Special to the PRESS The City of Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce Merchant’s Committee in collaboration with the Museums of Port Isabel is hosting Central Texas Paranormal Society investigators late September. They are committed to providing professional investigations using scientific methods to prove or debunk claims of paranormal activity in Port Isabel. Following the investigation …
April 2011 archive
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Apr 29 2011
Port Isabel Athletes Prep for regional meet
By LARRY GAGE Port Isabel High track and field athletes are hard at work this week preparing for the Region IV meet at Corpus Christi Callallen next week. Four Tarpons have qualified for regional competition in individual events. Two additional athletes will team up with two of the aforementioned to run the 4×400-meter relay. For …
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Apr 29 2011
Lady Tarpons set for road trip
By JOE R. BOWLING, JR. Friday afternoon the bus will pull away from Port Isabel High School around 3 p.m. and the Lady Tarpon Softball team will officially begin their journey into the play-offs for a first time since the 2002 season. Riding a stout defense that stands behind a young pitcher that …
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Apr 29 2011
Tragedy on the Gulf:Coast Guard searches for 2, 1 dead
By JOE R. BOWLING JR. A 22-year-old has lost his life and two are missing as an all out search continues Thursday Morning from Boca Chica Beach north to Isla Blanca Park. According to Constable Horacio Zamora his office received a call at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday evening reporting that three swimmers were in distress. Deputy …
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Apr 25 2011
Holiday traffic this week provided a challenge for Port Isabel Police
By JOE R. BOWLING, JR. “We knew this was coming,” said Port Isabel Police Chief Gualberto Gonzalez, “and we did the best we could.” This after a set of challenges for the department to control flow of traffic on an expected busy weekend. “We knew coming in that with one lane on the bridge that …
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Apr 25 2011
J.V. battle in meet
By LARRY GAGE Here are the results from the District 32-3A Junior-Varsity Track and Field Meet in Rio Grande City on April 7, 9. Lady Tarpon Finishers Pole vault: Nyssa Salinas, 2nd, 6 ft. 0 in. Long jump: Shelly Campos, 6th, 11 ft. 10 in. 3200-meter run: Shelly Campos, 3rd, 14:43.08 100-meter dash: Jessica Perez, …
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Apr 25 2011
Shutout opens the door to playoffs for Lady Tarpons
By JOE R. BOWLING, JR. A shutout win over Rio Hondo Friday afternoon has led to the Port Isabel Lady Tarpons advancing to the playoffs for the first time in over eight years. Head Coach Belinda Trevino was hoping that her team could make the run after they dropped a tough game to Laferia last …
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Apr 25 2011
Tarps blank Titans, 10-0
By LARRY GAGE The Port Isabel Tarpons baseball team took care of business at home Thursday night in shutting out Donna IDEA Academy, 10-0. With Grulla’s 11-1 win over Rio Hondo on Friday Port Isabel has made the playoffs for the first time since 2009. The Tarpons led 1-0 after one inning, then put six …
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Apr 25 2011
Animal shelter undergoes transition
By JOE R. BOWLING JR. A few days in and all is well as the City of Port Isabel, along with the Laguna Madre Humane Society and the Friends of Isabel Y. Garcia Shelter have teamed up to work together at the animal shelter. The city is now officially operating the shelter but they are …
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Apr 25 2011
Modern Venice Workshop Set
By JOE R. BOWLING JR. The number four will significant to those interested in the next step for the Modern Venice Project in Port Isabel Tuesday night. Item four on the agenda for this week’s commissioners meeting on Tuesday will be a discussion of a revised map of the area and prior to that a …
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