Mar 02 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Special to the NEWS Former San Benito City Commissioner and current Veterans Advisory Board Chair Victor Garza was recently inducted into the Rio Grande Valley Walk of Fame during the 2012 Border Fest in Hidalgo. Garza, who was born and raised in San Benito, is married to Blanca E. Garza and has …
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Mar 02 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Special to the NEWS Eleven revisions to San Benito’s city charter recommended by the review committee tasked to research potential amendments will go before the San Benito City Commission for approval in a special meeting on Monday. If approved, the revisions will then be placed on the ballot for the May 12 …
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Mar 02 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Special to the NEWS For the past two and a half years, San Benito High School guitar teachers Alberto Ortiz and Jorge Mascorro have been teaching their class the ways of classical guitar. Ortiz, who earned a masters degree in Jazz at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, has played classical …
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Mar 02 2012
Special to the NEWS Sullivan Elementary School teacher Jeannette Cavazos-Gonzales was named a finalist for a 2012 H-E-B Excellence in Education Award on Friday. The honor was kept a surprise from Cavazos-Gonzales and other educators located throughout the Valley who learned they were finalists when H-E-B representatives visited their classrooms and schools bearing balloons, cake …
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Mar 02 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Special to the NEWS While driving through San Benito or the Harlingen area, one might witness Old Farts On Bikes… the bicycle group that is. OFOB, as they are better known, is an all-men bicycle group from Fun ‘N Sun RV Resort in San Benito. Their age ranges from 65 to 84, …
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Mar 02 2012
By JOE BOCANEGRA Special to the NEWS The San Benito Public Library has a few new tricks up its sleeves. During the regular Friends of the Library (FOTL) meeting, Library Director Jerry Salazar announced that the library will be accepting credit and bank cards, thanks in part of an effort to bring more citizens of …
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Mar 02 2012
Peter Bejaran IV, 5, is shown with his sister Karla Marie, 4, holding an abnormally large craw fish caught at the resaca down Sam Houston Boulevard in San Benito on Tuesday. (Photo by Jerry Rodriguez)
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Mar 02 2012
Elva S. Longoria, 79, of San Benito, Texas passed away on Thursday, March 1, 2012 at Harlingen Medical Center in Harlingen, Texas surrounded by her loving family. She was a lovely person, never had an enemy but always made friends. She owned and operated Elva’s Beauty Salon from 1957 to 1972. She was a member …
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Feb 28 2012
Date: Thru 2012 Event: San Benito Historical Museum’s Pecan Sale More Info: (956) 245-8094 or email: queentut1940@att.net Date: Thru March 15 Event: American Military Support: Love Our Troops campaign More Info: (956) 425-1549 Date: Feb. 29 – March 7, 14, 21, 28 Time: 5 – 6:30 p.m. Event: Chess Club Where: San Benito Public Library, …
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Feb 28 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Two drug raids occurring on Rodgers Street prompted San Benito CISD officials to put Frank Roberts Elementary School and the Joe Callandret Positive Redirection Center (PRC) on lockdown, as per procedure in such incidents. The Cameron County Sheriff’s Department raided a home located on the 490 block of Rodgers. …
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