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(Laredo, Tx)-City of Laredo officials and administrators were on hand to celebrate the groundbreaking ceremony for the soon to be expanded South Laredo Waste Water Treatment Plant. Present at the official groundbreaking ceremony were (L to R): City of Laredo Utilities Director Tomas Rodriguez; Assistant City Manager Jesus Olivares; Camp, Dresser, McKee Client Service Manager
Courtesy Maribel Valdez, (Laredo, Tx)-LISD Gallego Elementary School Reading Interventionist Patricia Starnes makes one family’s Christmas a brighter one. Starnes reached out to family and friends and gathered funds to purchase toys, clothing, bicycles, a televeion and a $250 gift card to HEB for the Valdez Family who consists of nine children and mom and
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, (Laredo, Tx)-This past Saturday, December 15, 2012, Cm. Garza, with assistance from sponsors Wal-mart, Crane Engineering, Dannenbaum Engineering Company, LNV, Southern Sanitation, Zertuche Construction, NRP, UETA and Webb County Attorney-Elect Marco Montemayor, who joined Cm. Garza, hosted his seventh annual Christmas Shopping Spree at Walmart for children in District I. Approximately 80
Courtesy Veronica Cantu, (Laredo, Tx)- United High School was presented with a check for $1,000 for winning the Conoco Pump-N-Shop “School Support Drive” Contest. The contest was held at the new store located on McPherson Road and Fenwick Drive and was opened to United and Alexander High School students. To win, students from both campuses
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, (Laredo, Tx)- CenterPoint Energy crews will be closing the 3600 block of Hendricks, between Plum and Locust Street to repair a gas leak. Please follow all detour signs. The closures will last approximately all day today, TUESDAY, December 18, 2012. Contact CenterPoint Energy at (800) 427-7142 for more information.
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, Community Development Department seeks first-time homebuyers for loan assistance (Laredo, Tx) The City of Laredo’s Community Development Department would like to invite low-income first-time homebuyers to apply for homeownership assistance through the Texas Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP). “The purpose of the program is to acquire and rehabilitate foreclosed properties that might otherwise
(Laredo, Tx)-Last Friday, HEB representatives welcomed Blue Santa and members of the Laredo Police Department for a very special donation to the Blue Santa charity program. HEB has always believed in helping here in the community and has, for the past five years, been a big supporter of the Blue Santa / Holiday Bowl program.
Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO,TX – In anticipation of the annual spike in cross-border traffic over the Christmas/New Year’s holiday season, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials in Laredo are taking steps to adjust staffing, including supplementing with Border Patrol agent staffing, and employing additional facilitation measures to address the increased flows. CBP will place
(Laredo,Tx)-City of Laredo Mayor Raul G. Salinas stopped by the Paisano Rest Stop on friday, a unique bi-national project now in its 15th year, offered only in Laredo, Texas. Thousands of paisanos, Mexican nationals traveling south to Mexico for the Christmas and year-end holidays, come through the Port of Laredo and take advantage of the
Courtesy Veronica Cantu, (Laredo, Tx)- Pablo Alvarez, a third grade student at Dr. S. Perez Elementary recently donated a book to his school for his peers and other students to read and enjoy. Entitled “The Real Cowboys & Aliens, UFO Encounters of the Old West”, Pablo was able to meet and talk to the book’s author, Noe
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