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- Nothing ‘impugnable’ about a boy’s spelling bee performance
- By ANA LEY/The Monitor
- WESLACO — Mashad Nair Arora barely hesitated on the word that made him the Rio Grande Valley’s top speller.“Impugnable?” he asked the pronouncer.
He paused briefly as he pictured the word in his mind. A room full of silent... Full story
- Valley Freedom Newspapers hosts 22nd annual spelling bee
- By JENNIFER L. BERGHOM/The Monitor
- The fourth time may just be the charm for 11-year-old Niroshan Anandasivam.
On Saturday, Niroshan, a sixth-grade student at Kenmont Montessori School in Brownsville, will compete with 50 other students from public and private schools throughout the... Full story
- Photographer Ruth Hoyt to be showcased at 2010 Natural History series
- By ANDRIELLE FIGUEROA/Mid-Valley Town Crier
- WESLACO — Feb. 27 will mark the eighth week of the 2010 Natural History Speaker Series held at the Valley Nature Center located on 301 S. Border St. in Weslaco.
The Valley Nature Center has collaborated with the Weslaco Chamber of Commerce to... Full story
- Author to visit South Texas ISD
- By ANDRIELLE FIGUEROA/Mid-Valley Town Crier
- Young-adult author, Laura Resau is expected to visit South Texas Independent School District’s across the Valley on March 2-5. The Baltimore, Maryland native will share her inspirations that fueled her work plus writing workshops.
Resau will... Full story

- Winter Texans share new take on barn quilts
- By ANDRIELLE FIGUEROA/Mid-Valley Town Crier
- WESLACO — Quilts are usually recognized for their simple patterns, but Winter Texans from Rio Valley Estates have modernized this hobby into fun for everyone.
Originally from Tripoli, Iowa, Mary Lou Benson first discovered barn quilts on a... Full story

- Baby of the Decade
- Weslaco mom gives birth to 10-pound son at Harlingen Medical Center
- By FERNANDO DEL VALLE/Valley Morning Star
- HARLINGEN — For Johanna Mendoza, her toughest pregnancy gave her her first boy, Harlingen’s first baby of the new decade, she said Friday.
Isaac Anciso Jr. weighed in at 10 pounds, 6.8 ounces, stretching out to 20.7 inches when he was... Full story

- After winning an accordion competition, Rodriguez branches out to mariachi
- By FERNANDO DEL VALLE/Valley Morning Star
- Six months after sweeping the top prize in a Texas accordion contest, Heriberto Rodriguez is changing his tune.
“It’s an ironic story,” said Rodriguez, 16, a junior at Edcouch-Elsa High School.
In June, Rodriguez won Texas... Full story

- Christmas Parade and Winter Fest is Thursday
- Special to MVTC
- Special to MVTC
WESLACO — Because of impending inclement weather, the parade committee has decided it is best for participants and volunteers to postpone the Mid-Valley Lighted Christmas Parade until December 17.
Celebrate the holiday... Full story

- Weather postpones Christmas parade
- By MIKE GONZALEZ/Mid-Valley Town Crier
- WESLACO — Incoming cold temperatures and wet weather put a damper on this year’s Mid-Valley Lighted Christmas Parade and Winter Fest 2009.
Originally scheduled for Dec. 4, the festivities have been postponed until Dec. 17, a Thursday... Full story

- Expressway light outages irk TxDOT, local communities
- By GABRIEL SALDANA/Valley Morning Star
- LA FERIA — Street lights along Expressway 83 between La Feria and Pharr are still out, 11 months after a Valley Morning Star report on many of the same outages in December 2008.
Texas Department of Transportation’s Transportation... Full story