Jul 24 2012
By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A Brownsville man turned himself in to San Benito police on Monday for allegedly forging over $20,000 in checks. Det. Rogelio Banda, Jr. of the San Benito Police Department said Ramiro H. Chavez of Brownsville was wanted by the city’s justice court on six counts of forgery. The 44-year-old …
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Jul 24 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito police officer remains on paid leave pending the outcome of a Civil Service Commission meeting Wednesday, when officials will discuss a substance reportedly flagged during a drug test that has brought the officer’s fitness into question. Arturo Rodriguez, assistant city manager for the City of San …
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Jul 24 2012
By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com City of San Benito officials said Monday that a letter recently mailed to citizens misinformed the public of water samples containing bacteria. In the letter, the city’s water department informed customers of an MCL coliform violation, stating, “Two water samples during June 2012 contained coliform bacteria.” It’s bacteria that …
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Jul 24 2012
By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The City of San Benito acquired a new generator for its annex building thanks to a grant awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. According to Al Wasielewski, the emergency management coordinator who helped secure the FEMA grant, officials plan to use the annex building as the emergency operation …
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Jul 24 2012
By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A shift in taxes is necessary in efforts to continue to “stretch pennies” and avoid cuts, at least that’s according to officials with the Rio Hondo Independent School District. However, and according to RHISD Superintendent Anneliese McMinn, the district does not plan to raise taxes despite calling a tax …
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Jul 24 2012
By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Who knew that while being treated for cancer, San Benito resident Joel Pequeño would ironically discover his career path. Now an MD Anderson radiation therapist, Pequeño assists patients every day that are enduring what he endured several years ago. In 2004, Pequeño visited the doctor and found that he …
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Jul 24 2012
By JOE BOCANEGRA Special to the NEWS Members of the San Benito Friends of the Library made sure that all the children who attended the nonprofit organization’s Back to School Celebration on Thursday went home with a backpack… free of charge. “We had a wonderful time,” said Friends of the Library President Roberta Schoenmakers. “The …
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Jul 23 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito Chamber of Commerce President Zeke Padilla announced Monday that he is stepping down from the position he’s held for over 10 years. According to Padilla, he and executive members of the chamber’s board of directors came to a mutual decision to part ways on July 6. The …
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Jul 20 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Sandra Tumberlinson expressed shock and disapproval Friday when she learned of her removal from the San Benito Veterans Advisory Board, action she argues is politically motivated. According to Tumberlinson, who served on the board since 2003, she has yet to receive formal word of her removal from City of …
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Jul 20 2012
By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Following a long and arduous battle with stage IV colon cancer, Guadalupe Ayala, a 23-year veteran of the San Benito Police Department, recently opted to retire after city officials requested that he prove his fitness for duty. Previously, Ayala said he was doubtful that doctors would clear him for …
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