Sep 08 2012
By HEATHER C. COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com City of San Benito officials spoke candidly Wednesday in attempts to justify a proposed property tax increase levied for the purposes of funding street repairs. On Tuesday, September 4, the San Benito City Commission met and addressed Ordinance No. 2489, an ordinance levying a tax rate, which if …
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Sep 08 2012
By HEATHER C. COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Citizens continue to seek answers regarding whether or not the City of San Benito is targeting mobile home and RV parks with what some perceive as unwarranted water and wastewater charges. So where’s the truth? To live in San Benito, for the average single-family homestead with only one …
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Sep 08 2012
By HEATHER C. COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com These Greyhounds have always had style, but now they look the part. “As you know, the San Benito Greyhounds have been named the Nike Rivalry Uniform Contest winner (for) 2012,” said Blake Timmons, Nike Football Marketing Specialist at the San Benito High School Sports Complex on Thursday. Timmons …
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Sep 08 2012
By HEATHER C. COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com If approved at next Tuesday’s meeting of the San Benito City Commission, the 2012-2013 budget could include a $28,000 hike in expenditures for the code enforcement department. The approved 2011-2012 budget did not allow for overtime hours, whereas this year’s budget proactively insinuates the need of a $5,000 …
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Sep 08 2012
By JOE BOCANEGRA Special to the NEWS During Tuesday’s regular San Benito City Commission meeting, commissioners unanimously denied to reinstate Sandra Tumberlinson to the Veterans Advisory Board and to remove Guadalupe Ayala’s Place 3 appointment. The decision happened after commissioners deliberated in executive session for half an hour. Although Mayor Joe H. Hernandez made the …
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Sep 08 2012
Date: Ongoing Event: Boys & Girls Club of San Benito registration More Info: (956) 399-6422 Date: Thru Feb. 10 Event: Applications accepted for women 60 or older in Ms. South Texas Senior Pageant 2013 More Info: (956) 357-1636 Date: September 8 Time: 1:30 p.m. Event: Valley Byliners presents Kevin Garcia on “Finding Hero Stories in …
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Sep 08 2012
David Rangel, Sr. was born on November 16, 1955 at 56 years of age. David Rangel showed no fear as he took his last breath and joined our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on September 5, 2012 at his residence. He was preceded in death by his father Tomas Rangel, mother Margarita Lazos, and brother …
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Sep 08 2012
SAN BENITO—Maria Ana Gomez, 97, went to be with Our Lord and Savior, peacefully in her sleep on Thursday, September 6, 2012. Maria Ana was born on January 27, 1915 in San Benito, TX where she lived all of her life. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Alfred Gomez and an infant …
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Sep 05 2012
By HEATHER C. COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com City officials recently contemplated closing the historic Stonewall Jackson Hotel due to unspecified code violations. The San Benito Fire Department, City of San Benito Code Enforcement as well as Assistant City Manager Arturo Rodriguez are investigating what’s being reported as a number of code violations at Stonewall Jackson …
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Sep 04 2012
Date: Ongoing Event: Boys & Girls Club of San Benito registration More Info: (956) 399-6422 Date: Thru Feb. 10 Event: Applications accepted for women 60 or older in Ms. South Texas Senior Pageant 2013 More Info: (956) 357-1636 Date: September 8 Time: 1:30 p.m. Event: Valley Byliners presents Kevin Garcia on “Finding Hero Stories in …
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