Nov 02 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Lady ’Hounds are getting set to start a new season of basketball and improve on last season’s disappointing turnout. “My expectations are to contend for the district title and make the playoffs,” said Coach Clarissa Arredondo, who is going into her fourth head as head …
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Nov 02 2013
Special to the NEWS HARLINGEN — When it comes to Bird Bowls, it’s almost always a mental game. Both the Harlingen Cardinals and the Harlingen South Hawks boasted talented squads heading into Friday’s Bird Bowl XXI. But behind an experienced squad used to big-game pressure, it was the Redbirds who rule the city once again. …
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Nov 02 2013
Date: Ongoing Event: San Benito Historical Society annual fresh Texas pecan sale fundraiser More Info: (956) 399-2502, (956) 245-8094 Date: Thru Dec. 31 Event: American Military Support Operation: RGV Christmas Care Packages More Info: (956) 425-1549 Date: Nov. 2 Time: 8 a.m. Event: Boots on Ground Veterans Memorial Endurance Mud Run Where: Los Fresnos Rodeo …
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Oct 31 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The handicapped San Benito High School varsity cheerleader who accused fellow members of the cheer squad of bullying and discrimination was arrested Thursday morning for misdemeanor assault, authorities with the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District Police Department reported. According to district police, 17-year-old Alexandria Hernandez, an SBHS cheerleader …
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Oct 30 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com A probe conducted by San Benito Consolidated Independent School District Special Education attorneys Buechler and Associates into allegations that members of the San Benito High School varsity cheerleading squad bullied and discriminated against a handicapped teammate were dismissed as “unsubstantiated,” SBCISD Community Relations Director Celia Longoria announced via a …
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Oct 29 2013
SAN BENITO—Lillian Daphene (French) Mertz, 86, passed away Saturday, October 26, 2013 in Retama Manor Nursing Center in Harlingen, Tx. Lillian was born March 4, 1927 in Sulpher Springs, TX. Lillian Daphene (Bass) Mertz grew up in Troup, TX and lived in Dallas as well as southern California and Granbury, TX. She was married and …
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Oct 29 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com A physical altercation reported Monday ended with the arrests of two San Benito women—one an elderly female and the other a candidate in the race for Precinct 3, Place 1 Justice of the Peace. Assistant Operations Chief Michael Galvan of the San Benito Police Department confirmed Monday the arrests …
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Oct 29 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center will be hosting an event to commemorate Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2. Members of the community are invited to bring photos and mementos of loved ones who have died—this to be a part …
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Oct 29 2013
By ROGELIO T. NUNEZ Special to the NEWS In the 22nd Annual Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center Conjunto Festival insert for the San Benito News, I wrote about the important idea of rememorando (remembering). The 22nd Annual Conjunto Festival, held on Oct. 18, 19 and 20 eight days ago, was a festival to remember. By …
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Oct 29 2013
Special to the NEWS Federally backed loans made to small businesses in the Lower Rio Grande Valley District during the 2013 fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30, hit $57.2 million growing 50.8 percent from last year, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced Tuesday. More than 30 lenders made 166 loans through the SBA’s guarantee program …
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