Nov 07 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The results are in as President Barack Obama was elected to a second term against Republican nominee Mitt Romney. Obama was victorious after cementing victories in the same key battleground states he claimed in 2008. As of 12 midnight on Tuesday, Obama’s securing of Ohio’s 18 electoral votes put …
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Nov 07 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito CISD Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. Limón elected to reinstate Janie Gonzalez to her former position of risk manager with the school district on Tuesday morning. Gonzalez was fired in September for allegedly being untruthful regarding electronic communication she had had with Robert Champion Jr. of …
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Nov 07 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito City Commission made a motion Tuesday at their regularly scheduled meeting to table an offer on the forlorn Dolly Vinsant Memorial Hospital building which was received from a bidder at a county auction earlier that day. Dolly went up on the auction block at the …
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Nov 07 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com City Manager Manuel Lara spoke candidly Monday discrediting any lists that name streets selected for repairs as part of an ongoing and extensive road reconstruction project in San Benito. While a process is in place, in which the city will eventually select streets to repair, Lara said any …
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Nov 07 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Several arrests have been made in San Benito in relation to an incident involving a man’s sister who was cut while trying to defend her brother. Around 3:30 a.m. on Friday, November 2, officers with the San Benito Police Department responded to the 600 block of North Resaca …
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Nov 07 2012
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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Nov 03 2012
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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Nov 03 2012
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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Nov 03 2012
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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Nov 03 2012
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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