Oct 30 2014
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 just a …
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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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Oct 23 2014
By ESTEVAN MEDRANO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com First graders of Derry and Garriga Elementary on Monday, Oct. 20, eagerly received their very own book selected by Jumpstart as part of the national event, “Read Across America” – a Rotary International project spearheaded by the Rotary Club of Port Isabel. The following day, elementary schools across …
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Oct 23 2014
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Lady Tarpons volleyball team secured victories in straight sets over Grulla and Hidalgo in their last two district matches. Last Friday, in the first half of a volleyball/football home double-header, they took care of the Grulla Lady Gators, 25-17, 25-18, 25-21. This week, on …
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