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Five Tarps to play in All-Star Game

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Five Port Isabel Tarpon football players were selected for the All-Valley East-West All-Star game. The game was played May 23 at Weslaco’s Bobby Lackey Stadium and was won by the East squad, 28-15. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS E-edition by …

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PI Event Center opening still TBA

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Christmas. March 3. May 28. Every deadline that the Port Isabel City Commission has set to complete construction of the Events and Cultural Center (ECC) has passed the community by. It’s now the first week of June and city officials have yet to lock in a date for the …

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Summer programs underway

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The school year has officially come to an end and all regular UIL sports are off until football and volleyball start their 2014 seasons next August. Call it the off-season, the summer season, the irregular season, but many Port Isabel athletes, from grade-school all the way up to …

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Tarpon varsity football starts 7-on-7 season

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Current Tarpon varsity football players, and some who will be new to the varsity this fall, are keeping active in the game as, once again this summer, Port Isabel High will field a team in 7-on-7 competition. Two games have already been played and the Port Isabel team …

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City land usage questioned

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com During the public comment portion of Tuesday’s Port Isabel City Commission meeting, resident Melissa Alfonso briefly asked the officials to provide guidance to citizens on the ordinances that govern how empty lots can and cannot be used. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre …

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$200k grant awarded for Trail

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com These boots were made for walkin’ and that’s just what they’re going to do … now that that the City of Port Isabel has been awarded a Texas Recreational Trail Grant for $200,000 through the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD). To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to …

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Vets honored with ceremonies, parade

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Our soldiers may have fallen in combat but they have not been forgotten. The cities of Port Isabel and Laguna Vista on Monday held Memorial Day ceremonies to honor the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. armed forces. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe …

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IN HONOR: Communities gather to celebrate Memorial Day

Staff photos by Sasha Heller   The communities of Port Isabel and Laguna Vista each held ceremonies on Monday to honor Memorial Day and remember those who have fallen in combat. Also included in the slideshow are: photos taken on Saturday morning when members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 8791 and American …

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Incumbents sweep elections

BY Sasha Heller editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Both Port Isabel Mayor Joe E. Vega and Laguna Vista Mayor Susie Houston were re-elected to their positions on Saturday as were fellow incumbents Port Isabel City Commissioner Maria de Jesus Garza and Point Isabel Independent School District (PISD) Board member Diane O’Leary. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to …

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Murchison cool, relaxed for UIL comp

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel High junior Daniela Murchison is calm, cool and collected as she prepares for this weekend’s UIL State Track and Field Meet in Austin. She is qualified in both the shot put and discus events for the second straight year. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe …

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