Sep 09 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com For roughly the last seven years or so, if you wanted to enjoy a dip in the pool, you had only two options: drive to Harlingen, or buy your own. However, there is good news on the horizon as San Benito officials are optimistic that by next summer, the …
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Sep 09 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Don’t be alarmed if you hear the sound of shotgun fire for the next couple of months. It’s just that time of year again — dove hunting season! Last year, Texas set a record for the number of doves killed with 1.8 million birds harvested, according to …
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Aug 29 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com For most people, retiring before 40 seems like nothing more than wishful thinking – extreme wishful thinking. David Satterfield might be one of the few that did that and still went out and got a full-time job. The former Air Force Master Sergeant recently got hired to …
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Aug 26 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com On August 11, the City of San Benito was notified that they were in violation of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) guidelines. The violations stem from a failure to submit water quality reports for the months of March, April, and May. Although there was no …
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Aug 26 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Although Christmas is still four months away, you’d never know that by walking in to the Elks Lodge on Saturday morning. It almost seemed like the final scene of a Disney movie, with kids laughing and smiling while feasting on a seemingly endless supply of pizza. The …
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Aug 19 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com At the age of six, most kids are worried about being able to run faster than their younger siblings. Felix Castillo was worrying about running one of the fastest growing companies in Chicago. Using a recipe that his Grandma, San Benito native Antonlia Avila Balboa, created, …
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Aug 19 2015
By MONICA FONSECA Special to the NEWS The Chamber of Commerce will soon be attempting to breathe life back into the Business/Home of the Month program in the coming weeks, as was discussed at this past Monday night’s meeting. In order to cover the entire city for judging more effectively, the city will be divided …
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Aug 14 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com With the departure of former SBCISD Superintendent Dr. Marc A. Puig becoming official on Friday, Interim Superintendent Dr. Filomena Leo can finally say she has “come back home.” The 1968 San Benito graduate had her four-month contract approved at a board meeting last week and has already …
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Aug 12 2015
Fred Booth Elementary School: Wednesday, Aug.12th from 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13th from 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14th from 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. No registration from 12:00 P.M.-1:00 P.M. Campus officials will also hold an evening registration on Thursday, August 20 from …
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Jul 31 2015
By PETE BANDA REPORTER REPORTER@SBNEWSPAPER.COM A botched home invasion on Thursday night resulted in one San Benito man in jail and another armed man expected to still be on the loose. Sherriff Omar Lucio confirmed at a press conference that Manuel Martinez Duenas, 25, of San Benito, is in custody after a 9-1-1 call …
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