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Wheelhouse -- A calendar of events for East St. Mary Parish
Patterson Athletic Booster Club meeting 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 14, in teacher’s lounge. Upcoming golf scramble will be discussed. Senior Dinner Sponsored by St. Mary Parish Council and St. Mary Co...
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Women’s Business Enterprise Council plans luncheon
MORGAN CITY, La. — The Women’s Business Enterprise Council South will hold a luncheon featuring a panel of speakers who will share how and why Women’s Business Enterprises are using certification ...
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Pianist to perform Saturday in Morgan City
A benefit concert with pianist, the Rev. Sean Duggan will be held Saturday beginning with Duggan as the guest organist at the 4:30 p.m. Vigil Mass for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord at Sacred...
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GOV. BOBBY JINDAL spoke Tuesday at the Young Memorial Campus expansion ribbon cutting on the importance of the community and technical college educational system to jobs and industry in the state.
Gov. Jindal proposes eliminating income taxes
BATON ROUGE — Gov. Bobby Jindal is proposing to eliminate Louisiana’s personal and business income taxes in exchange for higher state sales taxes and the removal of some tax breaks currently on the...
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Lonnie M. Fortner, 39, of 122 Ideal St., Paincourtville,
Paincourtville man arrested for carnal knowledge with a juvenile
PAINCOURTVILLE, La. — During late December 2012, a father of a 15-year-old female filed a complaint stating that he recently found out his daughter was in a sexual relationship with a 39-year-old m...
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Heavy rains may hurt crawfish season
By Craig Gautreaux cgautreaux@agcenter.lsu.edu CROWLEY, La. – As Mardi Gras gets closer, many in Louisiana look forward to consuming their favorite crustacean, the crawfish. While it is still very ...
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Students to make up missed days 15 minutes at a time
CENTERVILLE, La. — Students in St. Mary Parish will make up the time they missed this week due to heavy rains and flooding 15 minutes at a time. Beginning Jan. 22 and running through April 5, schoo...
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Louisiana State Police: Youngsville man dies in single vehicle crash
ABBEVILLE- Louisiana State Police Troop I troopers investigated a single vehicle fatal crash on La. 14 at Grosse Isle that claimed the life of a Youngsville man on Thursday. According to investiga...
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Wheelhouse -- A calendar of events for East St. Mary Parish
United Blood Service new hours United Blood Services, 1234 David Drive, suite 102, Morgan City, is now only open for donors 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesdays. The office is c...
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Truck flips on Victor II Boulevard in Morgan City
A tractor-trailer dump truck working on the Victor II Boulevard construction flipped over on its side Tuesday afternoon and it took more than five and a half hours to get the truck back on its whee...
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Some skateboarding friends didn’t let the sloppy conditions get them down Wednesday afternoon in Bayou Vista. The skateboaders held a contest to “pop” the best trick over the biggest puddle under the pavilion at The Swamp. From left are Taylor Mayon, Blaine Laubach, John Henry and Taylor Smith.
St. Mary Parish schools scheduled to reopen Friday
All St. Mary Parish public schools are set to reopen on Friday. Report cards originally set to be distributed today will be sent home Friday. Superintendent Donald Aguillard said details regardin...
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Oaths of office
Deputy Assessors of the St. Mary Parish Assessor’s Office took the oath of office last week. St. Mary Parish Clerk of Court Cliff Dressel administered the oath. Pictured are Danielle B. Clements, E...
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Resolutions, ordinances and more taken up
Directional arrows on the Avoca Island Ferry are in operation again. St. Mary Parish Chief Administration Officer Henry “Bo” LaGrange said the ferry is also going to undergo topside work and manhol...
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Veeder announces retirement; Bogan requests vets’ program
St. Mary Parish Veterans Affairs officer Earl Veeder bade farewell before the St. Mary Parish Council Wednesday. Veeder is retiring at the end of June after eight years in the position. “I’m ready ...
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Coastal zone expansion leaves questions
A public hearing is set for June 28 at the Patterson Civic Center on expansion of coastal zone boundaries. Chief Administrative Officer Henry “Bo” LaGrange told the St. Mary Parish Council Wednesda...
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School board announces staff layoffs
Roughly 18 school paraprofessionals will be laid off before the 2012-13 school year begins. Another 40 full-time positions within the school system will be eliminated through attrition. Because of...
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Hold the ball
Work continues on the baseball park located on Victor II Boulevard in Morgan City. The H&B Young Foundation funded Cypress Park and the work to this point on the ball park. Next week, work on fenci...
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Town surrenders easement for Dollar General
Berwick Town Council members discussed the release of right-of-way for a proposed Dollar General store, problems with garbage pickup, and an update from the police chief about the recent seat-belt ...
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Berwick board rebuffs demand for districts
The monthly Town Council meeting in Berwick Tuesday evening was dominated by a discussion of allegations of candidate intimidation and related desires to have the council be represented by single-...
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Trivia night’s top honors
Chez Hope’s Trivia Night was held last Saturday, and the winners chosen. At top, overall winner was the team “Misc.” from Houma, team captain was Kathleen Landry. And below, the Best Dressed award ...
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Detour
Recently, crews began working on Veterans Boulevard near Hickory Street in Morgan City. The work is part of the road improvement program for which city voters approved funding in November through t...
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Kennedy demands ruling on rate hikes
State Treasurer John Kennedy said he hopes to see Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon request an Attorney General’s opinion on the legality of the method used to determine Citizens insurance rate i...
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Port could benefit from more federal funding
By JAMES A. ROBICHAUX Morgan City port commissioners heard updates on dredging and mitigation Monday. Bill Stiles of Congressman Jeff Landry’s office addressed the port commissioners with updates o...
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Coastal zone expansion goes into effect
The process began in 2009, as law makers authorized a comprehensive evaluation of the state’s coastal boundaries, and today, with the signing of Act 588, Louisiana’s coastal zone boundary is offici...
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