Feb 09 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The water tower on Williams Road in San Benito is facing a makeover. As previously reported by the News, the water tower is to be repainted and will feature a new and larger extended Greyhound with a gold background on one side and the words “San Benito” and …
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Feb 09 2011
Community Corner By SCARLET O’ROURKE Special to the NEWS When most people look at a used envelope, they think it is trash. Gary Bonnell sees a possible treasure chest. Since 2005, 70 year old Bonnell has been collecting stamps. “I got invited to the Magic Valley Stamp Club in 2005, bought some stamps and have …
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Feb 09 2011
San Benito Consolidated Independent School District (SBCISD) School Board Trustee Manuel “Meme” Gonzales donated a check for $100 to the San Benito Food Pantry on Tuesday. The check presentation was held inside the pantry, where President Lidia Garcia and other volunteers were present to accept the check. Currently, Garcia said the pantry is in need of plastic Wal-Mart or H-E-B bags. For more information, call Garcia at (956) 399-1659. (Staff photo by Francisco E. Jimenez)
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Feb 04 2011
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com It’s been over 100 years in the making. Friday’s 29 degree low tied a 1883 and a 1912 record for the Harlingen, San Benito and Brownsville area, according to National Weather Service Meteorologist Jason Straub. What’s more, the multi-day freeze experienced in the Rio Grande Valley on Thursday and …
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Feb 04 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com LOS FRESNOS – Precinct 6 Cameron County Deputy Constable Francisco Saldaña was arrested in Los Fresnos Tuesday for three separate charges, including assault on a public servant. “Our police department got a call for an incident that was occurring at AJ’s Sports Bar, located on 717 W. Ocean …
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Feb 04 2011
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com You’d be hard pressed to find even one Dallas Cowboy star at this year’s San Benito Greyhounds Quarterback Club Football Banquet. Abandoning – at least for this year – a recent trend of inviting Big ‘D’ stars of yesteryear (and perhaps a few from the current roster), one may …
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Feb 04 2011
Stories of Love By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com If ever there was a quintessential couple, it’s the Betancourts of San Benito. Lionel and Mary Anne Betancourt have been married a long time; they’d rather not say how long, but take them at their word when they say that it’s been a while. Their …
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Feb 04 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito police are continuing to investigate a break-in that occurred at LT Boswell, located on the 1400 block of W. Business Highway 77. The break-in occurred between 9 p.m. on Monday and 7:40 a.m. on Tuesday morning. “We’re not 100 percent sure how they went in, but …
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Feb 04 2011
San Benito, TX—Pedro Torres Cantu, 87, husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, and brother, entered into eternal rest on Jan. 29, 2011, at the Spanish Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Brownsville, Texas. He was born on May 15, 1923 in Los Fresnos, Texas to Federico Cantu and Rosa Torres Cantu. He was a lifetime resident of …
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Feb 04 2011
Community Corner By SCARLET O’ROURKE Special to the NEWS Bringing the love of basketball to San Benito is Eddie Abrego’s mission at San Benito High School (SBHS). At the age of 38, Abrego has been coaching varsity basketball at SBHS for 15 years. “I always tell my friends and fellow coaches that I ‘bleed gold …
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