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IN GOOD TASTE: Elsa’s Restaurant not just any Tex-Mex cuisine

Elsa's Restaurant

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com  Now, there’s Mexican-American (Tex-Mex, if you will) cuisine, and then there’s Elsa’s. Elsa’s Restaurant in San Benito might be a little dive off the side of the road that you might just miss if you’re not on the lookout for it, but they definitely offer a big Mexican …

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Voters to decide presidency, state and local races

Elections

NEWS Staff Report In just a few days, all the answers sought as to who will lead this county, state and local communities may be answered. Polls will open Tuesday, Nov. 6, in the 2012 General Election in San Benito for Precinct 17 at La Encantada Elementary, located at 35001 FM 1577; Pct. 18 at …

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Parishioners remember departed on Day of the Dead

Dia de los Muertos

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com  Dia de los Muertos, which translates into Day of the Dead, is an organized observance of a concept which is said to have originated in Mexico 4,000 years ago to honor the souls of those who have died and gone on to the afterworld. The same day, November …

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Hooked on Hounds – Greyhound Hair Club

The Greyhound Hair Club

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com There’s the San Benito Greyhounds, and then there’s life. Hector Avila doesn’t differentiate between the two, because – to him – they’re one in the same. Maybe that’s why the 50-year-old self-proclaimed “El Greyhound Mayor” and spokesperson for the Greyhound Hair Club – this week’s Hooked on Hounds candidate …

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Homecoming Parade this Thursday

San Benito Homecoming pic1

By JOE BOCANEGRA Special to the NEWS It’s that time of year again for the San Benito High School Homecoming Parade to march its way into the memories of those who attend. “We are very excited,” San Benito High School Principal Delia Weaver said. “We are expecting loads of people to come and join in …

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Pep rally set for Greyhound Band

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Special to the NEWS Members of the San Benito High School Mighty Greyhound Band have advanced to state for the first time in the school’s history after competing in the UIL Area Marching Band Competition this past weekend in Laredo. The band advanced to Area after earning a division 1 rating at the 70th Annual …

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Expectations high for Bobcat Band at state

RH Bobcat Marching Band

By JOE BOCANEGRA Special to the NEWS RIO HONDO – The Rio Hondo High School Bobcat Marching Band is at it again as they advance to the UIL 3A State Marching Competition on Monday. “We’re very excited,” Band Director Robert Garza said. “We hope we will do well.” Of the 42 bands that played in …

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Bush rallies Hispanic GOP base locally

George P. Bush

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com  HARLINGEN – “What we’ve set out to do is simple,” announced George P. Bush, grandson and nephew of former Presidents George H.W. Bush and President George W. Bush, respectively, when visiting the Valley on Monday. “We want to bring more Latinos to the Republican Party.” As Republicans gathered …

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MAKING STATE: Mighty Greyhound Band advances beyond Area, makes school history

SBHS Mighty Greyhound Band

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com  “It’s an honor to be in the Greyhound band,” said Ingrid Ledbetter, 16, a junior at San Benito High School and the clarinet section leader for the San Benito High School Mighty Greyhound Band. Ledbetter was referring to the band’s first-ever advancement to the UIL State Marching Competition. …

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HALLOWEEN’S HISTORY: What You May Not Know

Halloween

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com  Halloween, now a fairly Americanized day for children (and adults) to play dress-up and eat too much candy, has been referred to as the following: All Hallows’ Eve, Witches Night, Lamswool, Snap-Apple Night, Samhain, All Saints Day and Summer’s End. Between antiquated stories of witches, ghouls and goblins, …

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