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DOROTHY HERNANDEZ BOUDREAUX
Jan. 18, 1938 ~ Oct. 22, 2012 A Mass of Christian burial will be held Wednesday, October 24, 2012, at 12 p.m., at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Baldwin for Mrs. Dorothy Hernandez Boudrea...
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Murder trial will be continued to Jan. 28
The first-degree murder trial of Jamichael Lashawn Hudson has been continued until Jan. 28. The trial was to begin Monday but was delayed to provide the defense time to file additional writs, accor...
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Parish council to meet Wednesday
Members of the St. Mary Parish Council are slated to meet in regular session Wednesday. Items on the agenda include: —Consideration of a proposed ordinance establishing a 15-mph speed limit on Caju...
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St. Mary Parish assistance from Fema tops $1.7 million for Isaac
The Federal Emergency Management Agency released updated Hurricane Isaac housing assistance numbers Monday for St. Mary and St. Martin parishes totaling $1.766 million and $137,845 for each parish,...
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Wheelhouse
Berwick Housing Authority, 2751 Fifth St., meeting 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23. Thrift Store at 304 South Railroad, Morgan City, open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, with a full line of fall and w...
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Toys for Tots poker run scheduled Saturday in Morgan City
MORGAN CITY, La. — The 12th edition of the Marine Corps League, St. Mary Detachment, Toys for Tots Motorcycle Poker Run will be held Saturday. A Poker Run Motorcycle Bike Show will be part of this...
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HMS Homecoming Royalty
Hanson High School’s 2012-2013 Homecoming Royalty was presented Friday on McCloskey Field. From left are First Maid Emily Chauvin and Queen Katie Sonnier. The Tigers beat the Ascension Episcopal Bl...
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Emergency Aid donation
The Hanson Memorial High School Pro-Life Group recently held a “baby shower” following Church of Assumption’s Annual Pro-Life Mass. The students brought baby items to the shower to donate to the Fr...
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Long-shots have their issues too
By MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press BATON ROUGE — They may acknowledge they are long-shots, but the lesser-known contenders vying for Louisiana’s congressional seats on Nov. 6 have political posit...
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Tap, a musical and dancing troupe, is to perform at 7:30 p.m. today at the municipal auditorium in Morgan City.
Tap performing tonight
MORGAN CITY — Tap will be presented at 7:30 p.m. today by Community Concert Association of Morgan City and Live on Stage, at the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium Schreier Theatre. The cast includes...
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Sen. Mary Landrieu speaks at the Petroleum Club of Morgan City Thursday.
Landrieu: Fix broken corps, state needs more offshore revenue
MORGAN CITY, La. — Louisiana needs more revenue from offshore oil and activity and the U.S. Corps of Engineers is broken and needs fixing, said Sen. Mary Landrieu during a fundraiser at the Petrole...
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St. Mary’s hosts Deanery meeting
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church hosted the Southwest Deanery Fall meeting during its Episcopal Ladies meeting Thursday, Oct. 11 at the Trowbridge House in Franklin. The meeting was followed by a lunche...
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Season's Greeting!
Judith and Brent Allain, second photo, lit up downtown Franklin Thursday as the official lamplighters for the 2011 Christmas season. Bands, student groups, local officials, local pageant royalty, a...
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Two wrecks result in arrests; one bonds out
A Franklin woman was arrested Wednesday and charged with first-offense driving while intoxicated after she was involved in a four-vehicle accident in Bayou Vista. Cathy Johnson, 59, was arrested at...
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Load-limit nixed on Franklin area residential road
An 8-ton load capacity limit on LaGrange Robicheaux Road just west of the Franklin city limits was repealed Wednesday with the adoption of an ordinance by the St. Mary Parish Council. The action cl...
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Patterson's parking law detours again
By JEAN L. KAESS PATTERSON — After the city attorney presented research concerning numerous ordinances to the council at its meeting Tuesday and gave several options as to what the council might wa...
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Old Fashioned Christmas Victorian Tours are being held this week at the Grevemberg House Museum in Franklin. More than 250 local students will tour the house this week and experience a true Victorian Christmas. The tour is done with the help of 30 volunteers coordinated by Susan Guidry and Karen Wheeler. The event, sponsored by St. Mary Landmarks, will be open to the public on Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon for a special rate of $1 per person. Children can also have their picture taken with Santa for $5. Guides pictured above with the visiting students are Adrienne Evans and Glenda Comeaux.
Christmas season calendar filling with activities and events locally
The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary will again present its annual Christmas concert, “Lessons and Carols.” The community is invited to attend the free performance Sunday at 2 p....
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Louisiana copes with health reforms
By JEAN L. KAESS MORGAN CITY — Louisiana’s commissioner of insurance is focused on implementing federal health care reforms. That was the message Jim Donelon delivered to the St. Mary Industrial Gr...
Dec 06, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Darby Mack Frickey
Morgan City man charged in Berthelot case
A Morgan City man has been charged with suspected murder in connection with the body found near Centerville last month. St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert said Darby Mack Frickey, 38, of 109 Carol...
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The H & B Young Foundation in Morgan City was one of only 10 donors from across the country recognized for significant contributions to community colleges. The foundation received the Council for Resource Development’s (CRD) Benefactor Award, the only national recognition of donors to the nation’s community colleges. The foundation was recognized for its long-standing commitment to the South Central Louisiana Technical College Young Memorial Campus in Morgan City. From left are Dr. Joe D. May, president, Louisiana Community and Technical College System; Kim Sturgeon, 2011 CRD president; Brenda B. Ayo, H.B. Young Foundation executive director; Gwendolyn E. Ross, Phyllis B. Garber, Emile A. Wagner, Foundation trustees; and Gregory L. Garrett, regional director for South Central Louisiana Technical College, Young Memorial Campus.
Young Foundation gains national award
The H & B Young Foundation in Morgan City gained national distinction by being honored with the Council for Resource Development’s (CRD) Benefactor Award for 2011. The award is the only national re...
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Treasurer lays out goals for next four years
MORGAN CITY — State Treasurer John Kennedy laid out his five goals for Louisiana for the next four years Thursday during his speech at the Morgan City Rotary Club’s luncheon at the Petroleum Club ...
Dec 02, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Found body identified as missing Bayou Vista man
A body found in a cane field on La. 317 near Centerville has been identified as that of a Bayou Vista man reported missing in early November. The body has been identified as that of Mark James Bert...
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Many holiday events on tap
Multiple local Christmas festivities are on tap during the next week, beginning with Santa’s Block Party in downtown Morgan City on Saturday. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and featu...
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U.S. 90 crash kills one, injures second Tuesday
A two vehicle crash on U.S. 90 near Centerville Tuesday night injured one man and killed another, according to reports from State Police Troop I. A chemical spill from the accident at around 10 p.m...
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