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SandBox Inn Review (Hey! I’m an "Institution!")

From: “Where to Find Luxury Vacation Rentals in South Padre Island” at travel.aol.com

* The SandBox Inn – Owned and operated by local institution “Sandy Feet,” the Sandbox Inn is an eclectic mixture of contemporary fusion and old-world creativity. As the top half of her beach house, Sandy Feet rents out the space to families with a creative edge. Use her back yard for creative purposes and bring her a rock when you come!

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Officials: Mayor’s indictment hurts city

BROWNSVILLE – Mayor Pat M. Ahumada Jr. acknowledges that his indictment doesn’t look good for the city.”It hurts the city,” Ahumada said of a three-count indictment on charges of theft, abuse of official capacity and misapplication of fiduciary property.But

British code crackers reunite, with pride unbroken

BLETCHLEY PARK, England – During World War II, the best brains in Britain cracked Germany’s encrypted secrets but never broke their own code of silence. Now gray-haired and using walking sticks and at least one wheelchair, the legendary code breakers

Funds needed for rail district feasibility study

EDINBURG – The quiet freight railroad lines that divide many of Hidalgo County’s cities down the middle might make an ideal pathway for a different type of rail.A board formed last year to examine the possibility of bringing commuter rail to the Rio Grande

Home, sweet show

McALLEN – The economy may have people spending more time at home, and people in the home and garden goods business see this as an opportunity.
More than 200 vendors selling everything from kitchen gadgets to lawn tractors showed off their wares at the

Take a ride with Mexico’s army in Reynosa

REYNOSA, Mexico — Acting on a tip, 30 masked soldiers in combat gear bust down the door of a boarded-up house to find 55 terrified migrants, hostages of the Gulf drug cartel.
Amid screams and the smell of urine and sweat, they find a blood-spattered

Progreso mayor: County-run elections not the solution

Progreso will continue to run its own elections despite statewide concerns surrounding the validity of recent city and school board votes, the city’s mayor said.
Mayor Omar Vela maintained local election judges are best equipped to identify voters who

Coalition urges new funding to fill Texas nursing shortage

BROWNSVILLE — A group focused on curbing Texas’ nursing shortage is asking the state’s help in producing more healthcare providers.
The Texas Nursing Workforce Shortage Coalition, composed of more than 100 organizations, requested $60 million in special-item

Brownsville mayor’s indictment not good for city’s image

BROWNSVILLE — A mayor under criminal indictment doesn’t look good.
And that he is further accused of stealing from the city he represents only aggravates the perception.
“It hurts the city,” Mayor Pat M. Ahumada Jr. said about the impact a three-count

Impact of defamation ruling unclear

EDINBURG — He said there was no other way to stop her.
Ester Salinas approached neighbors to criticize their support of Mission Mayor Norberto “Beto” Salinas, telling them he was corrupt. She told a reporter that she’d heard from another mayor that