Mar 11 2013
By RAY QUIROGA Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com Life support was terminated over the weekend for Nicolas “Nico” Benavides, the 20-year-old Schlitterbahn Waterpark employee who was declared brain dead Saturday evening after suffering severe head injuries due to a work-related incident on Wednesday. Benavides began working at the South Padre Island waterpark approximately five weeks …
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Mar 07 2013
By RAY QUIROGA Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com When Cesar Cantor, General Manager for the Pearl on South Padre Island, was approached with the opportunity to sit on the Island’s newly formed Convention and Visitors Transition Board (CVT), tasked, among other things, to research available options for the future of the South Padre Island Convention …
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Mar 07 2013
Special to the PRESS South Padre Island Convention Centre Sales Manager Sylvia Soliz was selected to serve as Interim Director for the Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB). Soliz has been with the City of South Padre Island for nearly 16 years and has built strong working relationships with the hotel industry and community. Rene Valdez, …
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Mar 07 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Special to the PRESS The Laguna Madre Water District has implemented water restrictions for the area as of Wednesday, February 27. According to a press release, the water district initiated Stage 2 Water Shortage Conditions in its existing Water Conservation Plan. With the initiation of Stage 2, the water district is …
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Mar 06 2013
By CRAIG ALANIZ South Padre Parade The Southern Wave is a large, stable and comfortable sailing Catamaran that is perfect for a leisurely day’s sail, an exciting afternoon of dolphin watching, or experience the breath-taking South Padre Island sunset over the water on one of the dinner cruises. Sunset dinner tours, dolphin watches or snorkel trips …
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Feb 27 2013
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the Parade An amateur photo contest and presentations on the Valley’s unique nature and a birding tour will highlight the Seventh Annual Birdfest Nature Festival in Laguna Vista on Saturday, March 2. The yearly event is designed to “celebrate the amazing wildlife in our community,” event organizers say. Admission is …
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Feb 21 2013
By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com The City of South Padre Island Transition Board held a regular meeting Tuesday. The board reviewed the budget and year to date revenues and expenditures with the convention’s director to better understand the direction of the board and Convention Centre. A funding request from Race to the Border, a catamaran …
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Feb 21 2013
Special to the PRESS The City of South Padre Island is joining more than 300 law enforcement agencies across Texas in the Statewide Warrant Round-Up beginning Saturday, March 2. The roundup is designed to target thousands of defendants with traffic, parking, city ordinance, penal code and higher charge warrants from participating jurisdictions. Cities will work …
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Feb 14 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Special to the PRESS BROWNSVILLE — The Cameron County Commissioners’ Court granted a permit on Thursday requested by Larry Mark Polsky to construct a retaining wall on the tracts located just north of South Padre Island city limits; the approval, however, is contingent on the Texas General Land Office’s (GLO) approval …
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Feb 14 2013
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