Raymondville Chronicle News

County judge runs off second lowest bidder for road work

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:35:50 +0000

BY TONY VINDELL

Reporter

An executive with a McAllen company that submitted the second lowest bid for road improvements told Willacy County Judge John F. Gonzales Jr. Tuesday that he is not interested in the job because he felt he was put on the witness stand by Gonzales.

Deep sea fishing charter boats sail out of Port Mansfield

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:35:56 +0000

BY TONY VINDELL

Reporter

[img_assist|nid=36189|title=|desc= CATCH OF THE DAY - is shown by Bud Becker who caught the biggest red snapper during a recent trip out of Port Mansfield.

New boss takes over Reber Memorial Library

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:35:57 +0000

BY TONY VINDELL

Reporter

Micaela Wright has taken the helm of the Reber Memorial Library and plans to bring the public facility on par with today’s technology.

One project which will be implemented soon is an e-library system where users of the library will be able to download their favorite books into a Kindle of other device instead of checking out a book as is done today.

Rain helps farmland a little

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:35:57 +0000

BY TONY VINDELL

Reporter

The rain of the last two days did very little to relief the thirsty farmland even though a trace of precipitation is better than nothing.

A couple of tenths of an inch fell on some parts of Willacy County and that amounts to very little particularly when up to six inches of precipitation is needed to get this year’s planting going.