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Crappell charged in missing school funds
By JEAN L. KAESS Former Berwick Town Councilwoman and Berwick Elementary School secretary Penny T. Crappell turned herself in to the St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Department this morning on charges of ...
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Boustany: ‘Conservative leadership’
Congressman Charles Boustany (R-Lake Charles) said sessions have been busy, and some members don’t show up for votes. Boustany participated in a breakfast forum presented by the St. Mary Parish Cha...
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Landry: ‘No more career politicians’
Congressman Jeff Landry, (R-New Iberia) 3rd Congressional District, said Wednesday that issues in Washington have been around for years, even decades. Landry told attendees in a St. Mary Parish Cha...
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City summer programs were success
This summer’s programs sponsored by the City of Franklin were successful all the way around. Arlana Shields, community development director, told the city council Tuesday that the summer dance prog...
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Parish ACT scores dip
By JEAN L. KAESS St. Mary Parish high schools experienced an overall decline in composite ACT scores during the 2011-12 school year. The parish experienced a decline in composite score from 19.8 in...
Aug 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Festival poster on sale
By Jean L. Kaess The 2012 edition of the Louisiana Shrimp & Petroleum Festival poster has been unveiled and is on sale now. The poster, designed by Zoe Puryear of Bivens in Beauregard Parish, can b...
Aug 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Crappell resigns council, school posts
By JEAN L. KAESS Berwick Town Councilwoman Penny Crappell submitted her resignation from both the council and her school system job effective today. “It is with much regret and sorrow that I now su...
Aug 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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City losing patience with garbage pickup
Patience is wearing thin with garbage pickup service problems in Franklin. Councilman Chuck Autin, a persistent and vocal critic of Progressive Waste Solutions for several months now, said after ar...
Aug 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Mosquito control increased in area
Mosquito spraying has been increased in the City of Franklin. Jessie Boudreaux, Cajun Mosquito Control owner, told the city council Tuesday about news media reports of West Nile virus outbreaks aro...
Aug 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Mancuso announces for Morgan City mayor
EDITOR’S NOTE — The following announcement has been authorized for release by the candidate’s campaign. Publication is provided as a public service and implies no endorsement by The Daily Review or...
Aug 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Repairs planned for U.S. 90 cracks
By JEAN L. KAESS The project to repair girder cracks on the elevated section of U.S. 90 over Bayou Ramos will be let for bid in October. Phase 1 of the Bayou Ramos rehabilitation includes repairing...
Aug 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
Aug 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Businesses seek post-flood assistance
By GEOFFREY STOUTE Their businesses may be water-free now that the Atchafalaya River and its tributaries have slithered back into their banks following near record high waters this spring, but loca...
Jun 30, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jones: I-49 work is progressing
State Rep. Sam Jones continues to push for the completion of Interstate 49 while serving District 50 in the legislature. Jones addressed the local business community at the St. Mary Parish Chamber ...
Jun 30, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Harrison: State budget pared down
State Rep. Joe Harrison wears many hats when serving District 51 in Baton Rouge. He serves on the appropriations committee, joint legislative committee on the budget and was recently named chairma...
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Gautreaux: Insurance office in danger
Sen. D.A. “Butch” Gautreaux will retire from representing District 21 after 16 years of public service. Gautreaux discussed current issues when speaking to the St. Mary Chamber of Commerce during a...
Jun 30, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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MC flood clean-up continues
MORGAN CITY — Cleanup work from this year’s high water event is ongoing and damage wrought by the high water may last through the summer. Mayor Tim Matte told the city council Tuesday that all jumb...
Jun 29, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Morgan City accepts audit report
MORGAN CITY — The city received a clean audit report on its 2010 budget, one in which it bolstered its revenues and trimmed its expenditures in the face of rising costs. Gerald Thibodeaux of Kold...
Jun 29, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Agency of the Year
Emergency Aid Center, Inc. of Franklin is the 2011 Agency of the Year for United Way for South Louisiana. At the organization's campaign kickoff and annual awards ceremony in Houma last week, Marth...
Jun 29, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Local groups lose tax-exempt status
The Berwick Housing Authority Resident Council, the St. Mary Industrial Group, and the Morgan City Volunteer Fire Department are among more than 30 eastern St. Mary Parish groups that have lost the...
Jun 28, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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La. 87 reconstruction
Work is under way on the reconstruction of La. 87 between Willow Street in Franklin and the Centerville bridge. The project along a 5-mile stretch consists of removal of the existing pavement and c...
Jun 28, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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A-HEC of a Summer
The A-HEC of a Summer program at Franklin Foundation Hospital and Teche Action Clinic was held from June 6-20. The Southwest Louisiana Area Health Education Center program provides an opportunity f...
Jun 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Levee board seeks to sell bonds to operate
MORGAN CITY — The St. Mary Parish Levee District agreed to seek financing of $2.5 million for up to five years from the State of Louisiana’s Bond Commission to help it finance its operations. The d...
Jun 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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MC uncovers more than $400K unused
MORGAN CITY — Subject to approval at its council meeting on Tuesday, the 2 percent pay reduction city employees have incurred for the first six months of 2011 will be lifted, effective the first pa...
Jun 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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