Jan 30 2015
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com “Last year we had close to 1,800 confirmed cases of abused children in Cameron and Willacy Counties,” said Richard Alaniz, executive director of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Cameron and Willacy Counties. There are 71 CASA programs in the state of Texas, Alaniz confirmed. “The 71 programs make …
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Jan 30 2015
By JACOB LOPEZ Editor Editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito CISD Superintendent Dr. Marc A. Puig spoke at a special workshop by the San Benito Public Housing Authority to propose a plan for the Stonewall Jackson Hotel. The District sees the hotel as an opportunity to create the Stonewall Jackson Hospitality Instruction Hotel. In a booklet provided by …
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Jan 30 2015
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com The Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) has a mission “to match Texas children in foster care with their forever family.” According to an official statement released by DFPS earlier this month, there are presently 6,147 Texas children seeking a permanent dwelling. Of those, 376 reportedly reside in …
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Jan 30 2015
By ANGELICA CHAVEZ Special to the NEWS The family of late local businessman, Robert J. Darby, recently donated money the San Benito Food Pantry in honor of his memory. His wife of sixteen years, Ruth Woods, gave the monetary donation, and affectionately explained, “He had a giving heart, and before he died he told me, ‘You …
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Jan 30 2015
By PASTOR MARK MOLINA Living Waters Church Special to the NEWS It is my hope that after several months of following this series we have begun to see that God wants to turn our place of failure into a place of faith. The previous 12-part series of “When God Calls” has transitioned to “Where God …
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Jan 28 2015
By JACOB LOPEZ Editor Editor@sbnewspaper.com Nancy Cooper Bohnenberger is the founder of Growing Up San Benito, a Facebook group dedicated to preserving the culture of the Resaca City by sharing links, old news clippings and photos. Ironically, she isn’t from San Benito. Bohnenberger grew up in Harlingen. “I’m a Cardinal,” she. Currently, she lives northeast of …
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Jan 28 2015
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) have confirmed the presence of cattle fever ticks on Cameron County premises, located outside of the permanent quarantine zone. Cattle fever ticks are the most dangerous cattle ectoparasites in the United States, and have reportedly …
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Jan 28 2015
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com Will the Stonewall Jackson Hotel be renovated, sold, demolished or something else entirely? This pressing question is on a forthcoming San Benito Public Housing Authority workshop agenda, where board members will discuss the building’s much-anticipated fate. “We’re in the discussion stage,” said SBPHA Board Member Ron Rogers. “We’re not …
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Jan 28 2015
By MANUEL LARA City Manager Special to the News The contract for design of the Museums of San Benito is being prepared, and a new cultural institution in the Resaca City should be under construction by this summer. Long awaited after some delays due to legal mechanics, this project is moving…It has to, as we …
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Jan 23 2015
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com Issues of street disrepair were tabled at Tuesday’s meeting of the San Benito City Commission, this after commissioners had specifically requested three new streets be added to a long-standing Street Improvement List that dates back to 2012. Schneider Road, Roberts Drive and Railroad Road were considered for rehabilitation at …
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