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Family’s port deal in question
By James A. Robichaux Ongoing tensions between the Howard family on Youngs Road and the port authority of Morgan City regarding the family’s long-term presence on the property and its fear of emine...
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Parish council to meet Wednesday
Members of the St. Mary Parish Council will consider adoption of ordinances designating the adjusted millage rates subsequent to property value reassessments for the purpose of maintaining and supp...
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Impaired driver checkpoint planned
An impaired driver checkpoint will be conducted Friday within the city limits of Patterson. All drivers traveling through the checkpoint between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. will be screened for alcohol and ...
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Accident nets charges
A Morgan City man garnered a litany of charges after he caused an accident on the E.J. “Lionel” Grizzaffi Memorial U.S. 90 Bridge late Sunday night. Robert Campbell, 23, of Catherine Street in Morg...
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Law enforcement agencies receive port security money
By JAMES A. ROBICHAUX Local law enforcement agencies involved in port security are to receive more than $500,000 in federal grants. The Morgan City Harbor and Terminal District Commission was updat...
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Only 1 seat unchallenged in Morgan City
By JEAN L. KAESS One Morgan City councilman emerged from the qualifying period with no opposition. Barry J. Dufrene went unopposed in District 2, replacing Larry Bergeron, who is running for Morgan...
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City Council meets Tuesday
Franklin City Council members meet Tuesday in regular session for August. Fire Chief Chuck Bourgeois is slated to present a Fire Certificate of Commendation in connection with an incident at Planta...
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Art Walk postponed
Franklin’s downtown Art Walk was canceled Saturday due to the inclement weather. As heavy thunderstorms rolled through the area beginning Friday with no sign of dissipating, city officials made the...
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Morgan City police arrest 2 on drug, weapon charges
The Morgan City Police Department made two arrests in a major drug and gun sting, according to Chief Marc Folse: —Anthony Jackson, 38, of Hwy. 405, Donaldsonville, was arrested at 8:27 p.m. Wednesd...
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Harlan Kirgan
Kirgan named managing editor
Staff Report Veteran journalist Harlan Kirgan has been named managing editor of The Daily Review by Allan Von Werder, publisher and editor. Von Werder announced the appointment to The Daily Review...
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Berwick Elementary principal reassigned
By JEAN L. KAESS Former Berwick Elementary Principal Steve Russo has been moved again, this time from the Central Office Complex to Franklin Junior High School. The changes in his employment come i...
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Races take shape
Staff Report Candidates are lining up for council races in Patterson and Morgan City as well as the Morgan City mayoral election as qualifying continued for the Nov. 6 election Friday. As of 10 a.m...
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FHCC Safety Month
June is National Safety Month and the Franklin Health Care Center Safety Committee, above, kicked it off with new ideas to promote safety in the workplace. Their mantra is “Safety Is The Only Polic...
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Enoch Pratt, 6, nephew of the late Elmer Gerard “Ge-ronimo” Pratt, proudly holds a program from a memorial service for his uncle while standing next to the late Morgan City native’s photo. Family, friends, local government offi-cials, as well as a Black Panther official, gathered Saturday at the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium for a memorial service. Pratt’s remains had been cremated and spread on Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, where he had lived for at least the last six years.
Pratt memorialized at Morgan City service
MORGAN CITY — A natural born leader who overcame anything put in his path while always remaining humble. That’s how family and friends remember Morgan City native and former Black Panther Party mem...
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Helping hands
Building a new deck and wheelchair access ramp for Raymond Verdin on Pine Street was just one of about 15 residential repair projects across western St. Mary completed this week by high school stud...
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911 board's financials show lower spending
MORGAN CITY — Alan Taylor, CPA of Kolder, Champagne, Slaven and Company in Morgan City presented the St. Mary Parish 911 Communications District their annual financial report during a monthly meeti...
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ALISON BERGERON received two scholarships from the H&B Young Foundation and the East St. Mary Kiwanis Club during the Central Catholic High School Senior Breakfast. The Young Foundation recipient m...
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911 board meets Wed.
St. Mary Parish 911 Communications District (E-911) will hold its monthly meeting Wednesday. The advisory council will receive its 2010 audit report from Allan Taylor of Kolder, Champagne, Slaven a...
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Plans in progress for agitation dredging
MORGAN CITY — Agitation dredging by dragging a metal object similar to a bulldozer blade across the bottom of waterways to stir up sediment will be the first technique used by the Morgan City Harbo...
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Waterways reopen, dredging set to begin
MORGAN CITY — As floodwaters have begun to slowly recede back into the confines between their banks on Berwick Bay, waterways on the Atchafalaya River have reopened to vessel traffic, and locally, ...
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MORGAN CITY ROTARY CLUB members heard from two of the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards camp attendees about their experiences with Rotary's leadership training program for young people held recently at Lake Fausse Point State Park. Pictured, from left, are past district governor Pam Daniels, McCarley Cossey, Chay Burke and Rotary president Walter Daniels.
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Fresh, ripe tomatoes, both red and green varieties, are in abundance at the Franklin Farmers’ Market. Other fresh vegetables available right now include cucumbers, okra, white and yellow squash and zucchini. Cantaloupes and melons will be arriving soon. There’s also plenty of canned fruit and vegetables, breads, cookies, pralines, homemade products and arts and craft items. Hours at the market on willow Street are 8 a.m. to noon on Saturdays and noon to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays.
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Conrad nearly unscathed by high water
Conrad Industries escaped this spring’s high water period with no equipment or facility damage and its chief executive officer expects to resume operations by the end of the month. Johnny Conrad, w...
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Berwick readies for high water clean-up
St. Mary Parish President Paul P. Naquin Jr. thanked the Berwick mayor and town council for the work they did in protecting Berwick and the parish from the threat of flooding during Tuesday’s counc...
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