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Elderly services in danger of cuts, COA tells parish
Hundreds of elderly St. Mary Parish residents depend on the daily lunches prepared and delivered by the Council on Aging. But that service is being threatened by proposed federal budget cuts to dom...
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Dredge work
St. Mary Parish Gravity Sub-Drainage District 1 of Gravity Drainage District 2 is cleaning out overgrown vegetation and trash in the drainage canal that spans the length of Middle Road beginning at...
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MC's sewer overhaul to run through winter
MORGAN CITY — An overhaul of the city’s Master Lift Station at the south end of Federal Avenue is expected to begin in October or November. Oscar Boudreaux of Environmental Engineering Services in...
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Zoning ordinance updating will need input
MORGAN CITY — A Morgan City resident questioned why more public notice was not given for what he called a "steering committee meeting" held Monday to discuss work on the city’s new planning and zon...
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Truck fire
The Bayou Vista Volunteer Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire on U.S. 90 near Southeast Boulevard this morning. BVVFD Chief Darryl Perry said the vehicle, a Ford Explorer, was engulfed in f...
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MC Council to meet
Bid tabulations for work at Cypress Park highlight the Morgan City Council’s monthly meeting tonight. Councilmen will consider a bid for the project, which entails transforming the former Morgan Ci...
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Hotel construction
Work is ungoing on the new hotel being constructed alongside the Shorty’s section of Cypress Bayou Casino. The as-yet unnamed, 66,000 square-foot, 102-room hotel is being constructed by ROI Hotel D...
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Parish council takes up boards’ per diem
The St. Mary Parish Council will meet in regular session Wednesday. Items on the agenda include consideration of a proposed ordinance that would provide a $75 monthly per diem for meetings attended...
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Naquin appointed to national board
St. Mary Parish President Paul P. Naquin Jr. recently was appointed to the National Association of Counties’ Board of Directors. The appointment was made by NACo President Lenny Eliason, commission...
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State, parish receive federal disaster declaration
NEW ORLEANS — Local officials were hopeful that President Barack Obama’s disaster declaration issued Thursday could help them restore their communities to their pre-flood levels. While there is st...
Aug 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Gordon Joseph Grow
Dec. 22, 1921 — Aug. 19, 2011 Gordon Joseph Grow, a native of Pharr and a resident of Morgan City, passed away Friday, Aug. 19, 2011, at Teche Regional Medical Center in Morgan City. He was the fou...
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The last of more than 40 new decorative stop signs are being installed today in Morgan City’s historic district. The one pictured here is located at the corner of the eastbound lane of Brashear Ave...
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