Aug 05 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito officials pointed to the announcement of a Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) launch site coming to Boca Chica Beach as a potential boon for the local economy. The announcement came Monday after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in July approved SpaceX’s proposal to build a launch site on …
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Aug 05 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito CISD Board of Trustees will analyze bids and finalize a decision regarding the district’s future health care vendors on Thursday, Aug. 7, at a special board meeting. Earlier this summer, SBCISD advertised an open request for vendor proposals for the following services: Stop loss insurance; …
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Aug 05 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com At a regularly scheduled meeting of the City of San Benito Commission on Tuesday, Aug. 5, Commissioners were presented with an agreement between the City of San Benito and South Texas Emergency Care (STEC) Foundation Inc. Per the STEC and San Benito Fire Department First Responder Affiliation Agreement, …
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Aug 05 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com At the regularly scheduled meeting of the San Benito City Commission on Tuesday, Aug. 5, the floor was open to public comments on the proposed substantial amendments to reallocate nearly $165,000 of its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to benefit the cause of establishing a park in …
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Aug 05 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The Boys & Girls Club of San Benito will host its inaugural Art Show and Auction, slated for Friday, Aug. 8, where they will feature one-of-a-kind creations from their summer art classes. Director Veronica Rodgers said, “During the summer, we went into partnership with Tipsy Canvas, to provide …
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Aug 05 2014
By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the NEWS RIO HONDO – New classification, new district, new logo, but same tough Bobcats. About 109 players hit the field Tuesday in Rio Hondo as workouts for the 2014 high school football season got under way the day prior. Seventh-year head coach Rocky James (38-30 career record in six …
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Aug 01 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Jose Naftali Mendez Jr., a former San Benito CISD teacher who has been repeatedly accused of inappropriate behavior with children, is the subject of a suit filed against SBCISD and its Superintendent of Schools, Antonio G. Limón, by the parent of a female Landrum Elementary School student allegedly …
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Aug 01 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com City of San Benito officials met Thursday, July 31 for “an educational seminar” which was prompted, at least in part, by an incident which transpired earlier this month where Assistant City Manager Art Rodriguez confronted the driver of an ambulance that was operating without a permit within the …
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Aug 01 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Employees at a local business were so moved by recent stories of tragedy and inspiration that they raised more than $1,000 for San Benito families in need. Enrique Mendiola of G4s Secure Solutions in San Benito said his staff donated a combined $1,200 from out-of-pocket contributions, which he said …
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Aug 01 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Purple and gold football is officially back in San Benito, and feeling its presence this past week were area underclassmen who wrapped up the annual Greyhound Football Camp. San Benito High School hosted a four-day, intensive camp for incoming seventh, eighth and ninth grade athletes. The camp wrapped …
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