Three Flags Over Padre to be overhauled
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Planning and Zoning Committee (P&Z) considered a request for a specific use permit to allow the expansion and operation of an outdoor...
View ArticleAircraft Carrier Memorial plaques to be unveiled
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS Unveiling of three bronze plaques at the Aircraft Carrier Memorial in Laguna Vista’s Veterans’ Park will highlight Memorial Day ceremonies here on May 28. The...
View ArticleRio History: The Indigenous People of Padre
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS Much has been speculated about the indigenous people who inhabited the lands that lay between the mouth of the Rio Grande and the Nueces River 130 miles to the...
View ArticleWriter’s Block: Hello, Summer!
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com I can’t believe it’s already summer, but here we are. This year has just flown by and already we’re about halfway done....
View ArticleSummer Band Camp starts June 25
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS It’s official – the 2017-2018 school year is over and the countdown to next year has begun. A number of things, however, are scheduled to start up long before the...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor for May 31, 2018
Special to the PRESS Dear Editor, The Museums of Port Isabel have an on-going project your readers may well be aware of in the effort to sell more fish for the Champion Building Fish Mural, the...
View ArticleEDC approves revolving loan for the Atrium
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel Economic Development Corporation (EDC) approved a revolving loan for a local business owner, and heard...
View ArticleShoreline Taskforce to monitor effects of dredging project
By KEVIN RICH Special to the PRESS Presentations on Shoreline Department projects and master planning survey results highlighted the Monday, May 21 meeting of the South Padre Island Shoreline Task...
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PIISD celebrates the Class of 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Point Isabel Independent School District celebrated the Class of 2018 with a graduation ceremony held at the South...
View ArticleHurricane season begins Friday
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Hurricane season officially begins this Friday, June 1 and local officials are urging residents to be prepared. Last season...
View Article4th Annual Summer Causeway Run set for Saturday
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce is busily preparing for one of the most anticipated events of the summer, the 4th...
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Honoring the Fallen
Laguna Madre Communities observe Memorial Day By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Though Memorial Day may be the unofficial start to summer for many, veterans...
View ArticleWriter’s Block: Enjoying the Fresh Air
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The summer solstice marks the longest day of the year. And with the solstice still being a couple of weeks away, the...
View ArticleMedina talks summer football preps
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel Tarpon football player Bryan Medina is already working hard to prepare himself for the 2018 high school football season. The Press sat down with Medina...
View ArticleWith no coach, 7-on-7 squad coach themselves
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Seven-on-seven summer football is now in season and a number of Port Isabel Tarpon players are involved. The Press stopped by Tarpon Stadium Monday afternoon to look...
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District names new athletic director
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel Tarpons have found their new athletic director and head football coach — the second in as many years....
View ArticleChurch to hold bingo benefit
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS A benefit Chalupa game fundraiser for the Laguna Heights Mission, sponsored by Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church, is scheduled on Sunday, June 10. Doors...
View ArticleCity talks swimming and smoking
By PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS The City of Port Isabel held its regular meeting the evening of June 5th, with the City Manager reporting on both new and old business to Mayor J.J. Zamora and the...
View Article4th of July celebration slated in Laguna Vista
By MARTHA McCLAIN Special to the PRESS A full day of family fun is scheduled on June 30 in the Laguna Vista Independence Day Fun Run, Parade and Celebration capped-off with a fireworks extravaganza...
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Large turnout for Causeway Run
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Over 1,500 runners and walkers braved the early morning heat and humidity to partake in the 4th Annual Summer Longest...
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