Sep 18 2012
By HEATHER C. COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito officials are hopeful that a recent surge in sales tax revenues is a good sign for a local economy still recovering from the recession. In the months of May-August 2012, sales tax revenues were up from the previous year. The increase, although slight, is evident in …
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Sep 18 2012
By HEATHER C. COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com For the City of San Benito, fiscal year 2012-2013 will see a near $100,000 hike in legal service fees for the police, fire and city management departments. The extra $93,908 in legal fees can be broken down by department. This year, the city management budget increases by $28,000, …
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Sep 15 2012
By HEATHER C. COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Those who have lived in San Benito for any length of time may have noticed a rather impressive brick building on 220 E. Stenger St. The sign on the corner of the block still says: Stonewall Jackson Hotel, though the hotel, which was built in 1927, has long …
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Sep 15 2012
By HEATHER C. COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com After a fire on August 27 that led inspectors to numerous code violations at the Stonewall Jackson Hotel, for which the City of San Benito fire and code enforcement departments responded by way of a “Notice to Vacate Premises” letter to tenants, a buzz has been swarming. And …
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Sep 15 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com It’s safe to say that the building and fire code violations city inspectors recently reported at San Benito’s historic Stonewall Jackson Hotel are not, by any means, au courant discoveries. In fact, citizens of San Benito have long considered the hotel synonymous with dilapidating, deteriorating and downright debilitating conditions …
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Sep 15 2012
By HEATHER C. COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Seasons have changed, yet citizens of San Benito are still waiting to hear whether or not officer Guadalupe “Lupi” Andrade of the San Benito Police Department will be reinstated or relieved of her position. Back in July, a standard, mandatory drug test was administered to Andrade. Upon review, …
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Sep 15 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com It’s been over six weeks since the San Benito Economic Development Corporation and the San Benito Chamber of Commerce have been operating without executive directors, this after the former officials in said capacities stepped down. And it looks like it might stay that way, at least for a little …
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Sep 15 2012
By HEATHER C. COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The addition of a stormwater department to the City of San Benito 2012-13 proposed budget is in direct result of an unfunded state mandate, administrators said. So what does that mean? According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), “Stormwater runoff occurs when precipitation from rain or …
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Sep 11 2012
By HEATHER C. COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com “It still hasn’t hit me,” said 16-year-old Nathan (Nate) Mireles about his role in securing a victory for the San Benito Greyhounds over the Harlingen Cardinals in Friday’s 83rd Annual Battle of the Arroyo. Humble, maybe, but Mireles, who started playing football at age five is proving to …
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Sep 11 2012
By JOE BOCANEGRA Special to the NEWS Monday, the San Benito CISD Board Trustees voted to approve a proposal on the district’s stop loss insurance with an added provision to speak to ING Employee Benefits and to discuss removing Bob Treviño Insurance as the stop loss agent. The original proposal was to move the insurance …
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