Jan 14 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito CISD Board of Trustees made the decision to name the new elementary school currently under construction on FM 732 after Angela Gerusa Leal on Tuesday night during a school board meeting at the J. F. Barron Administration Building. The decision came after a committee recommended …
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Jan 14 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Abel Fonseca has been a boxer since his grandfather, Porforio Treviño, introduced him to the sport when he was eight-years-old. Now he is passing on that knowledge to the children who participate in the San Benito CISD Afterschool Program. “As of right now I am actually a professional …
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Jan 14 2011
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com I received a phone call about a few weeks ago from a woman who requested a photo of Allen Doan, or Mr. Greyhound for those who remember our September 2009 article featuring the San Benito super fan. But before she was able to explain why she needed the picture, …
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Jan 12 2011
Special to the NEWS After Naming Selection Committee members held a public hearing Monday, Jan. 10 inside the John F. Barron Administration Building regarding the slate of names for the new San Benito CISD elementary school currently under construction on FM 732, and following a 5-2 vote by the district’s school board, Angela Gerusa Leal …
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Jan 12 2011
Hinojosa, Farenthold and Oliveira examine heated political rhetoric By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The assassination attempt on U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, Arizona Saturday has left federal and state officials whose districts cover the Cameron County area on “heightened alert,” not to mention contemplating the recent notion that hostile rhetoric levied at …
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Jan 12 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Separate accidents that occurred during the New Year’s holiday has left two men in a coma and a horse killed. On Dec. 31 at approximately 6:06 p.m., a woman and her four children were driving northbound on FM 732 in a white Dodge Caravan. According to police reports, …
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Jan 12 2011
Community Corner By SCARLET O’ROURKE Special to the NEWS There have been many people from many walks of life who have been able to enjoy the Heaven Resaca Trail in San Benito, and 51-year-old Leo Ramirez is one of them. Since he was a child he was around the area now home of the trail. …
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Jan 12 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Authorities with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) continue searching for a San Benito man who allegedly escaped from a Three Rivers, Texas federal prison camp in September. According to DOJ Public Affairs Officer Angela Dodge, no new information has been received regarding the whereabouts of alleged …
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Jan 12 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com According to the Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS) Report, the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District (SBCISD) has increased in value. Financially, the district’s value for the 2009-2010 school year increased to $792,165,445, an increase of $34,287,711 from the 2008-2009 school year which was valued at $757,877,734. The …
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Jan 12 2011
To the Editor, An important agenda item is scheduled for the City Commission’s Jan. 18 meeting – specifically, the consideration and possible action to select a city attorney. My only interest in submitting this letter is to provide some “food for thought” in this endeavor to the citizens of San Benito. Given the fact that, …
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