Join us on Friday, October 28 at 8:00 p.m. for FREE FAMILY FUN at the Port Isabel Lighthouse! Bring your lawn chairs, blankets, picnics and friends and family for a memorable evening on the grounds of the historic Port Isabel Lighthouse. All summer movies start on Friday at 9:30 p.m. just after South Padre...
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The Port Isabel Merchants Committee has planned a full slate of activities in October in a campaign titled “Fall for Port Isabel”. (See schedule and forms here 2011-october-schedule(2)). The month will kick off with weekly ghost tours, beginning October 1st and will include a street fair on October 8th, a Halloween Store Front Decorating Contest and Market...
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“Very active, in my 30 years, this place is very active” and this is “the most haunted area in the Valley”,  conclusions that two groups visiting various sites in Port Isabel came to after listening to things that go bump in the night. Oddly, the Port Isabel Cemetery and the Palangana Cemetery were quiet. A...
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In the early morning hours of September 15, 2001, just four days after 9/11, a barge struck the Queen Isabella Causeway causing a portion of it to collapse. Eight lives were lost and three survivors rescued from the waters of the Laguna Madre Bay. A decade later, members of the communities bridged by the Queen...
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Join us on Friday, August 19 at 9:30 p.m. for FREE FAMILY FUN at the Port Isabel Lighthouse! Bring your lawn chairs, blankets, picnics and friends and family for a memorable evening on the grounds of the historic Port Isabel Lighthouse. All summer movies start on Friday at 9:30 p.m. just after South Padre...
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Wednesday ~ August 10 from 6 – 9 p.m. at the Garden in Lighthouse Square. $20 per person for an evening of fun for an important community cause. Taco Bar, Oyster Bar, Margaritas, Beer & Wine! Silent Auction, Live Auction, Raffle & Music! All proceeds to benefit the Isabel Y. Garcia Animal Shelter with new kennels...
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