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Berwick Elementary fifth-grader Graham Richard and M.E. Norman fifth-grader Noelle Cheramie were recognized as Students of the Month at Thursday's St. Mary Parish School Board meeting.

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The School Board's Employees of the Month are, from left: Laine Mayon, Berwick Elementary curriculum coordinator; Laura Cortez, M.E. Norman pre-K teacher; and Tamika West, a teacher in the St. Mary Parish Alternative Program;

The Review/Bill Decker

School Board opposes new Title IX rules

CENTERVILLE — The St.

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The Review/Bill Decker
The Brown House, built in 1893, now houses Berwick's Heritage Museum.

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These bronzed children's shoes memorialize one little girl's trip from New York City to Berwick on the Orphan Train.

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This bat belonged to Sid Gautreaux, a local native who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1930s.

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Gunder Thorguson is shown with his family. In 1893, he built what is now known as the Brown House for his daughter, Thresia, who married George Brown. Courtesy of the Brown House.

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Shirley Savoie wore this gown when Mardi Gras returned to Berwick in 1981.

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Patsy Thomas shows a settee that was part of the Brown House's furnishings.

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Elby Fangue, came ashore at Normandy on D-Day plus one in 1944, wore the Army uniform in the foreground. Kenneth Thomas, who wore the Navy uniform at left, served on a ship supplying troops who invaded Okinawa in 1945.
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Berwick treasures: Brown House tells the town's story

BERWICK — Suppose, just to be supposing, that there was a flood, a hurricane or a fire (knock on a 130-year-old hardwood floor).

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