Worth Preserving: Museums of Port Isabel celebrate 10th anniversary.

Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, TX);  May 27, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Leslie Williams-Dennis May 27--PORT ISABEL -- Edward Meza has a reason to pleased. As Port Isabel's director for historical preservation...10th anni-versary of the Museums of Port Isabel on Saturday. The museums consist of...

Winning Not Unusual For Port Isabel.

Monitor (McAllen, TX);  August 27, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Peter Rasmussen Aug. 27--PORT ISABEL -- As common as are the annual Spring Breaker's trek past Port Isabel High School onto South Padre Island...state championship-game qualifiers. Port Isabel has reached the state semifinals three...

Ex-PI attorney sued over annexation.

Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, TX);  July 6, 2007 ;     403 words ......Essex Jul. 6--BROWNSVILLE -- Former Port Isabel City Attorney John Haywood has been...to be illegal, the lawsuit filed by Port Isabel states. The city also lost its appeal...Thursday, Haywood declined to comment on Port Isabel's accusations. I've read it, Haywood...

Port Isabel seeks settlement with SPI.

Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, TX);  June 1, 2005 ;     609 words ...Byline: Allen Essex Jun. 1--PORT ISABEL -- The city's aggressive move to annex...officials don't reach a settlement. Longtime Port Isabel resident Leo Speck Sanders said last...made no sense to him, Sanders said. Port Isabel has added more than 19,500 acres to...

Port Isabel, Texas, Annexes Nearly 5,000 Acres of Land.

The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Texas) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  June 12, 2002 ;     319 words ...Byline: Jessica Rocha Jun. 12--PORT ISABEL, Texas--Port Isabel annexed almost 5,000 acres of land Tuesday, increasing...land consists of three parcels: 230.5 acres south of Port Isabel, 198.8 acres along the Laguna Madre north of the city...

Exhibit to focus on historical shipwrecks of the area.

Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, TX);  December 21, 2005 ;     371 words ......Through collaboration with the Museums of Port Isabel, the Brownsville Heritage Complex is...that sunk 30 miles off the coast of Port Isabel in 1554. The exhibit also features items from the Port Isabel museums' U.S.-Mexican War collection...

South Padre Island, Texas, Officials Won't Respond to Calls on Annexed...

Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, TX);  June 17, 2004 ;     497 words ......squatter or free spirits in RVs and tents. Port Isabel leaders say they would like to see the...Padre Island leaders have questioned Port Isabel's ability to service its newly annexed...assistance. Mayor Bob Pinkerton said Port Isabel needed to meet the demands that accompany...

Officials Seek to Expand Port Isabel, Texas, Cemetery as Plots Dwindle.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  January 27, 2003 ;     518 words ......Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 27--PORT ISABEL, Texas-- Several times a week, Ester Hernandez and her daughter visit the Port Isabel Cemetery. A white porcelain angel, crucifix...where Ester's husband Martin, a lifelong Port Isabel resident, is buried. When he died two...

Port Isabel, Texas, officials rebut developer's plans to build...

Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, TX);  July 8, 2004 ;     634 words ...Byline: Gilberto Salinas Jul. 8--PORT ISABEL, Texas -- City officials refute a local...that he wants to build this and that, Port Isabel City Manager Robert Garcia said Tuesday...undoubtedly be the tallest structure in Port Isabel at nine stories each, according to Burcalow...

Priest Blesses Port Isabel, Texas, Boats for Start of Shrimp Season.

The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Texas) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  July 13, 2002 ;     333 words ...Byline: Jessica Rocha Jul. 13--PORT ISABEL, Texas--Aiming holy water at bowed heads...nets, Father Jack Franko practiced a Port Isabel tradition by blessing the city's fleet...Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Port Isabel, motored past the trawler in a slow...

Obituaries.

Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, TX);  March 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Morning Star, Harlingen, Texas, Obituaries PORT ISABEL, TX. -- Beatriz Guerra Gonzalez, 66...member of Our Lady Star of the Sea in Port Isabel. She is preceded in death by a son...A.M. at Our Lady Star of the Sea in Port Isabel. As to her request, cremation will follow...

Classic Battle.

Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, TX);  September 1, 2007 ;     549 words ......on the field Friday night. The No. 7 Port Isabel Tarpons and No. 3 Edcouch-Elsa Yellowjackets...seconds left in the second quarter. Port Isabel running back Nolan Nunez was not finished...crowd went crazy, and it appeared that Port Isabel had all of the momentum heading into...

Port Isabel police deny wrongdoing in immigrant's arrest.

Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, TX);  July 9, 2006 ;     541 words ......Chapa Jul. 9--The Monday arrest of a Port Isabel babysitter convicted and deported for...enforcing federal immigration laws. Port Isabel police deny any wrongdoing but arrested...States and was temporarily detained by Port Isabel police for investigative purposes on...

Working at Wal-Mart offers myriad advantages.(People--In-Store)

Chain Drug Review;  July 19, 2004 ;     655 words ...PORT ISABEL, Texas -- Wal-Mart pharmacy manager Patty...Hoxtell was able to transfer to nearby Port Isabel, Texas. Located about 160 miles south...Rio Grande meets the Gulf of Mexico, Port Isabel has a population of about 5,000. It's...

QESHM TO HOLD SHRIMP FESTIVAL

Info-Prod Research (Middle East);  December 8, 2004 ;     21 words ...According to "Tehran Times", in order to develop shrimp industry in the country, the third shrimp festival will be held in Qeshm free zone.