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Wheelhouse -- a calendar of events for East St. Mary Parish
Artist Guild Unlimited Will hold its Artists Reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, at the gallery. All participants of the art show are invited to attend and pick up their art work. Photog...
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Community figures gathered at the Berwick Lighthouse on Berwick Bay Tuesday afternoon to show support for the upcoming Tour du Teche event. Tour du Teche III, the great Bayou Teche paddle race, will be held Oct. 5 to 7. Among the changes for 2012 are two separate divisions, Racing and Voyageur. From left are, Berwick Mayor Louis Ratcliff, Berwick Town Bookkeeper Karen Sehon, Berwick Chief of Police James Richard, Berwick Town Clerk Newell “Bubba” Slaughter and Berwick Councilwoman Jacki Ackel.
Berwick plans party for Tour du Teche end
By JAMES A. ROBICHAUX BERWICK, La. — A “mini-festival” with concerts, cooking, and arts and crafts will be held along the riverfront in Berwick Oct. 7 as the annual Tour du Teche kayak and canoe ra...
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Morgan City area veterans gathered Tuesday afternoon at the Morgan City City Hall to honor POWs and to sign a proclamation. Attending, from left, were Sherman Whiting, a Marine and quartermaster of VFW Post 4222; Donald Grayson, (standing) World War II and Korean War Army veteran, and post commander of VFW Post 4222; Morgan City Councilman Larry Bergeron; and Berwick Mayor Louis Ratcliff.
Proclamation marks POW-MIA Day
By JAMES A. ROBICHAUX MORGAN CITY — National POW-MIA Recognition Day is Friday, and a proclamation was signed Tuesday at the Morgan City City Hall to mark the day. Sherman Whiting, quartermaster o...
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LeRoy Meaux of Cleveland Billiot Contractors in Morgan City demolishes the building next to E.J. Fields on the corner of Ann and Front streets on Wednesday.
Morgan City building demolished
LeRoy Meaux of Cleveland Billiot Contractors in Morgan City demolishes the building next to E.J. Fields on the corner of Ann and Front streets. The building dates back to the post-World War II era ...
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Fire Dept. benefit for Boudreaux Saturday
The Franklin Fire Department will also hold an event Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Franklin Recreation Center to benefit employee Louis Boudreaux with medical expenses. It will feature liv...
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Trustees from the St. Martin Parish Correctional Center work on a state-of-the-art portage around Keystone Lock and Dam. (Photo by Nicole Patin)
Tour du Teche pot at $20,000; parishes help with infrastructure
Total prize money for Tour du Teche III is up to $20,000, which means each paddler in a first-in-class boat will receive $800. Registration for the 135-mile, three-day race ended Friday. The first,...
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Tanker truck arrives at Fire Protection District 11 station
St. Mary Parish Fire Protection District 11 has taken delivery of its newest service tanker truck. The district which covers Sorrell, Four Corners, Glencoe, Websterville and Louisa areas, received...
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Wheelhouse -- An east St. Mary Parish events calendar
ARTISTS GUILD Unlimited Artists Reception Thursday, Sept. 20, 6 to 8 p.m. at the gallery. All participants of the art show are invited to attend and pick up their art work. Photographs of the winni...
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The Redhead Express is scheduled to perform beginning at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium.
Redhead Express launches 6-performance concert series in Morgan City
Staff Report MORGAN CITY, La. -- The Redhead Express and the Walker Family is to perform at the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium beginning at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Students from kindergarten through 1...
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Water system employees recognized
The Board of Commissioners of Water and Sewer Commission 4 in the Charenton area recently recognized employees for their years of outstanding service. From left are Tambra Verret, 10 years; Barry D...
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Disaster assistant hours and days updated in west St. Mary
Changes were made to the Hurricane Isaac relief program dates late Friday. The center at the Franklin Recreation Center will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Applicants for food stamp assistance for l...
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Coast Guard rescues man south of Morgan City
MORGAN CITY, La. — The Coast Guard rescued a 50-year-old man from a fishing vessel on the Gulf of Mexico, 30 miles southwest of Morgan City, Friday. The captain of the fishing vessel My Grandkids ...
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1 dead in train collision
A St. Mary Parish employee was killed after a collision with a train Friday afternoon. Sheriff Mark Hebert said the accident happened at 1:24 p.m. The parish animal control truck driven by a contro...
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Teen Miss Franklin Brittany Shae Grimes and Miss Franklin XXXII Serenity Mi’Courage Rouchon were selected at the Miss Franklin Pageant held Saturday at the Franklin Senior High School Auditorium.
Rouchon and Grimes are Franklin Miss and Teen XXXII
The Miss Franklin Scholarship and Teen Pageant as well as the Franklin Children’s Royalty Pageant were held Saturday at the Franklin Senior High School Auditorium. Crowned Miss Franklin XXXII was S...
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911 commissioner to retire; surplus items to UMCOR
Maj. Steve Veal, Sheriff’s Association representative and vice chairman of the St. Mary Parish E-911 advisory council, will retire in August. The advisory council presented Veal with a plaque for a...
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Ordinances raising salaries of mayor, council introduced
Ordinances on proposed raises for the mayor and city council were introduced Tuesday without comment. Introduction of an ordinance is a first step in adoption. They will lay over for about 30 days,...
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Concert association sets banner 7-show season
The Community Concert Association of Morgan City is bringing more to the Tri-City area than ever before this year. Seven big concerts highlight the CCA schedule during the 2011-12 season, with all ...
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Rep. Sam Jones (D-Franklin)
Rep. Jones updates city on drainage, flooding and I-49
State Rep. Sam Jones (D-Franklin) gave a legislative session update to the Franklin City Council Tuesday. He told the council that after he suggested the city apply to the statewide flood control p...
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Roddy Matherne & Bill Frey, SweeDee LLC: ‘Hopefully see improvement next week.’
City holds SweeDee to terms, new truck a year
SweeDee LLC owes the City of Franklin a new garbage truck every year, Councilman Chuck Autin pointed out Tuesday. In five years, Autin said at the city council meeting Tuesday, the waste pickup ser...
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Members of 105 Da Movement present a check to Snow White Head Start students and staff during a recent ceremony for the adoption of the pre-school by the Franklin community service group.
105 Da Movement group adopts Snow White Head Start Center
When you get approval from your peers and community leaders, it means a great deal. St. Mary Community Action Agency and Snow White Head Start Center recently received the stamp of approval from 10...
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The Tri-Cities area received a hefty downpour Monday morning and afternoon, reportedly flooding homes and cars in Berwick and Morgan City. Navigation of local streets by vehicles, like this one northbound on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Morgan City, was complicated by the estimated 2.8 inches to 3.9 inches of rain the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reported at its gauges at the Bayou Boeuf and Berwick locks, respectively. Forecasts call for a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms today as well as a chance for rain on Wednesday.
Rain deluges Tri-Cities, minor flooding
The Tri-Cities area received between 2.8 inches and 3.9 inches within the last 24 hours, much of it during early morning and afternoon downpours that hit the area. The figures, reported by the U....
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City council meets; mayor, council raises proposed
Franklin City Council members meet today in regular session for July. Three ordinances for introduction would raise the compensation for mayor and council. The ordinances would set the pay of the a...
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Sybil Wiggins received the Volunteer of the Year award from A+PEL at the Governor’s Mansion in Baton Rouge. Wiggins was nominated for her service at Wyandotte Elementary School.
Wiggins honored as Volunteer of the Year
Sybil Wiggins of St. Mary Parish has been named Volunteer of the Year by the Associated Professional Educators of Louisiana, also called A+PEL. She, along with 19 other volunteers from across Loui...
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Supporting good causes
Superintendent Dr. Donald W. Aguillard along with Central Office staff of the St. Mary Parish School Board donated funds from their Blue Jeans Day drive during the 2010-2011 school year. First pic,...
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