Jan 06 2012
By JOE BOCANEGRA Special to the NEWS San Benito CISD Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. Limón announced plans for the district’s upcoming goals for 2012. The main objectives, according to Limón, are getting the students ready for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR), which is scheduled to take the place of the …
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Jan 06 2012
By CRISTINA M. GARCIA Special to the NEWS Impersonators welcome. Expect many to don their white jumpsuit and blue suede shoes Saturday, Jan. 7 when the 19th semiannual Elvis Fest is on tap at Little Graceland in Los Fresnos. Little Graceland is a small museum of sorts based on Elvis Presley’s famous home in Memphis, …
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Jan 06 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Special to the NEWS The San Benito Greyhound basketball team is on a mission, and so is 17-year-old center Matthew Perez. One of the starting members on the varsity team, Matthew hopes to aid his team to reach the title of district champions this season. Matthew, who has been playing basketball since …
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Jan 03 2012
The first baby born in the San Benito, northern Cameron County area was baby Isabella Magdalena Gonzalez, daughter of Laura Canseco and Tray Gonzalez of San Benito. Baby Isabella was born at 11:48 a.m., Jan. 1, 2012 at Valley Baptist Medical Center-Harlingen, weighing in at nine pounds, seven ounces. Congratulating mom and dad is charge nurse Vivian LaBajo, RNC, of Valley Baptist’s Mother-Baby Family-Centered Maternity Unit. (Valley Baptist photo)
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Jan 03 2012
By JACOB LOPEZ Special to the NEWS One life was claimed shortly after the New Year’s Eve celebrations in San Benito as a car traveling northeast on Gamble Road veered off the street and crashed into a tree. Fog likely didn’t help visibility for drivers that night, according to those on the scene. Want the …
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Jan 03 2012
By JOE BOCANEGRA Special to the NEWS City Manager Manuel Lara has high hopes for San Benito in 2012. “I am planning to schedule meetings of each city department and to give them lists of projects that need to be completed this year,” he said. “I will be giving each department my undivided attention and …
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Dec 30 2011
By TREY PUGA Special to the NEWS RIO HONDO – A special meeting was held at Rio Hondo City Hall on Wednesday to discuss City Administrator Hipolito Cabrera in an executive session item. The item on the agenda read that commissioners would “deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal” of Cabrera. The …
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Dec 30 2011
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Triumph, adversity, murder. Considering newspaper sales, website hits and readership feedback, the aforementioned are what topped the San Benito News list of the top 10 stories of 2011. As much is evident when recalling the profound success of local sports programs, the political intrigue that surrounded a hot election …
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Dec 30 2011
By JOE BOCANEGRA Special to the NEWS San Benito city officials came to an impasse during mediation with the local police officers union on Wednesday concerning contract negotiations. The mediation, which lasted almost five hours, dealt with negotiations between the City of San Benito and the San Benito Police Employees Association regarding the original police …
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Dec 30 2011
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Special to the NEWS New police vehicles arrived for the San Benito Police Department on Friday, Dec. 30. The fleet consists of Ford Interceptors from Philpott Motors, the largest police equipment distributor in Texas, according to Assistant City Manager Arturo Rodriguez. The cars’ original price was valued at $28,470 each, but Rodriguez …
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