Jul 29 2011
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com RIO HONDO – Rio Hondo ISD officials hope several reassignments at high level positions will improve test scores, this after the district was rated Academically Acceptable for the 2010-2011 school year. In response to an open records request, Rio Hondo ISD announced the following reassignments on Tuesday: As per …
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Jul 29 2011
By JOE BOCANEGRA Special to the NEWS A recommendation by the City of San Benito Utilities Board to the City Commission may result in applying a fixed water rate to individual apartment/RV tenants. According to Place 4 City Commissioner Celeste Sanchez, the proposal came about as a recommendation by the Utilities Board after researching customer …
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Jul 29 2011
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Friends of the Library have launched an effort to collect at least 50 backpacks as part of the non-profit organization’s first annual Back to School Celebration. According to Friends of the Library President Ernest Quintanilla, the backpacks will be given away (while supplies last) as part …
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Jul 29 2011
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com As a single father who doesn’t have full custody of his son, San Benito native Steven Ray Hernandez understood that it was going to be an uphill battle to guarantee visitation. Court fees and lawyer expenses considering, it was actually much more difficult than he had initially anticipated; in …
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Jul 29 2011
Children shoot a little pool, play some foosball, and enjoy a good movie at the Boys & Girls Club of San Benito Thursday afternoon. On average, the club services nearly 200 kids per day, feeding them warm meals and providing a number of activities and creative outlets. (Staff photos by Michael Rodriguez)
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Jul 29 2011
David Noyola, head band director at Miller Jordan Middle School (MJMS), instructs 12-year-old Angela Nuñez on the oboe as alto saxophonist Angelina Valenzuela, also 12, looks on Thursday inside the MJMS band hall. Summer band runs through Aug. 11, Monday-Thursday at MJMS. (Staff photo by Michael Rodriguez)
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Jul 28 2011
Special to the NEWS The National Weather Service (NWS) in Brownsville issued a tropical storm watch for the lower Rio Grande Valley area on Thursday morning. The watch continued as of presstime for Brooks, Kenedy, inland Willacy, inland Cameron, coastal Willacy and coastal Cameron counties not to mention for those with marine interests in the …
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Jul 26 2011
Bill legalizing children brought to US illegally lives, barely By NADIA TAMEZ-ROBLEDO Special to the NEWS WASHINGTON – After a decade of failure in Congress, the DREAM Act refuses to die. The bill that would give people brought to the U.S. illegally as children a chance to become legal residents fell five votes short of …
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Jul 26 2011
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com For the first time since he nearly lost his life in Iraq, Cyndi Gonzalez of San Benito saw her son Tuesday night when he was transferred to the Brooks Army Medical Center in San Antonio. It was on Friday, July 22 when 20-year-old Eluterio “Junior” Aguilar, a 2009 graduate …
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Jul 26 2011
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com In what Mayor Joe H. Hernandez called a “long overdue” project, City of San Benito officials together with representatives of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) gathered Monday for a ribbon cutting ceremony that marked the opening of a new FM 732 corridor in town. The ribbon cutting, sponsored …
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