Tag: ship

FOND FAREWELL: Forrestal makes historic trip

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@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 and began navigating her way through the Brownsville Ship Channel. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS E-edition by …

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Battle over property rights rages on

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The City of Port Isabel sent a stern letter to the City of Brownsville last week, notifying Brownsville’s City Commission that its multiple attempts to annex areas throughout the Laguna Madre area have allegedly been illegal. Port Isabel’s city officials clearly state in their letter that they intend to …

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2 dead, 1 hurt in ship channel

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Port Isabel police officers responded to a chilly scene on Tuesday on the south side of the Brownsville Ship Channel in which two Mexican nationals died attempting to illegally cross the border. A third national is currently being treated for hypothermia-related symptoms at Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville. …

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General Rudder to visit Port Isabel on maiden voyage

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The training ship, General Rudder, based out of Texas A&M University Galveston, is set to dock in Port Isabel on Aug. 21 at the Subsea 7 facility. The General Rudder is part of TAMUG’s Texas Maritime Academy and houses 50 cadets and 15 crew members. To read the rest …

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