Nov 06 2015
By PETE BANDA STAFF WRITER REPORTER@SBNEWSPAPER.COM For years now, fixing the streets of San Benito has almost unanimously been at the top of everyone’s wish list. Well, that wish just got one step closer to becoming a reality as the State of Texas just overwhelmingly passed a new amendment aimed at raising the funds for …
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Nov 06 2015
By PETE BANDA STAFF WRITER REPORTER@SBNEWSPAPER.COM On October 23, all citizens of San Benito were delivered a mandatory public notice declaring that the City had violated the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) for total trihalomethanes in their water supply. The notice was not the first one this year and sent some residents into a frenzy, worrying …
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Nov 04 2015
By PETE BANDA STAFF WRITER REPORTER@SBNEWSPAPER.COM A near tragedy was avoided in Harlingen Sunday evening when the San Benito Fire Department had to be called in to rescue a couple after their kayak capsized while floating down the Arroyo Colorado. The accident left one man stranded on a small island in the middle …
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Nov 04 2015
By PETE BANDA STAFF WRITER REPORTER@SBNEWSPAPER.COM A former San Benito graduate has just been named the Colorado State Teacher of the Year. Leticia Ingram, a 1984 graduate of San Benito High School, was one of three finalists for the state-wide award and is the first Roaring Fork School District teacher to receive the state’s …
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Nov 04 2015
By PETE BANDA STAFF WRITER REPORTER@SBNEWSPAPER.COM Three months after the search for a new San Benito City Manager began, City officials are finally ready to narrow down the number of applicants to just a few names who will then be interviewed in the following weeks. A special City meeting will be held on Wednesday, November …
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Nov 04 2015
By PETE BANDA STAFF WRITER REPORTER@SBNEWSPAPER.COM For years, the San Benito CISD has implemented programs to help students who come from Migrant families assimilate to the classrooms as best as possible. For the past seven years, through a program called “A Bright Beginning,” the District has offered migrant families an early childhood education implemented for …
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Oct 30 2015
By MARTHA MCCLAIN Special to the NEWS Park and building rental fees in San Benito are being reduced by the City Commission to encourage greater citizen use of local facilities and generate revenue for the City. “By reducing rates, we hope that more citizens will use our facilities for their recreational and social events,” said …
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Oct 30 2015
By PETE BANDA STAFF WRITER REPORTER@SBNEWSPAPER.COM A Harlingen man is behind bars after police say he crashed into a Jeep that was parked on the side of the expressway in San Benito, and then proceeded to flee on foot with several young children. According to a press release from the San Benito Police Department, …
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Oct 30 2015
By PETE BANDA STAFF WRITER REPORTER@SBNEWSPAPER.COM A United States District Judge recently ordered a San Benito drug lord to serve a 25-year sentence in federal prison, immediately followed by five years of supervised release after he was convicted on federal drug-trafficking charges recently. According to a press release issued by the U.S. Department of Justice-Southern …
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Oct 30 2015
By PETE BANDA STAFF WRITER REPORTER@SBNEWSPAPER.COM The City recently appointed a new “temporary” court judge as Judge Ben Yudesis and Justice of the Peace David Garza will both be unavailable for at least a few weeks. According to Interim City Manager Art Rodriguez, local attorney Charles Starling will serve as the court judge for the …
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