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LIOA explores means of ownership transfer
By CINDY STURLIN The S. Garcia Street Swing Bridge, owned and operated by the Long Island Owners’ Association (LIOA), is a local, non-profit HOA. LIOA continues its’ efforts to resolve their serious...
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September keeps gardeners busy
By ROBERT LEWIS Happy Labor Day weekend everyone. As the summer season is getting near its end, we broke the heat wave last week and actually had a couple of rainy and cooler days, but now we are...
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‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’ entertainingly educates
By CATHERINE DONNELLY I enjoyed this book by Shelby Van Pelt so much more than I thought I would, being thoroughly entertained by the tale of damaged people and broken families and how it seemed to...
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Jake’s offers homestyle cooking
By Catherine Donnelly We arrived at Jake’s for a late lunch at 2001 Padre Boulevard on South Padre Island. The restaurant has a nice atmosphere and a mesmerizing view of the traffic going by. You’re...
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Haunted Mansion descends into slapstick silliness with golden cast
By Laurie Coker Like movies based on children’s books, movies based on amusement park rides, can be hits (like Pirates of the Caribbean) or misses (like Polar Express). Disney’s new movie Haunted...
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Snowy Egret is an elegant, innovative feeder
By M. Kathy Raines The snowy egret slipped its yolk-yellow feet, toes first, into waters of the saltmarsh and strode across, stealthy and alert, ready to strike. Its feet, the proverbial “golden...
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Tarpons pick up first win, beat Bobcats, 48-20
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS On Thursday, Sept. 1, 2023, the 4A Port Isabel Tarpons had a non-district game against their old rival, the 3A Rio Hondo Bobcats. Last year’s contest...
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Cross Country receives coaches’ praise
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ JR Special to the PRESS This past Saturday, Sept. 2, the Port Isabel Cross Country teams competed in the RGV Cross Country Classic held in Edinburg, Tx. The men’s cross country...
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State Board of Education member meets Point Isabel ISD Administrators
Special to the PRESS Point Isabel Administrators convened to discuss a plethora of vital issues that are shaping the landscape of education in their region. At the forefront of the dialogue was the...
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Ochoa selected LMWD Employee of the Month
Special to the PRESS The Laguna Madre Water District [LMWD] gives its congratulations to Isaac Ochoa for being selected as Employee of the Month. LMWD reviewed nominations and chose Ochoa as Employee...
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Sup. responds to bomb threat
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com On Aug. 28, at approximately 9:30 a.m. Point Isabel ISD publicly announced that it had received a bomb threat. It was later explained that the...
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Tarpon community unites over PIISD’s ‘innovative’ improvements
Special to the PRESS Point Isabel Independent School District (PIISD) marked a significant milestone on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, with a groundbreaking and ribbon cutting ceremony held at the Port...
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SPIBNCAS celebrates World Shorebirds Day
Special to the PRESS The shorelines and tidal mudflats of the southern coastal tip of Texas provide extremely valuable and important habitat for a wide range of resident breeding and migratory...
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Stronger trees survive
By ROBERT LEWIS Now that we are in the middle of September, it is a critical time to fertilize your palm trees. We normally recommend that palm trees are fed three times a year – early spring...
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird migration nears peak
By JAVIER GONZALEZ My name is Javier Gonzalez, I am the Naturalist Educator at the South Padre Island Birding Nature Center & Alligator Sanctuary and an avid local birder. I’m excited to bring...
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Flag Day honors lives lost, changed
By TERESA BRYANT The Rotary Club of Port Isabel started off the week putting out flags in Port Isabel, Laguna Vista and South Padre Island on Sept. 11, in honor of those who lost their lives and for...
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BRITISH FASCINATION: El Paseo Arts hosts David Payne as ‘Churchill’
Special to the PRESS According to the El Paseo Arts Foundation [EPAF], a nonprofit which fuels the theatre community on South Padre Island, Americans seem to be fascinated by all things British. EPAF...
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Nursing grad heads to SPI
Special to the PRESS HARLINGEN, TX—A commitment to patient care often motivates many vocational nurses to do more for patients — especially to further their medical education. That pledge became the...
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Council approves amusement park permit
BY KREIG KOHL Special to the PRESS Mayor of South Padre Island Patrick McNulty announced in the upcoming weeks committee applications would be open for all who want to serve on a committee for the...
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Sandcastle Village experiences string of thefts
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Labor Day weekend was the beginning of a string of thefts at the Sandcastle Village on South Padre Island. The Sandcastle Village is a free shaded...
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