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Tips for avoiding trouble with bears
PATTERSON, La. -- With November being a high foraging time for Louisiana black bears, St. Mary residents, especially those living close to wooded areas south of the railroad tracks in Patterson, ar...
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New UL system president named NEW ORLEANS — Sandra K. Woodley is the next president of the University of Louisiana system. The system announced Woodley’s appointment Friday in a news release. Woodl...
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Wheelhouse -- A calendar of events for East St. Mary Parish
Free dinner Pharr Chapel United Methodist Church, 517 Federal Ave., Morgan City, invites the public for a free Thanksgiving dinner 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17.
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Charlie Goulas of Carencro gives an 1840 time period demonstration on metal working. He uses a forge filled with coal to heat a fireplace stoker he was making.
Festival celebrates culture, awareness of imperiled wetlands
MORGAN CITY, La. — Lake End Park in Morgan City was home to a festival Saturday that looked like many other Louisiana festivals with lots of local music and food, yet it had a serious undertone. Th...
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Author speaks on the Saints
“How the New Orleans Saints Saved” the NFL will be the topic of a history discussion to be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Jeanerette Bicentennial Park and Museum located at 500 E. Main St., Jeaner...
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Across U.S., Veterans Day commemorations under way 

JESSICA GRESKO,Associated Press
 KEVIN McGILL,Associated Press Saturday marked the first of what will be three days of Veterans Day commemorations across the United States. The holiday falls on a ...
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Welcome Center fix still in the works
PATTERSON, La. — The Cajun Coast Visitors and Convention Bureau Commission is still in the process of accepting bids to elevate the building and repair the foundation of its Welcome Center and Inte...
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Wheelhouse -- A Calendar of events for East St. Mary Parish
Pilgrim Grove Baptist Church pastor’s anniversary celebration 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11. Public welcomed. Teche Regional Medical Center Auxiliary meets 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, in hospital board room...
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St. Martin Parish recreation tax OK’d
STEPHENSVILLE — Lower St. Martin Parish voters overwhelmingly approved a 2.5-mill recreation tax renewal Tuesday. The measure that affects Stephensville and Belle River residents was approved by 69...
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Berwick police report 2 arrests
St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert reports the following arrests in the eastern part of the parish. —Blade Jared Jett, 23, of Diane Lane, Patterson, was arrested at 7:51 p.m. Thursday on Southeast...
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La Fete d’Ecologie set at Lake End Park Saturday
MORGAN CITY, La. -- Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program will have its 16th Annual La Fete d’Ecologie on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Lake End Park in Morgan City. This is the second...
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Crappell pleads no contest to theft
BERWICK, La. — Penny T. Crappell pleaded no contest Monday to theft over $1,500 for the theft of nearly $59,000 from Berwick Elementary School where she worked as a secretary. The former Berwick c...
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The Top 10 East St. Mary stories of 2011
There was no shortage of news in St. Mary Parish in 2011. Article upon article, issue upon issue, stories both interesting and important cropped up here at The Daily Review. Here is our estimation ...
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Anxious paddlers await the dawn in Bayou Courtableau at the start of the 2011 Tour du Teche. Anticipating a bigger fleet of contestants in 2012, TDT officials have divided the race into two divisions, Voyageurs, or recreational paddlers, starting at 7 a.m. each day, and Racers, starting at 8 a.m. Racers compete for cash prizes, Voyageurs will race for trophies, and for the fun of it. (Photo courtesy Gini McKain)
Tour du Teche III set for Oct.
Tour du Teche III, the great Bayou Teche paddle race, will be held Oct. 5-7. Among the changes for 2012 are two separate divisions, Racing and Voyageur. Racing is a run for hefty cash prizes. Voyag...
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Tax-funded road work anticipated in February
MORGAN CITY — The first set of roadway work, an estimated $600,000 in overlay work that will be funded through the recently passed 0.3 percent sales tax, has been identified and work is expected t...
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Volunteer finds body of Landry
FRANKLIN, La. (AP) — St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert says the body of a missing hunter has been found in the Atchafalaya Basin. Fifty-eight-year-old Lynn Landry of Jeanerette was last seen leav...
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Council, mayor raises pass on split votes
MORGAN CITY — After nearly an hour of discussion by both citizens and the public, proposed pay raises for the next mayor and city council passed on 3-1 and 3-2 votes, respectively, the second on a ...
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Boy Scout Troop 1
Local Boy Scout Troop 1 traveled to Mississippi this month for a hiking trip and visit to Vicksburg National Military Park. The scouts are shown in the first photo at the Louisiana Monument at the ...
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Man arrested on multiple weapon charges
A Christmas Day altercation between a Morgan City man and his aunt led to his arrest on a multitude of weapons charges. Gilbert C. Howard, 42, of Youngs Road was charged with disturbing the peace i...
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Former FPD chief Louviere dies at 75
Former Franklin Police Chief Henry Gerald Louviere Sr. passed away Sunday. He was 75. Louviere was born Jan. 14, 1936. He was a native of Jeanerette, former longtime resident of Franklin, and a res...
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Flood threat dominates Morgan City's year
MORGAN CITY — While the threat of flooding from the bulging Atchafalaya River is long gone this year, the challenges this city faced earlier this year because of it top the list of events in the ci...
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Letters to Santa inside
Hundreds of letters, written by local schoolchildren to Jolly Old St. Nick asking him for what they want this holiday season, are being published in today’s Christmas Greetings edition of The Daily...
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Santa Claus chats with The Daily Review
Santa Claus will be flying around the world in his sleigh Saturday night, delivering toys to all the good little boys and girls of the world. In a spare moment during his preparations for the annua...
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Levee board approves repair
The St. Mary Levee District met in emergency session Thursday to approve a permit to repair a pipeline south of Calumet. The problem was identified Wednesday by pipeline owner Columbia Gulf Transmi...
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