May 01 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com With fear and anxiety already at an all-time high after a last week’s school board meeting in which the exact positions facing reduction were named, Monday seems to be an inevitable nightmare. The school board will be holding a special meeting on Monday, where Superintendent Dr. Marc A. Puig is …
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Apr 03 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Simply put, someone or something is going to have to go. At a special meeting on Monday, the San Benito CISD School Board approved a reduction of staff proposal from Superintendent Dr. Marc A. Puig, effectively putting any program, school, or organization at the risk of downsizing their departments, …
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Mar 25 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito School District has lost a longtime beloved kindergarten teacher. Dr. C.M. Cash Elementary Teacher Patsy Moore dies this past weekend after serving with the district for over 15 years. According to San Benito School District Director of Communications Celia Longoria, Moore was a veteran teacher at …
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Mar 13 2015
By STEVEN RAY HERNANDEZ Editor Editor@sbnewspaper.com Simply put, the San Benito School District’s financial budget is in a major crisis. Since the introduction of charter schools into the San Benito area back in 2008, student enrollment in the public school sector has significantly declined, according to SBCISD officials. This factor has put a major dent on …
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Feb 25 2015
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com According to statistics provided by Teach for America, only 12 percent of students in the Rio Grande Valley will obtain any type of degree within six years of their high school graduation. Teach for America is an American nonprofit organization whose mission is to “eliminate educational inequity by enlisting …
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Aug 19 2014
By ANGELICA CHAVEZ Special to the NEWS It was on July 22 when the San Benito News broke the story about individuals 25 years old and younger being suspected in 64.96 percent of crimes reported by the San Benito Police Department. Since then, local residents have raised concerns regarding this statistic, which was calculated from 836 …
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Mar 28 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com If I was forced to choose one thing that I believe is the culprit for all the controversy that has plagued San Benito over the last several years, I’d identify a misguided sense of prioritizing — characterized by our leadership’s lack of focus, professionalism and rationale — as our …
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Mar 01 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com In a school year that has arguably been marred by tragedy and controversy within the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District, there are those who have painted a different picture of the academic institution – a more thoughtful one. Such thoughtfulness is present in fundraising conducted by district …
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Special to the PRESS Last Thursday, Sept. 23, several members of the local Port Isabel Rotary Club gathered to complete an important local community project they began several months ago. Using matching Rotary grant monies and club funds raised locally, they purchased 10 new benches, placing them throughout Port Isabel and Laguna Heights. Thursday, the … Continue reading [...]
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The 10th annual Motorcycle Cannonball Run ended on South Padre Island this past weekend, with nearly a hundred riders cruising their 100-year-old machines through the Queen Isabella Causeway to victory. Starting in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, on the Canadian border, 88 riders, some dressed in early 1900s garb, departed to Texas … Continue reading [...]
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The City of Port Isabel is now weighing its options in responding to a Federal Aviation Administration analysis of SpaceX’s orbital launch. The FAA released its highly anticipated draft environmental review of SpaceX’s planned orbital launches two weeks ago, saying the launches would have little impact on Boca Chica and the … Continue reading [...]
Photos and words by Gaige Davila The PARADE sat with Will Abete as he started his shift at The Meatball Cafe, preparing to special a piña colada using fresh squeezed pineapple juice. Abete, 25, has worked at The Meatball Cafe for two months. Before, he bartended just across Padre Boulevard at Tequila Sunset. He’s lived … Continue reading [...]
Photos and words by Gaige Davila These days, Samantha Jo Finney is constantly baking. Baking clay, that is. Finney is the mind and hands behind Across The Causeway, a jewelry brand selling handmade, polymer clay earrings and necklaces. Finney started Across The Causeway in 2017, initially making anklets. During the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, … Continue reading [...]
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