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Courtesy Xochitl Mora, Laredo, TX—The 18th Annual Borderplex Directory Recycling Contest will once again pit local schools against each other in a friendly competition to see who can collect the most outdated phone books. Three winners will receive cash prizes, totaling $1,800. “Children are an important part of the recycling effort, because they remind adults to
Courtesy Joe Baeza, On October 11, 2010 right before 3 am a TacoTote Restaurant located adjacent to Mall del Norte on San Dario was broken into and robbed of an estimated $13,000. The break in was captured by surveillance footage inside the office of the establishment. The lone burglar broke one of the back windows
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, St. Peter’s Memorial School Jamaica and Bingo is a fun, family celebration that raises funds for one of Laredo’s oldest Catholic schools. The annual fall festival will be held at 1519 Houston Street, on Saturday, October 23, from 5:00 to 10:00 p.m. Admission to the Jamaica is only $1.00 and will feature
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, After closing doors of previous branch due to structural issues in 2006, new building promises to be state-of-the-art facility that will promote reading Early today, City of Laredo officials, joined by several members of the community, including librarians and students, celebrated the groundbreaking of the new South Branch Library. After structural issues
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, The City of Laredo is on a fast track to add two new branch libraries to offer the community, but needs some friends and a lot of help to fill those shelves with books. Thanks to the Friends of the Library, that task is going to be much easier. They are trying
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, The City of Laredo Public Information Office and the Telecommunications Division wanted to be an integral part of the local political process, helping to shape people’s opinion of the candidates and motivate citizens to vote. It once again hosted political forums, in which all candidates for all city and school board general
Courtesy Lesley Lopez, New law to reduce waste, increase accountability Washington — Yesterday, President Obama signed into law legislation authored by Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-Laredo) to increase the accountability and efficiency of homeland security grants. H.R. 3980, the Redundancy Elimination and Enhanced Performance for Preparedness Grants Act, requires FEMA to take
Courtesy Raul Leal, Construction of railroad overpass on US 83 (Guadalupe-Chihuahua Streets) US 83 (Guadalupe-Chihuahua Sts.) cross streets between Monterrey Ave. and Cedar Ave. in Laredo/Webb County: ● NEW – Maryland Avenue, between Chihuahua and Rosario, will be closed from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., each day until October 15, 2010. ● ONGOING – Maryland
By FRANK BAJAK and VIVIAN SEQUERA, Associated Press Writers Frank Bajak And Vivian Sequera, Associated Press Writers – SAN JOSE MINE, Chile – The miners emerged like clockwork, jubilantly embracing wives, children and rescuers and looking remarkably composed Wednesday after languishing for 69 days in the depths of a mine that easily could have been
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, After closing doors of previous branch due to structural issues in 2006, new building promises to be state-of-the-art facility that will promote reading After structural issues with the building forced the closure of the south branch library in 2006, South Laredo had been without the services or facility of a true library
