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P.I. animal shelter seeking to revamp
By FREDDY JIMENEZ Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Shown is the Isabel Y. Garcia Animal Shelter in Port Isabel located on 262 Woody Lane. The shelter has been...
View ArticleCity council approves interim fees for HB 852
By PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS On Wednesday evening, the South Padre Island City Council unanimously approved an interim fee schedule for new residential dwelling construction to be in...
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Pro Watercross event held on Island
By WENDY VAN DEN BOOGERD Special to the Press Shown is Taylor Skellet,13, with her jet ski on Saturday, June 1 on South Padre Island, where she participated in the first annual Pro Watercross event....
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Causeway Run: Runners share motivation in pursuit of the finish line
By RAY QUIROGA Port Isabel-South Padre Press rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com Participants running across the Queen Isabella Memorial Causeway on Saturday, June 1. Approximately 1,400 people ran the 5th...
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Rio History: Pick your Poison (a few stories of the bottle)
By Steve Hathcock Special to the PARADE Ever since humans have had the ability to write, they have enclosed messages in bottles that have been dropped into the sea. The earliest recorded sender was the...
View ArticleRosales working hard for football success
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS David Rosales is an incoming junior at Port Isabel High School and, as a football player, has been hard at work for months getting ready for the 2019 season. He sat...
View ArticleCoach Bodden recalls playing days
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Current assistant Port Isabel Tarpon football coach Johnathan Bodden is entering his sixth season as a member of the Port Isabel High coaching staff. He played...
View ArticleDown memory lane for former QB DeMoss
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS There is an old saying: “It seems like only yesterday.” It can apply to any one of us and it surely does with former Tarpon quarterback and current assistant football...
View ArticleLaguna Vista to seek CAMS to monitor LNG
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Laguna Vista City officials will formally request installation of a monitoring system to measure air and water pollutants locally prior to the onset of LNG’s...
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Port Isabel High School varsity wind ensemble advancing to Area
Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High School Band – Varsity Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Scott Hartsfield, has advanced to the Area level for the Association of Texas Small School Bands...
View ArticleCommission meets, business as usual
By ANGIE GAMEZ Special to the PRESS Numerous agenda items were discussed and approved at the City of Port Isabel City Commission meeting held earlier this week on Tuesday, June 11. Commissioners met...
View ArticleEarly voting to commence
By FREDDY JIMENEZ Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Early voting for the South Padre Island runoff mayoral election will begin on Monday, June 17 and will run through until...
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Excellence: SPI brings home TAMIO award
By FREDDY JIMENEZ Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com City of South Padre Island’s public information officer Angelique “Nikki” Soto is shown with the TAMIO Award of...
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Rio History: Red Fish Landing
By Steve Hathcock Special to the PARADE Port Mansfield, or Redfish Landing, as it was once called was an isolated fishing camp located on the sandy shores of the Laguna Madre in the early 1930s....
View ArticleAngel Niño looks forward to 2019
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The other half of the Niño Brothers backfield combination is Angel Niño and, along with his brother Adrian, Angel has given liberally of his time this spring to get...
View ArticleNiño has the speed
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel Tarpon football teams always seem to have enough speed, but the 2019 Tarpons would appear to have more than usual. One example of that is Adrian Niño....
View ArticlePinkerton preps for new season
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Jacob Pinkerton has been hard at work for months preparing for the 2019 high school football season. The Press found him in the weight room recently and he talked...
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Helping Hands: United Methodist kids share joy of giving
By FREDDY JIMENEZ Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Children from United Methodist churches in Austin, Johnson City, and Quitman traveled to the First United Methodist...
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SPI taps former top cop as city manager
By PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS Centered is newly appointed South Padre Island City Manager Randy Smith with Stormy Wall and David Ingleside, who wished him good luck on his new endeavor. Smith...
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Man apprehended for burglary
By FREDDY JIMENEZ Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Shown is Justice of the Peace Benito “Bo” Ochoa, IV granting Los Fresnos resident Rafael Velez a $25,000 bond for...
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