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Festival board meeting
By JAMES A. ROBICHAUX The board of directors for the Shrimp & Petroleum Festival will meet tonight to decide what to do about approaching Tropical Storm Isaac. “We have made no decisions at this po...
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Joe Sanford Jr. and Chloe Felterman were crowned 2012 Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival king and queen Saturday.
Shrimp & Petroleum Festival royalty
Joe Sanford Jr. and Chloe Felterman were crowned 2012 Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival king and queen Saturday. The coronation ball was held at the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium. Sanford,...
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Supplies fly off store shelves
By ROBERT R. JONES III Retailers are reporting supplies such as water, food and batteries are still available, but expected to be in short supply as Isaac gets closer to the Tri-City area. One item...
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Water and Sewer District 4 rates to increase
Customers of Water and Sewer Commission 4 will see rate increases Oct. 1. The board of commissioners voted unanimously Aug. 15 to increase rates for water and sewer services. The commission’s audit...
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Recognition of service
Third Ward Court Marshal David J. McCoy Jr. presented a plaque in recognition of the service of David Bruno last Thursday at the Baldwin board of aldermen meeting. Bruno served in law enforcement i...
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COA served 27,000 meals in Franklin; funding lost
St. Mary Council on Aging served 27,610 meals in Franklin last year. Director Beverly Domengeaux told the city council Tuesday that the cost of those meals was $132,000 in 2011. The agency cleaned ...
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Stark: ‘Wall with D.C. leadership’
Jim Stark, a Lake Charles member of the Libertarian Party, said he believes in constitutionally-limited government. Speaking at a St. Mary Chamber of Commerce, Franklin Republic Women and AT&T brea...
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Barrilleaux: ‘No conflicts of interest’
Bryan Barrilleaux, a Lake Charles Republican candidate for the 3rd Congressional District, says his platform is based on good citizenship. He told attendants at a breakfast forum for 3rd Congressio...
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Inpatient revenue hands Foundation July loss
Franklin Foundation Hospital experienced a $235,069 loss in the month of July, according to reports from Chief Financial Officer Ron Bailey. Bailey delivered the hospital’s finance report Thursday ...
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Theriot announces for appeal court judge
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...
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Three people were injured in a wreck on U.S. 90 in Patterson on Wednesday.
3 injured in U.S. 90 wreck
By JAMES A. ROBICHAUX The collision of two vehicles which occurred about noon Wednesday in the eastbound lanes of U.S. 90 in Patterson required all three people involved to be transported by ambula...
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Morgan City’s damaged electric transformer was inspected Wednesday.
Transformer inspected
By JAMES A. ROBICHAUX Representatives of two insurance carriers inspected the electric transformer that caught fire June 26, leaving the city without electricity for a day. “The two companies each ...
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St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy Mark Hebert, center, with his wife Jill at his side, was sworn in as sheriff this morning by Clerk of Court Cliff Dressel, left. Hebert has served under three sheriffs in St. Mary Parish, and announced his intention to run for the position in October.
Mark Hebert assumes badge of parish sheriff
Mark Hebert was administered the oath of office as the interim Sheriff of St. Mary Parish this morning. Clerk of Courts Cliff Dressel administered the oath to Hebert. “I have had the opportunity to...
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Parish warns against removing flood baskets
St. Mary Drainage District No. 6 held a special meeting Thursday at the Amelia Volunteer Fire Department. Many Amelia residents would like to remove the flood protection baskets that were placed in...
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4-H University
4-H University
Twenty-six 4-H members from St. Mary Parish traveled to the LSU campus in Baton Rouge to participate in the 97th Annual 4-H University June 21. More than 1,400 4-H’ers from across the state partici...
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School Board gets overview of $81M budget
CENTERVILLE — The St. Mary Parish School Board is expected to run its operations during the current 2011-12 fiscal year utilizing an approximately $81.32 million General Fund budget and much smalle...
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Promoting Festival
Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival officials on Wednesday unveiled the official poster for the event’s 76th edition, which will take place Labor Day weekend. Festival director Lee Delaune, a n...
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St. Mary Parish to celebrate 200th anniversay; July bash set in Patterson, October events here
St. Mary Parish became a parish in 1811 and two celebrations are scheduled to commemorate this anniversary. St. Mary Parish President Paul J. Naquin, Jr. said one will be in Patterson on July 9 and...
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SB budget session Wednesday, 9 a.m.
The St. Mary Parish School Board will meet in special session Wednesday to conduct its annual budget workshop. The board will gather at 9 a.m. in the Evans Medine Meeting Room at the Central Office...
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Cool It
Bernhard Mechanical of Lafayette is installing 14 new air conditioning units at Morgan City Junior High School, including 12, 3.5-ton units and two 4-ton units. The project is not affecting the sch...
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Celebrating us
The Fourth of July is a day to reflect on the principles our nation was founded on, and what our milatary men and women fought and still fight for: All the freedoms we enjoy as citizens of this rep...
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Independence Day
It’s Independence Day in America, and the July 4 celebration is being observed across the United States. On Eastwood Drive, resident Paul Comeaux and his granddaughter, Madeline, again lined the st...
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SWIFTSHIPS SHIPBUILDERS PRESIDENT Calvin Leleux explains how an area of the company’s property succumbed to the bulging waters this spring, flooding the yard with approximately 5 feet of water. The blowout occurred near the bulkhead away from the main waterway. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built the bulkhead, and Leleux said the Corps has some responsibility for the damage because they didn’t build the bulkhead to 12 feet of mean sea level like he said he asked for. Instead they built it to 10 feet, and he said the water reached approximately 11.5 feet.
Business owners recount flood experiences
SMI Companies Equipment Manager Juan Torres patiently waited. Berry Brothers General Contractors Superintendent Troy Lombardo is thankful. Swiftships Shipbuilders President Calvin Leleux wondered ...
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Patterson Council works on finances
PATTERSON — The City Council held a special meeting on Thursday concerning finances. Representatives from Government Consultants of Louisiana provided information about their investment advising s...
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