Sep 08 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com No fire extinguishers, a partially blocked fire escape and a cracked ceiling and overhead beams are just some of the building and fire code violations reported at the Stonewall Jackson Hotel in San Benito. Such violations were detailed in inspection reports that the City of San Benito released to …
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Sep 08 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com In a four-year span ranging from 2006-2010, the US Census Bureau reported that the percentage of San Benito residents living below the poverty level was at a staggering 33.4 percent, which is nearly double the state average of 16.8. And while the affects of a recovering – albeit slow …
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Sep 08 2012
By HEATHER C. COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com City of San Benito officials spoke candidly Wednesday in attempts to justify a proposed property tax increase levied for the purposes of funding street repairs. On Tuesday, September 4, the San Benito City Commission met and addressed Ordinance No. 2489, an ordinance levying a tax rate, which if …
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Sep 08 2012
By HEATHER C. COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Citizens continue to seek answers regarding whether or not the City of San Benito is targeting mobile home and RV parks with what some perceive as unwarranted water and wastewater charges. So where’s the truth? To live in San Benito, for the average single-family homestead with only one …
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Sep 08 2012
By HEATHER C. COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com These Greyhounds have always had style, but now they look the part. “As you know, the San Benito Greyhounds have been named the Nike Rivalry Uniform Contest winner (for) 2012,” said Blake Timmons, Nike Football Marketing Specialist at the San Benito High School Sports Complex on Thursday. Timmons …
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Sep 08 2012
By HEATHER C. COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com If approved at next Tuesday’s meeting of the San Benito City Commission, the 2012-2013 budget could include a $28,000 hike in expenditures for the code enforcement department. The approved 2011-2012 budget did not allow for overtime hours, whereas this year’s budget proactively insinuates the need of a $5,000 …
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Sep 08 2012
By JOE BOCANEGRA Special to the NEWS During Tuesday’s regular San Benito City Commission meeting, commissioners unanimously denied to reinstate Sandra Tumberlinson to the Veterans Advisory Board and to remove Guadalupe Ayala’s Place 3 appointment. The decision happened after commissioners deliberated in executive session for half an hour. Although Mayor Joe H. Hernandez made the …
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Sep 05 2012
By HEATHER C. COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com City officials recently contemplated closing the historic Stonewall Jackson Hotel due to unspecified code violations. The San Benito Fire Department, City of San Benito Code Enforcement as well as Assistant City Manager Arturo Rodriguez are investigating what’s being reported as a number of code violations at Stonewall Jackson …
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Sep 04 2012
By HEATHER C. COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A battle is waged, and more than victory is at stake. This is personal. Tuesday marked the first day of ticket sales for the 83rd Annual Battle of the Arroyo, the grudge match between the long-time rivals San Benito Greyhounds and Harlingen Cardinals, which will be played at …
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Sep 04 2012
By HEATHER C. COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito woman could be behind bars for a long time after allegedly running over her common law husband twice with a Chevrolet Equinox. On Sunday, September 2, San Benito Police Department officers on patrol in response to a call of a possible disturbance at a residence …
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