Jun 10 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito High School senior, Aaliyah Attebery, is the recipient of this year’s San Benito News scholarship. Born in Oklahoma, Attebery and her family moved to the Valley and have lived here for the past 15 years. Even though the COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented circumstances to school students across the …
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Jun 10 2021
By SANDRA TUMBERLINSON Special to the NEWS The Callandret Black History Museum of South Texas in San Benito was recently the site of a National Junior Honor Society project for STEM² Preparatory Academy’s seventh grader Leo Cantu of Harlingen. Cantu’s assignment concentrated on the cultural aspects of a group of people who lived in the …
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Jun 10 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com On June 1, the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees held a committee meeting and discussed the 2021-2022 compensation plan. The 2021-2022 compensation plan was presented by Andrea Cruz, Assistant Superintendent of Administrative Services. The plan includes a new hire pay schedule for teachers, administrative, clerical, and auxiliary pay grades. The …
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Jun 10 2021
NEWS Staff Report With hurricane season upon us, the City of San Benito allowed citizens the opportunity to fill sandbags on June 4 and June 5. At the distribution station, five sandbags were allowed per household and 10 per commercial entity. The distribution took place at the Neuman Building at the San Benito Fairgrounds located …
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Jun 10 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com On June 8, Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary student, Scarlet Cruz, received a surprise visit from the McDonald’s Play Van for her perfect attendance since kindergarten. The Play Van traveled from the McDonald’s on Sam Houston and visited Cruz’s house. They then set up arcade games and props and emerged …
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Jun 03 2021
By GAIGE DAVILA Special to the NEWS When Albert Vega, Funeral Director for Thomae-Garza Funeral Home, went to pay for a space for an upcoming funeral at the San Benito Memorial Park cemetery, he assumed it would be business as usual. Walk in, pay for the space up front, with a check, for a family …
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Jun 03 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito CISD Board of Trustees held its budget workshop on May 26 where they discussed bonds and the decline of the student population. Vicki Perez, the Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations, presented the budget to the school board. According to Perez, the funds that the board is entrusted …
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Jun 03 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito City Commission voted to make changes to the city’s Economic Development Corporation during a regular commission meeting on Tuesday, June 1. City Attorney Mark Sossi explained that the EDC is a separate legal entity and does not fall under the city charter. He also said that the city …
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Jun 03 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com During the weekend of May 29-30, the City of San Benito hosted its second food truck event of the year dubbed Resaca City Food Court. Around eight different food vendors came to the event. David Favila, the San Benito Public Relations Director, said that the vendors that attended were Rolling Smoke …
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May 27 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com Last week Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed executive order GA-36 which ends all mandatory mask mandates and restricts governments from enforcing mask mandates. The executive order prohibits government entities from mandating masks including counties, cities, school districts, public health authorities, or government officials. The order also states that a fine of …
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April 15, 2021
April 8, 2021
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Three sea turtles from Cape Cod, sent to Sea Turtle, Inc. from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, after they were cold-stunned last winter, were released into the Gulf of Mexico this past Monday, in Sea Turtle, Inc’s first public turtle release since the COVID-19 pandemic. The turtles were the last of 20 turtles … Continue reading [...]
School district asks for community input By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Point Isabel ISD is applying for a federal grant to help recoup losses across its campuses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant, the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER), is in its third iteration, after Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid Relief, and … Continue reading [...]
By Constancio Martinez Jr Special to the PRESS This past Thursday, June 3, Port Isabel High School (PIHS) held a signing day event for basketball player Cole Pinkerton. His hard work and determination were awarded with a scholarship to Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) in San Antonio, Texas. The OLLU Saints is a … Continue reading [...]
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A potential resort development’s expansion at the Andy Bowie Park flats on South Padre Island has been delayed again after a Cameron County Commissioners Court meeting this past Tuesday. Commissioners tabled a vote on helicopter services managed by Michael Rocks-Macqueen, operating as Air Veritas, without discussion during their bi-weekly meeting on … Continue reading [...]
By Constancio Martinez Jr Special to the PRESS Port Isabel’s Football Defensive Coordinator, Gualberto “Gually” Gonzalez Jr will be joining Crockett ISD as a Co-Defensive Coordinator and Head Baseball coach. Crockett is a 7 ½ hour drive from Port Isabel and is located about 116 miles north of Houston. The Crockett Bulldogs football went 7-5 … Continue reading [...]
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