Nov 04 2014
(Staff photos by Ray Quiroga) The San Benito High School Mighty Greyhound Band placed 33rd at the UIL State Marching Band Championships at the Alamodome in San Antonio on Tuesday. The band had previously qualified for State by placing second at the Area competition in San Antonio on Oct. 25. Ranking in the top 10, …
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Nov 04 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com It’s round two. The San Benito CISD Board of Trustees will again meet behind closed doors to decide a lone finalist for the position of superintendent of schools. Trustees will hold a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6 at the SBCISD John F. Barron Administration Building, located at …
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Nov 04 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito City Commission will soon hold a workshop to discuss Ordinance No. 2519, adopting a pay grade and salary classification for certain municipal employees along with an effective date. The workshop will be held at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, where the ordinance, which would repeal 2119 and …
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Nov 04 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Update: Wed. Nov. 5, 3:24 p.m. Item tabled. (additional information in story) The San Benito City Commission discussed on Tuesday evening approving a change order in the amount of $29,000 to continue reconstruction work on McCullough Street. The road, which was originally approved for construction from Line 17 to Business …
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Nov 04 2014
By ESTEVAN MEDRANO San Benito News editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Voting polls will remain open until 7 p.m. in the Cameron County area to determine a string of hotly-contested races this Election Day. An issue that remains of concern in every election, however, is voting fraud, and perhaps the most vulnerable to this are those races involving write-in …
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Nov 01 2014
By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the NEWS HARLINGEN — No worries, there won’t be any Halloween-type references here. No tricks, treats, pumpkins, spooky ghosts or the like. But early on Friday night, something just didn’t seem right with the San Benito Greyhounds. And because of it, Harlingen South earned a huge win. Plagued by four …
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Oct 31 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Attack ads prevalent in the race between 357th State District Judge Oscar X. Garcia and challenger Juan Magallanes continue to intensify as the incumbent alleged libel in an advertisement his opponent purchased for publication in the San Benito News and Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS. The advertisement in question, paid …
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Oct 31 2014
NEWS Staff Report The San Benito CISD Board of Trustees has not yet chosen a superintendent. The board conducted interviews in closed session within three different special meetings this past week in a process that will ultimately determine the new superintendent for SBCISD. Specifically, the board met in closed sessions on Monday, Oct. 20, Tuesday, …
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Oct 31 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com On Wednesday evening, the City of San Benito celebrated the career of longtime employee Hector “Chuck” Jalomo, who retired Friday, Oct. 31. Jalomo, who has been employed with the city for 47 years and served the last 11 as assistant city manager, received recognition for his years as a public …
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Oct 31 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com After early voting brought in more than 1,500 ballots in the San Benito area, nearly 300 in Rio Hondo, roughly 800 in Los Fresnos and close to 20,000 throughout Cameron County, citizens who have yet to hit the polls will have one final opportunity on Election Day, scheduled from …
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