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WALL OF IMMACUALTE CONCEPTION CATHEDRAL RESTORED
(Ed.s Note: A few months after a car crashed into the section of the wall facing Jefferson Street on the north side the Immaculate Conception Cathedral, mason Refugio Rodriguez was on the job to fix...
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"KEEP YOUR FEET ON THE GROUND AND KEEP REACHING FOR THE STARS..."
(Ed.'s Note: Visitors and workers at the City of Brownsville Municipal Court on Levee Street were mystified as to the meaning of the large banner that appeared Tuesday morning over a railing from the...
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YES, WE HAVE NO CONSTRUCTION GOING ON SO DON'T PARK
(Ed.'s Note: Even after repeated complaints from local business workers and city commissioners about the closing of East 11th Street from Elizabeth to Washington streets, the construction crew working...
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ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY, A BACKWARD LOOK AT IRISH HISTORY
(This post previously appeared in El Rrun-Rrun. We reprint it here in honor of St. Patrick's Day for our fellow citizens of Irish descent and other like-minded readers.)By Juan MontoyaThe readers of...
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TIME TO BRING POLICIES ON COUNTY CREWS TO 21ST CENTURY
By Juan MontoyaThere is a rule in setting discipline in county government that states that unless a supervisor imposes the rules on everyone equally and fairly, the results will be chaos or fuel...
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CORECTION: NEGLIGENT DRIVER CRASHES, KILLS MAN, 79
Special to El Rrun-RrunThe witnesses who saw the horrific crash where an elderly man died, said that he had no chance.The accident happened at about 8 p.m. near the Family Dollar on Boca Chica and and...
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FIREFIGHTERS WREST BACK UNION CONTROL FROM CHIEF
Special to El Rrun-RrunThe union elections for new officers of the Brownsville Firefighter Association Local #970 has seen the anti-Chief Carols Elizondo faction – himself a precious union president –...
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EYE-OPENING PROFILE OF BROWNSVILLE'S "FOUNDER"
(All through elementary, high school, and even in college, local students and residents have been told that Charles Stillman was the "founder" of Brownsville. In reality, Stillman was a ruthless...
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A READER SHARES A NICE PHOTO OF RESACA, WATER FOWL
(Ed.'s Note: We often get sent photos by our seven readers which show the unique character of our city. In this case, one of our readers caught a gem of a photo which he graciously shared with us...
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OF GRANDMAS, GRANDKIDS, PUSSY CATS AND JAGUARS
By Juan MontoyaWhen his kids were young, Andres, living with his ex and in-laws in Central Michigan, would surround them with learning aids.Whether it was hand-made blocks of wood representing ones and...
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THE DAY CHON GAVE UP WHITEWING DOVE HUNTING
By Juan MontoyaFor years, when Chon and his buddies were children, they was a scourge to birds and small critters in the northside rural areas of Brownsville, on the U.S.-Mexico border.Ranging over...
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IT'S TEAM SAENZ'S LALI BETANCOURT VS. SYLVIA GARZA-PEREZ
By Juan MontoyaYou can take it to the bank.Lali Betancourt, sister of county court-at-law Laura and the county treasurer David Betancourt is Team Saenz's candidate to challenge Cameron County Clerk...
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IS THAT R(EBECCA)OSE GOWEN OF SUNNYBROOK FARM?
By Juan MontoyaWe can only guess that the reelection campaign sign approved by the City of Brownsville At-Large "B" incumbent Commissioner Dr. Rose Gowen is playing up what she believes are the...
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AND THE COST OF LA CASA DEL NYLON CONTINUES TO SOAR...
By Juan MontoyaWhen Mayor Tony Martinez lobbied for the $2.3 million purchase of the Case Del Nylon from his buddy Abraham Galonsky, he sold it as a way to lure the UT System to keep UT-Brownsville...
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AT MUNICIPAL COURT, BAEZ GONE AS THE DIRECTOR... AGAIN
By Juan MontoyaWell, he's gone again.We're speaking of Municipal Court Administrator Roberto Baez, who before had been suspended with pay by the city administration for allegedly participating in a...
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C.A.V.A. HEADS TO LEGISLATURE ON VOTE-HARVESTING BILL
By Juan MontoyaFor years, Citizens Against Voting Abuse (CAVA) director Mary Helen Flores has seen politiqueros and politiqueras get arrested, booked, and convicted, spend a day in jail at most, and...
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FRENCH BANK URGED NOT TO SUPPORT BROWNSVILLE LNG
By Tom DarttheguardianEnvironmental groups have called on a French bank not to help finance a fracked-gas export terminal planned for south Texas.A report released on Wednesday urges BNP Paribas and...
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SEN. LUCIO'S BILL CALLS FOR SINGLE COUNTYWIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT: BISD BOARD TO...
Sec. 13.183. CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CERTAIN OTHER TERRITORY. Effective July 1, 2018, each school district wholly located in a county subject to this subchapter and any detached territory...
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AFTER FIRESTORM LUCIO PULLS COUNTYWIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT BILL; REPLACES IT WITH...
By Juan MontoyaAfter local school districts unleashed a firestorm of protest over his bill to consolidate the eight school districts in Cameron County into one, Texas Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. announced...
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