Dear Editor: In response to your editorial, I am a native of Brownsville, born and raised. I am an elementary school teacher in Houston. I would say my perspective and experience is opposite to yours. No one could have anticipated not being in school in the second semester. We all expected school to go on …
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Apr 16 2020
SBCISD approves natatorium entrance project, $500 stipend for essential employees
By J. NOEL ESPINOZA In a regular board meeting held via teleconference on Tuesday, the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District approved awarding NM Contracting a bid to proceed with a natatorium entrance project. Neither board members nor Superintendent of Schools Dr. Nate Carman clarified how this bid compares to the primary bid for the …
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Apr 16 2020
Carman sacks building and grounds director
By J. NOEL ESPINOZA The San Benito Consolidated Independent School District replaced long time Building and Grounds Director David Garcia. Garcia, who just recently headed the repairs of many school district campuses, was terminated on Monday. Sources say school officials gave David Garcia an ultimatum: resign or face termination. An email obtained by the NEWS …
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Apr 16 2020
Census deadline extended to October 31
By DAVID LOPEZ editor@sbnewspaper.com Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Census Bureau is continuing its quest for 2020 census completion. Cameron County Clerk Sylvia Garza, who is spearheading the census completion efforts in Cameron, said the Bureau had informed her of a completion deadline extension from July 31 to August 14. However, as of Tuesday, …
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Apr 15 2020
San Benito cases rise to 20, Rio Hondo at 12
By DAVID LOPEZ editor@sbnewspaper.com *Updated at 1 p.m. on Friday, April 17 Cameron County Public Health reported an additional three cases of COVID-19 in San Benito: one woman, 34, was linked to a previous case, while the other two cases, a 78-year-old man and 31-year-old woman were community transmitted cases. On April 15, Cameron County …
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Apr 13 2020
Everything you need to know about small business funding options
By DAVID LOPEZ editor@sbnewspaper.com The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act allocated $350 billion to help small businesses keep workers employed amid the pandemic and economic downturn. Known as the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the initiative provides 100% federally guaranteed loans to small businesses. Importantly, these loans may be forgiven if borrowers maintain …
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Apr 10 2020
The case for canceling school altogether
By EMMA GUEVARA Cameron County Kindergarten Teacher Brownsville, Texas Schools closing because of a global pandemic was not how I anticipated the second semester of this school year would go. My students were supposed to finish Kindergarten with their peers, excited for moving a classroom over to first grade in the fall. For now, that …
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Apr 10 2020
65% of students learning online, District changes begin Monday
By J. NOEL ESPINOZA The San Benito Consolidated Independent School District released a critical announcement on Tuesday to avoid the spread of COVID-19 through physical interactions and proposed changes to its current operations starting Monday. Some of the new changes include providing a week’s worth of breakfast and lunch combos to eligible children only on …
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Apr 10 2020
Commissioners table employees’ hours
By DAVID LOPEZ editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito City leaders tabled two hot-button issues on Tuesday’s commissioners’ meeting: reducing individual hourly City employees’ workweek from 40 to 32 hours as well as the furloughing of part-time employees. City Manager Manuel De La Rosa’s evaluation was also set to be discussed in the executive session, though commissioners took …
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Apr 10 2020
Cameron County COVID-19 cases in the triple digits
By GAIGE DAVILA editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Three weeks after Cameron County confirmed its first COVID-19 cases, there are now over a hundred residents with the novel coronavirus. As of this article’s printing, there are 147 cases in Cameron County. So far, three Cameron County residents have died: an 81-year-old man and a 91-year-old woman living at Veranda …
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