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‘The Covenant of Water’ details curses other maladies
By WORD NERD On behalf of The Unruly Cactus The Covenant of Water, a lavish, epic and detailed saga from the best seller of The Cutting Stone is a story that spans over almost a century. The story...
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Private bridge ownership ‘unsustainable’
By CINDY STURLIN When our S. Garcia St. Swing Bridge became privately-owned in 1975, after the Texas Highway Department declared there was no further public need for it to continue maintaining and...
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Ron Hoover Fishing Tournament makes return
Special to the PRESS South Padre Island announced the highly anticipated Ron Hoover Fishing Tournament will return July 14-15, 2023. “As the Lone Star State’s mecca for fishing, South Padre Island...
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Isla Blanca Park Beach Renourishment Project underway
Special to the PRESS The Isla Blanca Park Beach Renourishment Project is underway and is expected to begin on Friday, July 7, 2023. This project is in partnership with the United States Army Corps of...
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SPI City Council considers palm tree bids
By KREIG KOHL Special to the PRESS On June 21, 2023, the South Padre Island City Council held their regularly scheduled meeting. After the normal invocations, they opened the meeting with public...
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STEC offers Summer Program
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Starting Sunday, July 9, 2023, The South Texas Ecotourism Center [STEC], will commence its Kids Summer Program. The program will take place weekly,...
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Hopper Haus Bar and Grill is a slice of Bavarian heaven
By Tess Ficcaglia Special to the PARADE Jill Zavaleta, one of the five owners of the Hopper Haus Bar and Grill, located at 418 E. Queen Isabella Blvd, at the foot of the Queen Isabella Memorial...
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The Brahminy Blind Snake opts to remain underground
By Kathy Raines Special to the PARADE We lifted a small log, one with critter-enticing voids and cracks, exposing an expected assortment of busy creatures—beetles, ants, silverfish and roly-poly’s....
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Pirate’s Landing spends decades serving the community
TESS FICCAGLIA Special to the PARADE Imagine this: you have packed up the car and are going to the beach for the day. It’s early, 7 a.m., and you’re trying to beat that awful Causeway traffic, but...
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The Warm Oranges are destined for big things
By Alexandrea Bailey editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com My first time hearing The Warm Oranges was at Hopper Haus Bar and Grill in midsummer of 2022. It was late at night, under the most beautiful Port...
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Barrel full of pistareens found on Padre Island
By Steve Hathcock Editor’s Note: Moments in Time is a collection of recovered newspaper briefs and other publications, compiled by local historian, Steve Hathcock, that offer a look back at the...
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American Legion News: Auxiliary and Post make donations
By CONNIE THOMAS Ever wonder where the money goes? Curiosity killed the cat but satisfaction brought him back! Our hats are off to all our true-blue patrons and our generous Winter Texan friends along...
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The Biblio File: ‘The Babysitter: My Summers With a Serial Killer’ grippingly...
By CATHERINE DONNELLY On behalf of The Unruly Cactus Gripping from page one, this true crime story unfolds on Cape Cod in the 1960’s, during a gruesome murder spree in which young girls went missing...
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Young Tarpons headed to Summer Games of Texas
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS This past week, a handful of Port Isabel summer track athletes competed in the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation (TAAF) Regional meet in McAllen. TAAF...
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SPIBNCAS hosts ‘Kid’s Wildlife Fridays’
Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Birding, Nature Center and Alligator Sanctuary [SPIBNCAS] is inviting children to attend one, or all the four, sessions of the Kid’s Wildlife Fridays...
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Chief says PIPD ‘overwhelmed’
By MICHAEL PETTY Special to the PRESS On another balmy South Texas summer night, Tuesday, July 11, a fair number of public citizens and the City Council of Port Isabel gathered to discuss the...
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Alcozer returns to TSTC ‘thriving’
Special to the PRESS HARLINGEN, TX—Ensuring that structures are safe and align with specific building codes is an essential part of Duvie Alcozer’s job as a building official with the town of Laguna...
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FRUITION: Brown introduces the Audrey Lorissa Gallery
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com On Sunday July 2, island-dwelling surrealism artist Audrey Brown, the face of A. Lorissa Art, opened up the doors to her one-of-a-kind art gallery...
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Moments in Time
Editor’s Note: Moments in Time is a collection of recovered newspaper briefs and other publications, compiled by local historian, Steve Hathcock, that offer a look back at the history of the Rio...
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Former PI superintendent immoralized in mural, road naming
By Rene Torres One of the images associated with this article is a mural that hangs on the lobby wall of the Wells Fargo Bank at Ruben M. Torres Sr. Blvd which depicts Brownsville’s history that...
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