Oct 25 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Allow me to indulge my fascination with the supernatural. I so rarely get the opportunity, and Halloween is the perfect excuse to stretch my legs, so to speak. Consider that eerie stories of ghostly encounters and the like have always been a topic of interest among my family and …
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Oct 25 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Cutting the cord is the cable plan I’ve always wanted. As media giants like Time Warner take steps to keep up with the increased demand for streaming content, we are seeing more options for those who are ditching the traditional cable box in favor of the almighty app. HBO …
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Oct 25 2014
By PASTOR MARK MOLINA Living Waters Church When God calls us what does it look like? Is His call to a place of greatness? Will we hear the heavens roar with thunder?! Will it be so clear to us that we will immediately know it is God’s voice that we hear? Or will we need …
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Oct 21 2014
(Photos by Karen Tijerina) The San Benito High School Mighty Greyhound Marching Band earned a Division 1 rating at the annual Pigskin Jubilee on Saturday, Oct. 18, and now prepares for Area competition in San Antonio on Saturday, Oct. 25. Pictured are scenes from Pigskin, including the Los Fresnos and Harlingen marching bands. [slideshow_deploy id=’16150′] [slideshow_deploy id=’16137′]
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Oct 21 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito High School Mighty Greyhound Marching Band plans to be at its mightiest on Saturday, Oct. 25, when Area competition will kick off at Gustafson Stadium in San Antonio. The band earned the trip after securing a Division 1 rating at the Pigskin Jubilee in San Benito on …
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Oct 21 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Homecoming couldn’t come at a better time in San Benito as the annual parade, burning of the “SB” letters and pre- as well as post-game festivities are planned this week. The San Benito High School Student Council’s annual Homecoming Parade will be held downtown Sam Houston Boulevard, heading north …
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Oct 21 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com As the Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center’s annual Conjunto Fest celebrates its 23rd year, co-founder Rogelio Nuñez is happy to see that the event is still going strong. Nuñez, who has been involved with the festival since its inception in 1992, couldn’t possibly have known what the next 23 years …
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Oct 21 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The search for a new superintendent at San Benito CISD continues. A total of 49 candidates applied for the position, which Arnold Padilla, president of the SBCISD Board of Trustees, highlighted in a telephone interview on Monday. “The only comment that I can make at this time is that we …
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Oct 21 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com As the San Benito Housing Authority begins its search for a new executive director following the resignation of Arnold Padilla, Finance Director Janet Velez has been named the interim executive director. Padilla is currently working to make Velez’s transition smooth as preparations are made for the hiring of a new …
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Oct 21 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Sugar skulls, marigolds and pan de muerto are just part of the festivities that take place on Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos, depending on the region. The celebration takes place between Oct. 31 and Nov. 2. Dr. Enriqueta Ramos of San Benito, a retired professor of …
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