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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Feb 28 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Special to the NEWS The old library, currently operating as the Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center, is a historic landmark to some in San Benito, not only in the sense of its age but in the memories it holds behind its walls. But plans to tear down and replace the building with …
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Feb 28 2012
Special to the NEWS The City of San Benito has executed a construction contract in the amount of $741,635 with Cubco Con-struction, Inc. of Brownsville, to construct approximately 1,890 linear feet of storm sewer improvements along Robertson Street from Dick Dowling to McCullough. The improvements will continue across property owned by the San Benito Housing …
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Feb 28 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Special to the NEWS Good chili on a chilly Saturday morning, what more could one ask for? Throw a little good will into the mix and the San Benito Elks Lodge #1661 delivered the winningest recipe that day at its Eighth Annual Chili Cook-off and Miracle Kids of South Texas fundraiser. The …
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Feb 28 2012
Special to the NEWS Cassandra Cavazos is the first University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College (UTB/TSC) forensic investigation graduate to be accepted into the Master of Science in forensic science program at Sam Houston State University, where she will begin her studies in August of this year. Cavazos received her Bachelor of Science in …
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Feb 24 2012
Date: Thru 2012 Event: San Benito Historical Museum’s Pecan Sale More Info: (956) 245-8094 or email: queentut1940@att.net Date: Feb. 25 Time: 9:30 a.m. Event: Zumbathon benefitting the San Benito Food Pantry and Boys & Girls Club of San Benito Where: Boys & Girls Club of San Benito, 410 Stookey Rd., San Benito More Info: (956) …
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Feb 24 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com What began as a routine traffic stop initiated by a parking violation ended in two suspects arrested on multiple charges, including possession of crack cocaine, after they crashed the vehicle they were driving while attempting to elude police in San Benito on Friday. It was approximately 10:30 a.m. on …
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Feb 24 2012
By STACEY GONZALEZ Special to the NEWS “Start recruiting those volunteers,” encouraged Place 4 City Commissioner Celeste Sanchez on Tuesday to City of San Benito Parks and Recreation Board Chair Zeke Luna. In a decision that had proponents for the “Adopt-A-Park” plan breathing a sigh of relief Tuesday evening, the city gave Luna their official …
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Feb 24 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Special to the NEWS Just two days before the start of the 2011-2012 school year, John Hand was pulled out of retirement in a request to teach an English class at the San Benito High School. He had to form a lesson plan for a group of high school students in just …
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