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Relay for Life is Saturday in Mogan City
MORGAN CITY, La. -- The central event of the East St. Mary Relay for Life takes place at the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium Saturday. The Relay for Life is sponsored by the American Cancer Socie...
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Gabriella Darden
Centerville High top grads recognized
Centerville High School’s Class of 2013 will be led by the top two graduates, Jaric McDaniel and Gabriella Darden, during commencement exercises tonight. Gabriella Darden is the daughter of Monique...
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Alexis Nicole Cross
Top grads announced at West St. Mary
West St. Mary High School announces its top graduates for the 2012-13 school term — Becka Renee’ Caro, Alexis Nicole Cross, Megan Elizabeth Arton and Hayley Hiles. Commencement exercises are at 6 p...
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Berwick considers funding new playground equipment
BERWICK — Town leaders are considering paying for a $40,000 piece of playground equipment to replace the 25-year-old equipment at the Berwick Civic Complex. Troy Lombardo, the council representativ...
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Welcome center lifted -- Building sagged about 4.5 feet in 2012
MORGAN CITY, La. — Nearly 11 months to the date the Cajun Coast Visitors and Convention Bureau Welcome and Interpretative Center building sagged about 4.5 feet, the center is now back to its origin...
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Tour du Teche registration opens
Registration for Tour du Teche IV, a three-day race for kayaks and canoes down Louisiana’s lush Bayou Teche, is open until 5 p.m., Friday, Sept. 13. The 135-mile race is Oct. 4-6 with pre-race even...
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From left, Port of Morgan City attorney Gerard Bourgeois swears in commissioners Tim Matthews Sr. and R. Scott Melancon at Monday’s Morgan City Harbor and Terminal District meeting.
Port seeks grant to extend its dock
MORGAN CITY, La. — The Port of Morgan City is seeking a $10 million to $12 million grant to pay for extending the port’s dock to the west and to the seawall while also upgrading the dock, said Mike...
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U.S. Rep. Charles W. Boustany Jr., R-Lafayette, spoke during a hurricane preparedness forum Monday at the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium.
Boustany: Flood insurance is top priority
MORGAN CITY, La. — Making sure the FEMA flood maps accurately reflect the flood risk in St. Mary Parish and all along the coast while trying to keep insurance rates affordable is a top priority for...
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A hurricane season preparedness forum was held Monday in the ballroom of the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium.
Hurricane forum: Size of storm is just as important as category
MORGAN CITY, La. — When preparing for a hurricane or tropical storm, the size of the storm may be just as important as the category, officials from the National Weather Service and National Oceanic...
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DARE grads
Chitimacha Tribal Police Department held its 2013 DARE graduation at Chitimacha Tribal School May 6. The graduates are Jasmine Derouen, Kaleb Fluke, Evan Frederick, Savannah Guillory, Malikai Heber...
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Firemen needed in Franklin
Franklin Fire Department is searching for full-time members. Chief Chuck Bourgeois said career members work a modified shift of three 24-hour shifts followed by four consecutive days off. The base...
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Gregory M. Parker
Morgan City man accused of shaking his infant son
MORGAN CITY, La. -- A Morgan City man has been arrested after police say he shook his infant son causing the child neurological damage. Gregory Marcus Parker, 18, of Bernice Street was charged at 1...
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Over-filled trash cans on Veterans Boulevard in Patterson could attract black bears.
Bear-proof trash cans are unique to St. Mary Parish in Louisiana
St. Mary Parish is the only place in the state that deploys bear-proof trash cans. “This is the only place in the state of Louisiana that we have bear-proof cans. St. Mary Parish can step up to the...
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Baldwin Mayor Wayne Breaux, left, presented the keys to the city Thursday to legal counsel Vincent Borne for his decade of service to the board of alderman. Borne has been sworn in as a judge for 16th Judicial District Court and resigned his position as Baldwin’s legal adviser in February. The board Thursday appointed town resident and Franklin attorney Joseph Tabb as its new legal counsel.
Baldwin eyes derelict vehicle options
Lincoln Street in Baldwin is in severe need of repairs and resurfacing would be even better. A letter from residents of the street was presented Thursday to the Baldwin Board of Alderman during its...
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Holy Cross Elementary School students in Katie Rock’s fifth-grade class awaited the announcement and presentation of the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis. Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio who was elected pope, is the first pontiff from the Americas. Students cheered his arrival on the Vatican balcony.
Francis impresses religious here
Reaction by Catholics across the state, as well as locally, to newly appointed Pope Francis has been positive. Monsignor J. Douglas Courville, pastor of St. Stephen Catholic Church in Berwick, said...
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Parish trying to keep West Gate at Wax Lake open
Parish administrators are attempting to convince the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to continue to fund operation of the west floodgate of the Wax Lake Outlet at Bayou Teche. Wednesday, members of th...
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Charles Goodson, PetroQuest
Speaker: Natural gas is future of energy industry
MORGAN CITY, La. — North America could be energy independent by the end of the decade if the continent uses more natural gas in areas such as transportation, said Charles Goodson, chairman, CEO and...
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Scott McCue, executive chef at Cypress Bayou Casino in Charenton, sautés fresh asparagus Friday morning in the casino’s kitchen. McCue said he uses extra virgin olive oil when cooking his favorites, which include mushrooms, fresh beef and wild game.
Cypress Bayou executive chef is top winner in Acadiana Culinary Classic
CHARENTON -- A Berwick chef took top honors in the 28th annual Acadiana Culinary Classic in Lafayette. Scott McCue, executive chef at Cypress Bayou Casino in Charenton, won the grand prize of “Best...
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Black bear advisory issued for St. Mary Parish
An advisory from the La. Department of Wildlife and Fisheries tells St. Mary Parish residents to take precautions to minimize encounters with black bears. The advisory issued Monday follows the re...
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Earl Meador, regional director of South Central Louisiana Technical College's Young Memorial Campus in Morgan City
Port considers foreign free trade zone
MORGAN CITY, La. — The Port of Morgan City is considering applying to establish a foreign free trade zone at the port. The Morgan City Harbor and Terminal District discussed the possibility and wei...
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Surprise visit
Cyril Vetter, center, author of the book “Fonville Winans’ Louisiana: Politics, People and Places” made a surprise visit to Grevemberg House March 2 during the St. Mary Landmarks display of Winans’...
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Sen. Allain's Office
State Sen. Bret Allain, Dist. 21, was joined by friends, family, local and state officials and Chamber of Commerce members Wednesday for a ribbon cutting at his new Franklin office located at 600 M...
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David Bias
Morgan City man guilty of armed robbery
A St. Mary Parish jury found a 26-year-old Morgan City man guilty Thursday of armed robbery with a firearm and possession of a fireman by a convicted felon in connection with a May 2010 incident, a...
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Addressing local resource, conservation concerns
The annual Natural Resource Conservation Service and St. Mary Soil and Water Conservation Service “Locally Led Meeting” was held last week on the fourth floor of the St. Mary Parish Courthouse. St....
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