Tag: Christmas parade

Parade Donations Considered Success

By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The spirit of giving is alive and well in San Benito if you ask Claire Roewe of the San Benito food pantry. Attendees the Annual Christmas parade on Saturday were asked to bring donations for the San Benito Food Pantry. San Benito food pantry volunteers walked along Sam Houston accepting …

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San Benito Parade of Lights slated for Saturday

By DINA AREVALO Special to the NEWS ‘Tis the season of giving, and this year residents of San Benito can enjoy giving a helping hand to the San Benito Food Pantry while oohing and ahhing at the Valley’s longest-running lighted Christmas parade. Saturday marks the 64th annual San Benito Parade of Lights along downtown Sam Houston …

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Christmas Parade to feature 97 floats Saturday

SB Christmas parade pic

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Local dentist Serapio De La Rosa Jr., D.D.S. has been selected as the grand marshal of this weekend’s 63rd annual San Benito Lighted Christmas Parade. Scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, De La Rosa will lead the holiday procession, held downtown San Benito on Sam Houston Boulevard, consisting …

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City plans bazaar, carnival, Parade

Special to the NEWS San Benito’s 63rd annual Christmas Parade and Bazaar is scheduled on Saturday, Dec. 14, under the direction of the Special Events Board. Participating novelty float entries will be judged on “A Cowboy Christmas” theme, with prize money and trophies to be awarded in three places in each of the categories including …

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Hundreds drawn to EDC’s Downtown Market Days

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The second Market Days event in a series of six was held on Saturday, Nov. 9, off Sam Houston Boulevard near the railroad tracks and the Veterans War Memorial. The event, titled “Welcome Back Winter Texans,” saw approximately 75 different vendors come out to sell various items in …

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