Sep 12 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com I can trace my love for writing back to when I was about 11 years old. Inspired by a passion for music, I remember inking pen to paper my thoughts on how certain songs affected me at that time. Warning: I shared a similar story back in March 2010, but it …
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Sep 12 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The long-rumored Apple Watch is a thing now. I look forward to the Apple Watch. I enjoy Apple’s products. That said, I’m not one of those fanboys who takes every marketing sheet that comes from the iPhone maker as pericope lifted from the Gospel of [late Apple co-founder Steve] …
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Sep 12 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Special to the NEWS People are insatiable. You can provide a hungry person with the money to purchase food today, but tomorrow, the person will be hungry again. You can give someone all the love you’ve got to offer—more than you can afford—and they’ll need love again. You can teach someone …
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Sep 12 2014
By PASTOR MARK MOLINA Living Waters Church Do you have a situation in your life that seems insurmountable? The Bible has the answer. Are you facing a problem that seems to have no answer? The Bible provides real solutions. Do you have questions to life’s challenges? The Bible can give you a blueprint to the …
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Sep 09 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Harlingen-based Cruz-Hogan Consultants, one of several firms named as a defendant in a lawsuit claiming deficiencies associated with a $17 million water treatment plant it was contracted to design, has alleged in a statement that the San Benito City Commission is being “mislead” by City Manager Manuel Lara and City …
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Sep 09 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com During a San Benito CISD Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 9, district officials discussed the approval of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for an anti-graffiti and community garden project. The MoU is an agreement between two or more parties in which they work in conjunction on a common …
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Sep 09 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Boys & Girls Club of San Benito Board President Tommy Ramirez recently expressed fear in the possibility of the nonprofit organization closing due to lack of funding. At a San Benito City Commission meeting held Sept. 2, commissioners voted to deny a yearly commitment of $25,000 to the club. The …
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Sep 09 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com PORT ISABEL – The Port Isabel-San Benito Navigation District is growing every day, and with it the opportunity for new jobs in the area. On Monday, PISBND Port Director Steven Bearden said that the district, which was once largely responsible for shipping produce via rail line before eventually integrating to …
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Sep 09 2014
By MARY HELEN FLORES Citizens Against Voter Abuse As we enter September, it is the perfect time to make sure you and your family members are registered to vote. Oct. 6 is the deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 4 general elections. These elections will determine who wins at key positions in our …
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Sep 05 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com While San Benito’s population has grown by just 121 – this according to the U.S. Census Bureau – the demand for aid has grown by leaps and bounds as experienced by the San Benito Food Pantry, which has serviced 86 more families during the same two years (2012-13) in which …
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