Mar 05 2013
By JOE BOCANEGRA Special to the NEWS San Benito City Commissioners approved the purchase of the Henry Thomae Funeral Home by the San Benito Economic Development Corporation (EDC) as well as grant assistance for said business. The decisions came after 45 minutes of executive session. Commissioner Joe D. Gonzalez made two motions: one to accept …
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Mar 05 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Lead Regional Trainer Kevin Ramirez of Southwest Key Programs said on Tuesday, Feb. 26, that an “unaccompanied minors shelter” will soon open at the former Dolly Vinsant Memorial Hospital property in San Benito. Southwest Key is a nonprofit organization with national reach that, according to the program’s website overview, …
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Mar 05 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The Rio Hondo Independent School District is looking for a new superintendent. RHISD Superintendent Anneliese McMinn, who has served the district in said capacity for nine years, will be retiring at the end of the school year. “We feel that it is a tremendous loss to the district,” …
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Mar 05 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito will remember the Alamo on Saturday, March 9, during the fifth annual Texas Independence Day Celebration, to be held at the municipal fairgrounds off FM 510. “Hopefully this year it will be bigger and better,” said Jack Ayoub of the Texas Heritage and Independence Celebration Association …
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Mar 05 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito man wanted for the alleged sexual assault of a child is the Cameron County District Attorney’s Fugitive of the Week after failing to appear at a hearing on April 18, 2012. Thirty-year-old Eric Lugo, who according to the DA’s office also goes by Eric Lugo-Rocha, …
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Mar 05 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The Boys and Girls Club of San Benito will be accepting a check for approximately $7,500 from HEB on Wednesday, March 6. “Tomorrow, at four o clock, HEB will be presenting a check to help the Boys and Girls Club stay open,” Tommy Ramirez Jr., President of the …
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Mar 01 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com In a school year that has arguably been marred by tragedy and controversy within the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District, there are those who have painted a different picture of the academic institution – a more thoughtful one. Such thoughtfulness is present in fundraising conducted by district …
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Mar 01 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The City of San Benito Code Enforcement Department is warning local business owners to be on the lookout for individuals who are posing as health inspectors and charging monetary fees up front. According the Health Inspector Steve Estrada, there have been two confirmed cases of fraudulent health inspectors …
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Mar 01 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Stonewall Jackson may see new life as potential buyers contemplate the historic hotel’s future. Among those interested include the San Benito Public Housing Authority. “There is interest, but not necessarily for housing at this moment,” said Arnold Padilla, Executive Director of the San Benito PHA. “The Housing Authority …
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Mar 01 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com For nearly half a century, De La Fuente Service Station has served the San Benito area as a full service gas station, even when those fancy new self service pumps began springing up everywhere. According to owner Robert De La Fuente, there was just something about going to a …
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