Feb 17 2015
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com “There is an incredible product on the market that would probably take all of the politics out,” said City Manager Manuel Lara of San Benito’s street woes. In 2012, the City of San Benito established, through its officials, a list of streets deemed in highest disrepair. The process by …
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Feb 04 2015
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito City Commission held a special workshop Monday, Feb. 2 to discuss the rehabilitation of three private streets which had been previously placed on the agenda of a regularly-scheduled meeting last month. The streets up for discussion were Railroad Road (paving and utilities), Roberts Drive and Schneider …
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Nov 25 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Repair work is still underway at two San Benito streets due to delays associated with the relocation of gas lines at one road and inclement weather at the other. The reconstruction of Shafer Road in San Benito has been stalled due to gas lines that require relocating, according to …
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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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Aug 13 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A citizen of San Benito is demanding answers about how his tax dollars are being spent in regards to street repairs. Nicholas Lerma, 60, is upset about the condition of many of the streets in the city, particularly the intersection of North Dick Dowling Street and East Rose …
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Apr 19 2013
By JOE BOCANEGRA Special to the NEWS The San Benito City Commission approved Tuesday four streets officials plan to request contracts for construction bids. The decision came after discussion from City Commissioners, City Manager Manuel Lara and Assistant City Manager Hector Jalomo. The roads that were agreed by the Commission are Shafer from South Oscar …
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Jan 29 2013
By JOE BOCANEGRA Special to the NEWS Plans to repair San Benito streets currently await the contracting of an engineer to supervise the project. As previously reported, the city agreed to borrow $3.1 million in the form of Certificates of Obligation with an interest rate of 2.55 percent, which city officials plan to repay over …
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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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