Division II) championship. The team had already clinched a playoff spot and it was …
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Oct 30 2014
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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Oct 30 2014
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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Oct 23 2014
By ESTEVAN MEDRANO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Pedestrians’ awkward walk alternating between the edge of Highway 100 and the strip will soon be a thing of the past for the people of Port Isabel. The city received a grant from the UT Health System and an ordinance was approved for the construction of a new …
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Oct 23 2014
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Silver Tarpon marching band is off to Corpus Christi this weekend to compete for a spot in the state marching contest. Last Saturday the band participated in the Pigskin Marching Contest at San Benito and appeared, as well as sounded, as though they are …
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Oct 23 2014
PRESS Staff Report Port Isabel police suspect that alcohol may have played a role in a fatal car crash that reportedly occurred near Highway 100 and Tarnava Street over last weekend. The accident occurred at approximately 4 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 19. According to authorities, the driver, 20-year-old Johnny Anthony Moore, collided with multiple palm …
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Oct 23 2014
By ESTEVAN MEDRANO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Throughout the world, there are those who believe that for a brief time in the fall, the spirits of the dead will return home to reunite with their family and friends and celebrate with the living. Their loved ones honor the dead as their ancestors have for hundreds …
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Oct 23 2014
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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