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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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Masons present awards
Franklin Lodge 57 F&AM honored local individuals recently for their contributions to the community, including Nurse of the Year Karen St. Blanc, above, of Franklin Foundation Hospital. The Lodge’s ...
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Hanson homecoming parade rolls through Franklin
Hanson Memorial High School held its homecoming parade Thursday in Franklin. The Hanson Memorial Tigers will face off against Ascension Episcopal tonight at 7 p.m. at McCloskey Field. The 2012 Home...
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Broken tourist center looted
MORGAN CITY, La. — The Cajun Coast Welcome and Interpretative Center was broken into Oct. 11 and thousands of dollars in copper was taken from the air conditioning units. Morgan City Assistant Po...
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Vietnam War hero honored in Patterson
PATTERSON, La. — A hero should be treated like one, and a recent Silver Star recipient will receive a hero’s welcome during homecoming festivities at Patterson High School. More than 42 years after...
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Tootsie roll drive Annual “Campaign for People with Intellectual Disabilities” by Bayou Vista Knights of Columbus Council 6211 Friday, Oct. 19, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 20, 8 a.m. to noo...
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Scam targets Cajun Coast Visitors and Convention Bureau
MORGAN CITY, La. -- A scam targeting advertisers in the local visitors guide is to be avoided, according to Carrie Stansbury, Cajun Coast executive director. Someone identifying himself as Shane wi...
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Mason awards presented
Franklin Lodge 57 F&AM recently honored its Teacher of the Year Phyllis Darden, above in left photo, and Paramedic of the Year, Hal Titus, above in right photo. Darden is a teacher at Chitimacha Tr...
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Henderson dredging project to start this week
The state Department of Natural Resources and St. Martin Parish announced Tuesday that work will begin this week on a cooperative project to excavate channels in Lake Henderson in the Atchafalaya B...
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Jimmy Sawtelle
Sawtelle leaving technical college -- Named senior vice president of Workforce Solutions
MORGAN CITY, La. — Jimmy Sawtelle, regional director of South Central Louisiana Technical College, is the new senior vice president for Workforce Solutions, a statewide program to develop workforc...
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Jerrin Jerome Bourgeois, known by many as “Bourge the Clown,” participates in a parade. Bourgeois died Oct. 9
Ever-present ‘Bourge the Clown’ remembered
MORGAN CITY, La. — A local entertainer who gave many in the Morgan City area happy childhood memories died last week at the age of 81. Jerrin Jerome Bourgeois, known by many as “Bourge the Clown,”...
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VFW POST 4222 And Auxiliary meetings Friday, Oct. 19, 7 p.m. Eat at 6 p.m. Knights of Columbus Annual “Campaign for People with Intellectual Disabilities” by Bayou Vista Council 6211 Friday, Oct. ...
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Parish wages among state's best in first quarter
St. Mary was ranked one of the state’s 10 highest paying parishes on an average weekly basis in the first quarter of 2011. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, average earnings in St. ...
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Shoreline protection
St. Mary Soil and Water Conservation District and volunteers conducted this year’s vegetative planting over two days for erosion control and shoreline protection. Some 2,000 bulrush plants were dep...
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Voices
“Voices of the Past” brought visitors to the city from near and far last weekend as part of the 200th birthday celebration for St. Mary Parish. From left, Techeland Arts Council opened the weekend ...
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Letter grades were assigned to public schools for the first time this year. The letter grades are based on the baseline student performance scores that are calculated based on student test scores. Scores include A, 120-200; B, 105-119.9; C, 90-104.9; D, 65 to 89.9; and F, 64.9 and below. A plus sign shows the school met or exceeded its performance growth target; a minus signs indicates that school’s score declined by 0.1 point or more.
Area school letter grades announced
By JEAN L. KAESS The St. Mary Parish School System earned a C average during the 2010-11 school year as a district. The new letter-grade system is being touted by state education officials as a cle...
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Parish celebrates 200th this weekend
“Voices of the Past” starts tonight with the inaugural production of Techeland Art Council’s No Hitchin’ entitled “What a Ride!” Perfromances are tonight and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 5 p...
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Dishing the dirt
Local officials gathered this morning for a groundbreaking ceremony for the Cypress Park complex, which will be constructed in Morgan City and will include a passive park at the site of the former ...
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PC approves low-interest certificates
An ordinance adopted by the St. Mary Parish Council Wednesday approved the sale of capital improvement certificates at an unheard of low interest rate. Trevor Haynes of the Foley and Judell bond co...
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The first teams to cross the Franklin finish line
Tour du Teche II lauded despite adversity; Local sites impress TDTII visitors
By ROGER EMILE STOUFF Scott Weinert of Dallas reached Franklin about dusk Saturday evening in his solo kayak. There he was faced with a raft of water hyacinth stretching down Bayou Teche from Jacks...
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Early morning hit and run
This vehicle was towed away after reportedly hitting a utility pole on Main Street near Myra Street before 7 a.m. this morning. Unconfirmed reports are that the driver and possibly a passenger fled...
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Berwick Homecoming queen
During Berwick High School’s Homecoming game Friday night, Assistant Principal Doug Norris crowned Joan Bennett, daughter of Eugene and Jennifer Dreher and James Bennett, as the 2011 Homecoming queen.
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Blessing of the Pets
The Blessing of the Animals was held Sunday at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Franklin. The outdoor worship service is held annually to celebrate the animals people share their lives with and to co...
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Berwick teen struck by truck
A Berwick teenager was hospitalized after being struck by a vehicle following the homecoming bonfire at Berwick High School Thursday night. School officials said this morning that Lacey Menard, a f...
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