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NEW RUNWAY EXPANSION WILL MEAN ADIOS SUNNY SKIES
By Juan MontoyaFor decades now, city officials, planners, and economic developers have lobbied the Federal Aviation Administration to lengthen the main runway at the Brownsville-South Padre Island...
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NEECE'S CASINO FUNDRAISER HOSTED AT ANCHOR HALF MOON
(Ed.'s Note: Former Chief Municipal Judge Ben Neece, now District 4 City of Brownsville Commissioner, will host a post-election fundraiser tonight to retire some campaign expenses with a Casino Night...
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FUTURE OF INDEPENDENT TSC HINGES ON TONIGHT'S VOTE
By Juan MontoyaThis afternoon, during their special meeting to be held at 5:30 pm. at Gorgas Hall, the members of the board of Texas Southmost College will go into executive session.When they emerge,...
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SOME LOCAL QUIRKS IN THE LANGUAGE OF SOUTH TEXAS
By Juan MontoyaCall it Spanglish, bastardized English, or even South Texas patios, but the language spoken here is unique and particularly creative.Sometimes its funny. Other times it's downright...
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BOARD TABS RODRIGUEZ FOR NEXT TSC PRESIDENT
By Juan MontoyaWith all the members participating in the selection process, the board of the Texas Southmost College selected Roberto Rodriguez to be the next president of the community college after...
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IF IT ISN'T THE FIREFIGHTERS, WHO'S "HONORING" FIL VELA?
By Juan MontoyaBy now you've probably seen the announcement on the local daily about the $75 per couple Brownsville firefighters Leadership Ball.For $75 smackers you and your honey can hang out with...
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SOUTH TEXAS ISD EVOLVED INTO 3-COUNTY TAXING OCTOPUS
By Juan MontoyaOstensibly created in 1964 – 53 years ago – with a mission to provide education to disabled youth who were then excluded from public education, the entity known as the South Texas...
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PSA: FAMILY STILL LOOKING FOR HARLINGEN ATTORNEY
By Diana Eva MaldonadoStaff WriterValley Morning StarHarlingen Police are asking for help finding a Harlingen attorney who has been missing for two days.Police say Ernesto Gonzalez, 62, was supposed to...
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NEW RULES FOR HISTORIC OLD CITY CEMETERY; GHOST STORY
By Juan MontoyaWe see where the commissioners of the City of Brownsville have approved a new ordinance for the historic Old City Cemetery at their last meeting.Under the new rules, there will be no...
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OLIVEIRA: "I DON'T WANT TO STOP THE 34-YEAR PAAAARTY!
By Juan MontoyaHere we go again.After 34 years as the state representative for the Texas District 37, which covers most of East Brownsville and South Padre Island, Rene Oliveira says he wants to...
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A LITTLE (VERY LITTLE) HUMOR TOP START THE WEEK
By Juan MontoyaRural folks have a wry sense of humor.It probably comes from being isolated out in the boondocks and just having the time to think about stuff without the hustle and bustle that comes...
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GOVERNMENT INVADES PRIVATE PROPERTY W-OUT PERMISSION
From: National Butterfly CenterAnd so it begins.The surveyor's stakes marking the 150 ft “clearing zone” for Trump’s Border Fence appeared at the National Butterfly Center in Mission, TX, on Thursday,...
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OLIVEIRA'S CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION WAYS GO WAY BACK
By Juan MontoyaWe are grown inured to the predictable sniping from small people over some of our posts.By now we have gotten used to have other piggyback on our posts under the guise of literary...
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WE STAND CORRECTED: VELA FETE ONLY FOR GOOD PEOPLE
By Juan MontoyaWell, we were certainly put in our place after we posted that some "firefighters," (but not the rank-and-file) were behind the honorary ball to be given to U.S. Congressman Filemon Vela...
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PUB CLEARS WAY FOR DOWNTOWN ALLEY IMPROVEMENTS
(Ed.'s Note: It took less than half an hour for this Brownsville Public Utility Board crew to remove a useless utility pole from the alley behind the Central Fire Station in preparation for the paving...
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UNUSUAL SHOT OF EVENING DAD-AND-DAUGHTER BIKE RIDE
(Ed.'s Note: City and traffic lights seem like tracers in the late evening sky as a Dad and his little girl maneuver down Seventh Street in their bikes. Just a block further down is the Palo Alto Bike...
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CAUGHT IN THE ACT: TRYING TO BREAK INTO EL TENAMPA BAR
(Ed.'s Note: Take a gander at the guy above. He was caught on surveillance cameras when he was trying to break into the back door of El Tenampa Bar on 14th Street. It comes at a time when the owner,...
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WHEELCHAIR-BOUND B'TOWN RESIDENT AND HIS BUDDY MAX
(Ed.'s Note: This morning we happened to be in the vicinity of Jefferson Street and Central Boulevard when we saw the pair above come wheeling out from behind a car wash along Central. It turns out to...
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MORE STORM CLOUDS AHEAD FOR TELEVISA WEATHER GAL
(Ed.s Note: Back in February we wrote about how one of our seven readers recognized the pretty woman above as Claribel Sierra, a former weather announcer for Televisa Noreste, a station right across...
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CANDIDATE COUNT UP TO 4 FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 2-2
By Juan MontoyaFor some reason or other, would-be Justice of the Peace candidates for the Precinct 2, Place 2 office occupied by Johnathan Gracia are doubling down that he can be beaten.So far, there...
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