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A tribute to Elizabeth Abbott Sweeten
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Elizabeth Abbott Sweeten was a very colorful person: strong, independent, opinionated, generous to a fault, and quite intelligent. She was a friend, in addition...
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TRAGEDY: Motorcyclist evading police strikes, kills pedestrian
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Officials say a motorcyclist who was riding erratically and evading police struck and killed a pedestrian in Port Isabel...
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TRAGEDY: Community remembers Liz Sweeten
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Liz Sweeten was known by many throughout town. The former reporter for the Port Isabel – South Padre Press could often be...
View ArticleWriter’s Block: January’s Winter Brings March Flowers
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Well, is it spring or is it still winter? It’s a little hard to tell this year despite the arrival of Texas Week on South...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor for March 15, 2018
Special to the PRESS Editor, I support the proposed multi-billion dollar Rio Grande LNG project because it will be a far-reaching economic benefit for our region and the state. My husband and I are...
View ArticleCesenes vaults to silver at La Feria
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel Lady Tarpon Marlyn Cesenes took second place in the pole vault for the second week in a row at last Saturday’s Jim Hudson Relays at La Feria. She cleared...
View ArticleShrewsbury takes gold at Hudson Relays
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel High track man Shawn Shrewsbury struck gold at last week’s Jim Hudson Relays in La Feria. He won the 400-meter dash with a personal record time of 52.34...
View ArticleBarrera, Wise qualify for state
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Julianna Barrera will be on her way to the state powerlifting meet in Waco by the time most Press readers see this article, but she is not the only Port Isabel High...
View ArticleCouncil approves two dune permits
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS A trio of Shoreline related items highlighted the Wednesday March 7 meeting of the South Padre Island City Council. Shoreline Management Director Brandon Hill brought...
View ArticleCity receives clean audit
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS During their Wednesday, March 7 meeting, the South Padre Island City Council received the results of a financial audit and considered technology tools to gather data...
View ArticleYacht Club tax abatement approved
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com In a unanimous decision Tuesday, the Port Isabel City Commission approved a 5-year tax abatement agreement for the new...
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TCEQ holds Rio Grande LNG air permit meeting
Laguna Vista Town Councilwoman Nadine Smith speaks at a TCEQ public hearing regarding an air quality permit for Rio Grande LNG last Thursday evening in Brownsville. Smith was one of several Laguna...
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SPRING BREAK — TEXAS WEEK
Austin Cooley, 21, does a backflip for onlookers as a large crowd celebrated Spring Break on the beach near Clayton’s Beach Bar Wednesday. (Dina Arévalo | Staff photographer) Rowdy crowds, but no major...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor for March 22, 2018
Special to the PRESS Please tell me when the talk to make Spring Break more family oriented will actual become actions. I have been coming to this island since 1984, owner since 2011 and permanent...
View ArticleTarpons to Compete at Meet of Champs
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpon track and field team will compete at this weekend’s two-day Meet of Champs at La Feria and Weslaco. The preliminaries of most events will be...
View ArticleGirls’ track setting new personal bests
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The athletes of Port Isabel High’s Lady Tarpons track and field team set numerous personal records at last week’s UTRGV Invitational meet at Edinburg. One more meet...
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Barrera takes bronze at State
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS In just her second time competing at the state level, Port Isabel powerlifter Julianna Barrera came away with a bronze medal. Competing in the 165-pound weight class...
View ArticleHoly Week schedule at OLSS
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Holy Week observances begin locally with a Palm Sunday procession before Mass and concluding Easter Vigil mass on Holy Saturday at Our Lady Star of the Sea...
View ArticleYouth Center board discusses finances
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Laguna Madre Youth Center (LMYC) Board of Directors discussed the Center’s finances, activity programs and elected a...
View ArticleQ-1 revenues up at Isla Blanca, down at County beach accesses
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com It’s a net positive for the Cameron County Parks and Recreation Department, according to a report of the fiscal year 2017...
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