Feb 14 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The upcoming races for the San Benito CISD and Cities of San Benito and Rio Hondo May general elections are becoming clearer as more candidates filed before the Feb. 28 deadline. As the deadline draws nearer, the incumbents for the San Benito municipal elections remain unopposed. Since the …
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Feb 07 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Now there’s more. It has been a little over a week since Wednesday, Jan. 29, when candidates began filing for races in the San Benito CISD and Cities of San Benito and Rio Hondo May general elections, and though activity has been minimal, there have been additional hopefuls …
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Feb 04 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Little activity has transpired since Jan. 29, the first day to file for candidacy in races for the City of San Benito, the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District and the City of Rio Hondo. According to San Benito City Secretary Lupita Passement, the only candidates that have …
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Jan 24 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com It has been over a year since San Benito Boys and Girls Club Board of Directors President Tommy Ramirez made a plea to the City of San Benito and the community to help prevent the Club from closing its doors. Now, just over a year later, the Club …
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Jan 21 2014
By JOE RODRIGUEZ Special to the NEWS On Sept. 16, 2013, the City Manager, Mr. Manuel Lara, penned a guest “CITY DESK” column titled “Greater Transparency.” Remember those two words, as that is the subject of this commentary. You can read Mr. Lara’s entire column (City Manager Column) by visiting www.resecacity.blospot.com. For the sake of …
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Jan 07 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The City of San Benito and the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District are gearing up for this year’s elections. The municipal race will see the seats of Mayor Joe Hernandez, Place 1 City Commissioner Tony Gonzales and Place 2 City Commissioner Rene Villafranco up for election. In …
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Jan 07 2014
Special to the NEWS Residential and commercial customers waiting in long lines to pay their water bills at the City of San Benito’s utilities counter now have several new options to speed-up their payment process. An automatic bank draft option is one payment method that is completely free of charge and ensures payments are received …
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Dec 30 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com With the year coming to a close, San Benito City Manager Manuel Lara is looking toward the public for input on how to help improve the community in 2014. “What I would like to do personally, myself, before we start working on the budget, I would like to …
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Dec 13 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The City of San Benito will soon seek bids for upcoming street repair projects, this after spending more than $300,000 this year. Marie Leal from Brown, Leal and Associates updated the City Commission at a regular meeting on Tuesday regarding the project’s progress. “She’s representing the engineering firm …
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Dec 13 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The South Texas Youth Stock Show (STYSS) will go on at the City of San Benito Fairgrounds after all, but not exactly as planned. The STYSS is now set for a one-day event on Saturday, Jan. 18. “Normally we are a three-day full blown county fair livestock show …
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