Jul 24 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Signs promoting a more environmentally-friendly San Benito are soon to be displayed at the city’s public library and Heavin Resaca Trail—this as part of a continuing partnership with Texas A&M University-Kingsville. On Tuesday, 22-year-old Shrey Kankaria and 21-year-old Nithesh Kattekola, TAMUK graduate students studying environmental engineering, were on-hand with …
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Jul 24 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The man authorities believe responsible for two armed robberies at San Benito drive-thru businesses is behind bars. Detective Rogelio Banda Jr. of the San Benito Police Department reported Tuesday that 21-year-old Alberto M. Martinez-Valles of Harlingen was charged with two counts of aggravated robbery, a first degree felony, in …
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Jul 24 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com RIO HONDO – The City of Rio Hondo and the Rio Hondo Independent School District have begun discussions regarding budgeting for the upcoming fiscal year. “Today is our first scheduled meeting as far as discussing the budget,” said Mayor Gustavo Olivares on Tuesday. “From here to there, …
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Jul 24 2013
By CHRISTINA R. GARZA Special to the NEWS Mari Galvan has been named the director of the new multi-million dollar Port Isabel Events Center. Galvan, a San Benito resident who previously worked as an independent meeting and event planner for the past 13 years, settled into her new role as the center’s coordinator on July …
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Jul 24 2013
Date: July 25 Time: 5-7 p.m. Event: San Benito Historical Society Preservation & Pizza Where: San Benito Community Building, 210 E. Heywood St., San Benito More Info: (956) 399-9991, tootiemadden@yahoo.com or rhiannon.cizon@gmail.com Date: August 5 Time: 7 p.m. Event: Narciso Martinez Writers Forum Where: Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center, 225 E. Stenger St., San Benito …
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Jul 19 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito Consolidated Independent School District employees will be having a green Christmas. The SBCISD Board of trustees unanimously approved $500 incentives for district employees, as well as approving a new compensation plan during a Special Board Meeting on Thursday, July 18. Trustees Hector Leal and Anna Cruz …
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Jul 19 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com School district positions they are a-changin’. At a special meeting of the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees on Thursday, a number of principal resignations and reassignments were approved in anticipation of the 2013-2014 school year. Want the whole story? Pick up a copy of …
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Jul 19 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Peter Del Mastro wants San Benito to have the power, and apparently so do a number of interested investors. Del Mastro, managing partner for Henderson, Nevada-based Telemark Development Group, is proposing the construction of a $225 million natural gas-fueled power plant in San Benito that would generate 171 megawatts …
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Jul 19 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The rain could not keep demonstrators hailing from all parts of the Valley from making their voices heard. A plethora of demonstrators treaded to the Cameron County Annex Building in San Benito on Thursday to protest an additional U.S.-Mexican border fence. In between chants of “Si se puede” …
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Jul 19 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com It all started with an idea. Rogelio Nuñez had the notion of establishing the Valley’s first cultural arts center, but he needed help. Nuñez called upon his friend David A. Garza, who then called upon Ramón de León. Together, the three men took Nuñez’ idea and turned it …
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