Feb 20 2015
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com The deadline to apply to run for San Benito City Commission and San Benito Consolidated School District Board of Trustees is next Friday, and so far it appears that the 2015 race will be a heated one. SBCISD Place 1 has already seen two candidates. Rene Salinas and Michael …
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Nov 12 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito CISD officials are currently conducting contract negotiations with the lone finalist for the superintendent of schools position. The SBCISD Board of Trustees on Thursday, Nov. 6, named Dr. Marc Puig as the lone finalist via a 7-0 unanimous vote. Puig currently serves as superintendent of Culberson County-Allamoore ISD …
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May 11 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com In an overwhelming call for change in leadership, unofficial results of Saturday’s general elections in San Benito saw citizens elect the community’s first female mayor and institute a shift in power on the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees. According to uncanvassed votes in the San Benito City Commission …
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May 10 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Election Day has finally arrived. From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, May 10, citizens who did not partake in early voting will have the opportunity to cast their votes for their candidates in both the San Benito City Commission and San Benito CISD School Board elections. As …
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May 10 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Candidates vying for public office in San Benito have received a combined total of $69,877.65 in political contributions and spent a whopping $75,428.22 on their campaigns, according to the second filing of campaign finance reports. San Benito CISD Candidates June Aguilera, Place 4 incumbent in the race for the …
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Mar 21 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com With election season now in full swing, political signs and advertisements are again becoming ubiquitous in the community, so too is the need to report campaign contributions and expenditures that makes all the hoopla possible. Candidates for the upcoming San Benito City Commission and San Benito CISD school …
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Mar 14 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Fifty-two applicants, 12 finalists, five remaining hopefuls and three withdrawals later, the San Benito Greyhounds finally have a new head football coach and athletic director. The San Benito CISD Board of Trustees met during a special meeting Friday afternoon and discussed in closed session the matter of filling the …
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Mar 11 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com It’s decision time. At a special meeting slated for 3 p.m. Friday, March 14, the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees is scheduled to discuss and take possible action on employing a new head football coach and athletic director. Up for the job are two remaining hopefuls for …
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Mar 07 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com It’s down to three. The San Benito CISD Board of Trustees opted on Thursday to table the selection of a new head football coach and athletic director in lieu of additional time to interview and evaluate three finalists for the job. The decision came via a 7-0 unanimous vote …
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Dec 13 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A new king was crowned in the Fifth Annual San Benito News “Best Tamales” contest on Friday. Many people crowded near a window to observe the five judges as they tasted and graded different types of tamales to determine which would reign over all the rest. “This was …
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