Jun 08 2012
By JOE BOCANEGRA Special to the NEWS The San Benito City Commission voted Tuesday to eliminate the rank of fire marshal in a unanimous vote. Ordinance 2485 previously died due to lack of a second motion at a previous meeting. After its approval at a regular meeting on June 5, the ordinance authorizes assigning fire …
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Jun 08 2012
By ANDREA MOSQUEDA Special to the NEWS Two San Benito teachers have received the highest honor in the school district. Noelia Nadine Montez, a fifth-grade teacher at Landrum Elementary School, was named the 2011-2012 San Benito CISD Elementary Teacher of the Year. Michael Torres, an eighth-grade Social Studies teacher at Miller Jordan Middle School, was …
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Jun 08 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito resident Marisol Cervantes, a student at the University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB), has received the highest award an undergraduate could receive: the Leadership Ring Award. Only two students were selected based on excellence in academics, leadership, and community service/campus service. Students must submit an application, two …
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Jun 08 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Sierra Pizarro, a recent graduate of San Benito High School, has signed to play tennis at Temple College in Temple, TX for the Lady Leopards. Temple College has been the recipient of many tennis championships, winning three national championships in 2003, 2004 and 2007. Just recently, they competed at …
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Jun 07 2012
NEWS Staff Report Another special meeting of the San Benito CISD School Board of Trustees has been called, this time for Friday as the board will consider rescinding action taken Thursday. Specifically, action may be taken at a 6 p.m. meeting on Friday, June 8, to rescind the board’s authorization of its officers to negotiate …
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Jun 05 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com After Dolly Vinsant Memorial Hospital failed to draw a single bid at an auction on Tuesday, tax attorneys reported that offers will now be accepted for San Benito’s historic medical facility. “We’ll keep trying to sell it, and it’ll go up at our next resell scheduled in November or …
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Jun 05 2012
By ANDREA MOSQUEDA Special to the NEWS San Benito police officers received a Saturday morning surprise when they were called to the 400 block of North Sam Houston Boulevard, where a man had driven his sports utility vehicle (SUV) onto the steps of the Municipal Building. According to Detective Rogelio Banda of the San Benito …
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Jun 05 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito CISD officials confirmed Tuesday that the press box at the old Greyhound Stadium will be repaired after catching fire this weekend. According to a report provided by Raul Zuniga, operations chief for the San Benito Fire Department, the authorities were called to the scene at approximately 5:39 …
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Jun 05 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Cameron County Sheriff’s Department deputies have arrested a San Benito teen along with his two relatives for the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl. Jose Armando Barajas, 18, along with his 14-year-old brother and 14-year-old cousin were arrested on Friday on accusations of abuse. The girl informed her school …
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Jun 05 2012
By CRAIG ALANIZ San Benito News The Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce held its June regular meeting Friday. Guest speaker Steven Bearden, Port Director for the Port Isabel-San Benito Navigation District, said the port has plans to work more with offshore oil and gas to produce more jobs in the area. By 2014, a contract …
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