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Suit filed against City
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor edi...@portisabelsouthpadre.com The South Padre Island Business Owners Association (BOA) and the Rio Grande Valley Committee for Good Government have filed a lawsuit...
View ArticleCauseway jumper dies
Staff Report On Wednesday afternoon, authorities found a Latino man lying face down in the Laguna Madre after he jumped off the highest point of the Queen Isabella Causeway. Officers with the Coast...
View ArticleCouncil OK’s fill for park
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor edi...@portisabelsouthpadre.com The South Padre Island City Council at its meeting Wednesday approved a $30,000 budget amendment to replace the fill under the playground...
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Concerns surface over dredging
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor edi...@portisabelsouthpadre.com A group of concerned residents in Laguna Vista claim that officials with the Texas General Land Office (GLO) and U.S. Army Corps of...
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SEWN TOGETHER WITH LOVE: Island Quilters share their passion
BY PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS They call themselves the Island Quilters. During the winter months on South Padre Island, a dedicated group of talented women from across the country get together...
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Betancourt named Club’s Youth of the Year’
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor edi...@portisabelsouthpadre.com Daniela Betancourt, 17, on Tuesday, was named the Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Madre’s Youth of the Year. “I’m happy and nervous,”...
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Villalobos gets 13-year sentence
BY FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer repo...@sbnewspaper.com Former Cameron County District Attorney and 2012 Congressional candidate Armando R. Villalobos was sentenced to 13 years in federal prison...
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Bush makes tour stop
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor edi...@portisabelsouthpadre.com Republican candidate for Texas Land Commissioner George Prescott Bush made a tour stop at Pirates Landing in Port Isabel on Wednesday to...
View ArticleEDC eyes site to develop
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor edi...@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel City Commission on Tuesday approved contracting with Reyna & Associates, of Mission, for professional services...
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TASTE’S SO GOOD: Partnerships pay off for museum fundraiser
Special to the PRESS On Friday, the Museums of Port Isabel hosted its 17th Annual Taste of the Laguna Madre. Oh, the weather outside was frightful, but more than a half an hour before the doors opened...
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Dozens brave harsh elements, clean up beach
BY CHIEF MICHAEL JOHNSON Special to the PRESS Picture this: 37 degrees, rain that The Weather Channel is calling “snow” and sustained 25 mph wind. These were the conditions that that 39 dedicated...
View ArticleBoys go winless in District
BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS It was the Port Isabel Tarpons last chance to win a district game. On Tuesday night the La Feria Lions dropped in at Tarpon Gym for the final District 32-3A game for...
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FOND FAREWELL: Forrestal makes historic trip
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor edi...@portisabelsouthpadre.com Around 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, with thousands of onlookers lining the beach at Isla Blanca Park, the USNS Forrestal veered around the bend...
View ArticleCity won’t back down
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor edi...@portisabelsouthpadre.com The South Padre Island City Council on Wednesday rejected a proposal to rescind the action taken at the Dec. 18 meeting to approve the...
View ArticleThree cars collide on Causeway
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor edi...@portisabelsouthpadre.com Around 7:15 a.m., Saturday authorities and emergency service personnel responded to a three-car accident on the Queen Isabella Causeway...
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Rescuers release dozens of stunned sea turtles
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor edi...@portisabelsouthpadre.com On Monday, officials with Sea Turtle, Inc. (STI) released nearly 50 sea turtles into the Laguna Madre that had been rescued from the ill...
View Article61 new lots approved
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor edi...@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel City Commission on Tuesday approved a proposal by Las Joyas SPI to develop 6.3 acres along the shoreline and build 61 new...
View ArticleLaguna Vista moves forward with plan
BY MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS A long-awaited comprehensive plan designed to lead the Town of Laguna Vista into future orderly growth and prosperity has been adopted on its first reading....
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Dredging project on tap despite delays
BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor edi...@portisabelsouthpadre.com At last week’s South Padre Island City Council meeting, Coastal Resources Manager Reuben Treviño provided an update on the Fall 2013-14...
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Meschi inducted into Walk of Fame
Special to the PRESS Each year, nominations are received from chambers of commerce and cities across the Rio Grande Valley for recognition in the Rio Grande Valley Walk of Fame at the State Farm Arena,...
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