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Early voting for the Nov. 6 election continued Tuesday morning at the St. Mary Parish Registrar of Voters Office on Third Street in Morgan City. Robert and Karen Sampey of Morgan City stopped by to cast their votes. Early voting ends today.
Early voting ends today -- 4,135 out of 34,127 parish voters have cast ballots for election
MORGAN CITY, La. — As early voting entered its final day today, the St. Mary Parish Registrar of Voters released early voting numbers as of Monday evening. With the exception of Saturday, daily ear...
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Cortez wins Daily Review Football Contest
MORGAN CITY, La. -- Linda Cortez of Morgan City won The Daily Review Football Contest and $40. Second place went to Ryan Duplantis of Morgan City. Duplantis won $20. Cortez missed three games in w...
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Wheelhouse -- A calendar of East St. Mary Parish events
Senior Citizens Thanksgiving dinner held by Patterson Community Center, 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 16, at Patterson Area Civic Center. All senior citizens welcomed. For transportation call 985-395-4422. ...
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Community Foundation to award leaders Thursday
Community Foundation of Acadiana’s second annual Leaders in Philanthropy Awards Luncheon is set for Thursday at 11:30 a.m. at the Cajundone Convention Center in Lafayette. CFA will present a Leader...
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Sheriff: Website helps keep Halloween safer
Trick or Treat in will be observed from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday. St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert said this Halloween it is “crucial that you know which houses your children should avoid when trick-...
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Todd Art Gallery grand opening
Friends, family, Chamber of Commerce members and local officials joined Francis Todd Thursday for the grand opening and ribbon cutting of the Francis Todd Art Gallery, located at 210½ Willow St. in...
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Techeland Arts Council event
Techeland Arts Council sponsored its second fundraiser Friday in advance of next year’s performance of an all-new “No Hitchin.” The event was held at the Lamp Post in Franklin and featured a barber...
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Parish third-grade readers are beating poverty’s impact
MORGAN CITY, La. -- A study of third-graders reading proficiency and economic disadvantage in Louisiana schools shows that several St. Mary Parish schools in high-poverty areas have a high percenta...
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8% cast early votes in St. Mary Parish
MORGAN CITY, La. -- After the first week of early in-person voting, approximately 8 percent of the registered voters in St. Mary Parish have already cast their ballots. The St. Mary Parish Registr...
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Wheelhouse -- A calendar of events for East St. Mary Parish
October fest At Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church, 113 Federal Ave., Morgan City, 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31. All children welcomed for free food, games and treats. For info call Arla Nicholas, 985-38...
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Trick-or-treat is Wednesday in St. Mary Parish
Trick-or-treat hours for eastern St. Mary Parish ghouls and goblins will be observed Wednesday. Children will take to the streets to collect candy from 6 to 8 p.m.
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Bayou Vista Elementary School was one of the many schools from across the parish to take part in the Parade of Schools down Victor II Boulevard in Morgan City, kicking off Saturday’s festivities.
Drug-free campaign ends with a day of fun in Morgan City
MORGAN CITY, La. — The culmination of Red Ribbon Week occurred Saturday in Morgan City as Zoo to Boo and the Parade of Schools wrapped up 10 days of drug-free awareness activities across St. Mary P...
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The Top 10 East St. Mary stories of 2011
There was no shortage of news in St. Mary Parish in 2011. Article upon article, issue upon issue, stories both interesting and important cropped up here at The Daily Review. Here is our estimation ...
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Anxious paddlers await the dawn in Bayou Courtableau at the start of the 2011 Tour du Teche. Anticipating a bigger fleet of contestants in 2012, TDT officials have divided the race into two divisions, Voyageurs, or recreational paddlers, starting at 7 a.m. each day, and Racers, starting at 8 a.m. Racers compete for cash prizes, Voyageurs will race for trophies, and for the fun of it. (Photo courtesy Gini McKain)
Tour du Teche III set for Oct.
Tour du Teche III, the great Bayou Teche paddle race, will be held Oct. 5-7. Among the changes for 2012 are two separate divisions, Racing and Voyageur. Racing is a run for hefty cash prizes. Voyag...
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Tax-funded road work anticipated in February
MORGAN CITY — The first set of roadway work, an estimated $600,000 in overlay work that will be funded through the recently passed 0.3 percent sales tax, has been identified and work is expected t...
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Volunteer finds body of Landry
FRANKLIN, La. (AP) — St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert says the body of a missing hunter has been found in the Atchafalaya Basin. Fifty-eight-year-old Lynn Landry of Jeanerette was last seen leav...
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Council, mayor raises pass on split votes
MORGAN CITY — After nearly an hour of discussion by both citizens and the public, proposed pay raises for the next mayor and city council passed on 3-1 and 3-2 votes, respectively, the second on a ...
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Boy Scout Troop 1
Local Boy Scout Troop 1 traveled to Mississippi this month for a hiking trip and visit to Vicksburg National Military Park. The scouts are shown in the first photo at the Louisiana Monument at the ...
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Man arrested on multiple weapon charges
A Christmas Day altercation between a Morgan City man and his aunt led to his arrest on a multitude of weapons charges. Gilbert C. Howard, 42, of Youngs Road was charged with disturbing the peace i...
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Former FPD chief Louviere dies at 75
Former Franklin Police Chief Henry Gerald Louviere Sr. passed away Sunday. He was 75. Louviere was born Jan. 14, 1936. He was a native of Jeanerette, former longtime resident of Franklin, and a res...
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Flood threat dominates Morgan City's year
MORGAN CITY — While the threat of flooding from the bulging Atchafalaya River is long gone this year, the challenges this city faced earlier this year because of it top the list of events in the ci...
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Letters to Santa inside
Hundreds of letters, written by local schoolchildren to Jolly Old St. Nick asking him for what they want this holiday season, are being published in today’s Christmas Greetings edition of The Daily...
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Santa Claus chats with The Daily Review
Santa Claus will be flying around the world in his sleigh Saturday night, delivering toys to all the good little boys and girls of the world. In a spare moment during his preparations for the annua...
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Levee board approves repair
The St. Mary Levee District met in emergency session Thursday to approve a permit to repair a pipeline south of Calumet. The problem was identified Wednesday by pipeline owner Columbia Gulf Transmi...
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