Board holds off funding requests
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Convention and Visitors Bureau Advisory Board (CVA) considered funding requests, and discussed marketing strategies during their June 28...
View ArticleChild seriously injured in golf cart accident
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Call volume was up over the extended holiday weekend, and an accident involving a golf cart and a vehicle led to serious...
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And the rockets’ red glare
Communities get festive for the Fourth By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A smiling pooch stole the show after the City of South Padre Island’s Fourth of...
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Blessing of the Fleet slated for Monday
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com It’s a tradition that spans decades and is honored at harbors across the Gulf coast and this Monday, the Texas Shrimpers...
View ArticleBass drummers report
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS It began with the frontal ensemble two weeks ago and everybody took the week of July 4th off. This week the snare, tenor and bass drummers have started showing up at...
View ArticleIt all starts with percussion
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Scott Hartsfield, the head director of bands for Port Isabel schools, believes in percussion. That’s to be expected as he is a longtime percussionist himself. The...
View ArticleRFQs sought for municipal judge post
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS As per state law, the Town of Laguna Vista is accepting Statements of Qualifications for the Municipal Court Judge and Alternate Municipal Court Judge positions...
View ArticleLV approves MOU for Rails-to-Trails Plan
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Town of Laguna Vista leaders Tuesday affirmed their vision of a county-wide recreational trail that will enhance future economic and environmental development. A...
View ArticleNew police officers to face physical fitness standards
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Prospective police officers will first have to pass a physical fitness test before they will be allowed to join the Port...
View ArticleTick, Tock
$500 hourly fine approved for problematic rental properties By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS In light of incidents that occurred during Spring Break, the South Padre Island City Council tackled the...
View ArticleSpring Break events to undergo stricter scrutiny
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS The issue of Spring Break was at the front and center once again for the South Padre Island City Council during its, Wednesday, July 5 meeting, as they discussed a...
View ArticleMeschi resigns council seat
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Laguna Vista Councilman Gary Meschi resigned his Place Five seat here Wednesday. In his resignation letter, Meschi cited personal reasons for the resignation, but...
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PRAYING FOR PEOPLE
Blessing includes pleas for relief in wake of worker shortage By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com “The storm is never the story,” the Rev. Mark Watters said...
View ArticleCounty seeks to join SB4 lawsuit
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Cameron County will seek to join pending litigation against Senate Bill 4, the so-called “Sanctuary Cities Bill.” The...
View ArticleYouth will be served on snare line
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Of course, all high school musicians are young but this 2017 version of the snare drum line will be one of the youngest to take the field on Friday nights this fall...
View ArticleInfante plans different kind of practice
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS By now it’s no secret among Tarpon football fans, Port Isabel players and probably all 2017 opponents, that the Tarpons may be using a slightly different kind of...
View ArticleSewer line break dumps 200,000 gallons of raw sewage
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Laguna Madre Water District (LMWD) responded to a sewer line break on the north end of South Padre Island last week...
View ArticleCounty approves MOU with Island
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Cameron County Commissioners’ Court approved a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the City of South Padre Island...
View ArticleBack-to-School Run slated for Aug. 19
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS The Town of Laguna Vista has scheduled two health events in the coming months. The first is a Back-to-School Run/Walk on Saturday, Aug. 19 at 7a.m. at Roloff...
View ArticleHazard Mitigation Plan advances
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Ten municipalities in Cameron County are working toward approval of an updated Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan— Included are the communities of Laguna...
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