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Utility aid applications sought
St. Mary Community Action Agency will begin accepting appointments for the Liheap Utility Assistance on Thursday, beginning at 8:30 a.m. Call the central office at 828-5703, 828-5705 or 828-5753 t...
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Weather kills Cleco power
A power outage affecting nearly 10,000 local Cleco customers occurred Wednesday afternoon. A lightning strike on a high-voltage transmission line is suspected to be the cause, spokeswoman Robbyn Co...
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9 take vouchers at CCHS for 2012
Nine former public school students accepted scholarships to attend Central Catholic High School on its opening day under the state’s Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence program. Deacon...
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Posterized
The unveiling of the 2012 Shrimp and Petroleum Festival poster took place Wednesday at the festival office in Morgan City. The artist, Zoe Puryear of Beauregard Parish and a student at Southwest Lo...
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Fire guts Arizona Street home
An electrical fire caused by complications of a window air-conditioning unit being powered by an extension cord occurred at 215 Arizona Street, Morgan City, on Wednesday. According to Chief Morris ...
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They're Ba-ack
Children across St. Mary Parish flocked to public schools today for the first day of the 2012-13 school year. Holy Cross and Central Catholic students in grades 1-12 have one more day of summer as ...
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Levee board will meet Thursday
The St. Mary Levee District will hold its monthly public meeting Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Port of Morgan City Meeting Room at 800 Youngs Road in Morgan City. Among items to be discussed are: —a po...
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Fuhrer chairs bar charity
The New Orleans-based Louisiana Bar Foundation recently named Morgan City Attorney Robert “Bob” Fuhrer as chairman of that organization’s state-wide charitable and non-profit Bayou Area Community ...
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School board will meet Thursday
The St. Mary Parish School Board will meet Thursday to discuss business pertaining to the start of school. Among items on the agenda are approval of the 2012-13 gold book and pupil progression plan...
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Transformer fire's cause still a mystery
The cause of the June 26 fire that destroyed Morgan City’s main electrical transformer and left the entire city without electricity for a day still has yet to be determined. Forensic engineers fro...
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Summer's retesting shows score gains
Achievement gains between spring and summer test administrations were posted by fourth- and eighth-grade St. Mary Parish students. A total of 91 percent of fourth-graders and 84 percent of eighth-g...
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Patterson award
The City of Patterson tied with the City of Scott for honorable mention in the 2011 Community Achievement Awards competition sponsored by Louisiana Municipal Association, Louisiana Department of Ec...
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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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Federal funds for dredging under review
MORGAN CITY — Work on funding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ 2012 budget, including funding for maintenance dredging in waterways in the Morgan City Harbor and Terminal District, is under way. P...
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Moving Sand
La. 70 traffic is once again periodically being diverted to Veterans Boulevard and Fig Street while National Guard troops work to clear away the sand barricades. The cleanup process is moving at a ...
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Magic at the Teche
The Teche Theatre for the Performing Arts presents, for one night only, ``The Magic of Nathan Kepner'' on June 23 at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $10 at the door. Nathan Kepner has been entertaining audi...
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The barge lying across the Charenton Navigation and Drainage Canal for 13 months now doesn't appear to be going anywhere soon. After federal bankruptcy court proceedings, the barge was turned over to Xtreme Salvage of Houston, but with liens still outstanding. St. Mary Parish President Paul Naquin said the derelict will likely be forced to go to sheriff's sale.
Bankruptcy decision little help for barge
Proceedings in federal bankruptcy court appear to have accomplished nothing in facilitating removal of the barge overturned in the Charenton Navigation and Drainage Canal for more than 13 months no...
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