Sep 15 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com We still don’t know anything. At least that’s been my thought when faced with the barrage of coverage the Stonewall Jackson Hotel has recently received. Sure, there have been plenty of articles published by other local newspapers and TV stations since the San Benito News first broke the story …
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Sep 15 2012
By HEATHER C. COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com I could try to sell you my philosophies on why the world is cruel. I know a story about a man who did something so awful to his two-year-old daughter it earned him 30 consecutive life sentences in prison. I spent years wishing I didn’t know that story. …
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Sep 15 2012
By HEATHER C. COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Those who have lived in San Benito for any length of time may have noticed a rather impressive brick building on 220 E. Stenger St. The sign on the corner of the block still says: Stonewall Jackson Hotel, though the hotel, which was built in 1927, has long …
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Sep 15 2012
By HEATHER C. COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com After a fire on August 27 that led inspectors to numerous code violations at the Stonewall Jackson Hotel, for which the City of San Benito fire and code enforcement departments responded by way of a “Notice to Vacate Premises” letter to tenants, a buzz has been swarming. And …
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Sep 15 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com It’s safe to say that the building and fire code violations city inspectors recently reported at San Benito’s historic Stonewall Jackson Hotel are not, by any means, au courant discoveries. In fact, citizens of San Benito have long considered the hotel synonymous with dilapidating, deteriorating and downright debilitating conditions …
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Sep 15 2012
By HEATHER C. COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Seasons have changed, yet citizens of San Benito are still waiting to hear whether or not officer Guadalupe “Lupi” Andrade of the San Benito Police Department will be reinstated or relieved of her position. Back in July, a standard, mandatory drug test was administered to Andrade. Upon review, …
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Sep 15 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com It’s been over six weeks since the San Benito Economic Development Corporation and the San Benito Chamber of Commerce have been operating without executive directors, this after the former officials in said capacities stepped down. And it looks like it might stay that way, at least for a little …
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Sep 15 2012
By HEATHER C. COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The addition of a stormwater department to the City of San Benito 2012-13 proposed budget is in direct result of an unfunded state mandate, administrators said. So what does that mean? According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), “Stormwater runoff occurs when precipitation from rain or …
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Sep 15 2012
By PETE BANDA Special to the NEWS McALLEN – The San Benito Greyhounds dropped their first game of the season in their district opener on Thursday, a 13-12 loss to the McAllen Memorial Mustangs. San Benito no doubt missed the presence of running back Arturo Coronado, who sat out his second game of the season …
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Sep 15 2012
By ALLISON LAMBRIGHT Special to the NEWS RIO HONDO – The Rio Hondo Bobcats faced the Sinton Pirates in a grueling battle on home turf. But in the end, it was the Pirates who came out victorious, 48-27. To start the game, the Pirates scored a couple touchdowns early in the first quarter bringing them …
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