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Open wing
The construction of an eight classroom wing at Hattie Watts Elementary School in Patterson accommodates the addition of 130 fourth grade students to the school. The $1.57 million project also inclu...
Sep 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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‘Battle of the Paddles’ returns
Hanson Memorial High School students Katherine Comeaux, Sarah Daniel, Brock Barrilleaux, Emily Chauvin, Courtney Fredrick, Marcus Kuhlman and Chris Ibert would like to invite everyone to the 2011 T...
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St. Mary unemployment decreased in August
St. Mary Parish followed the state’s trend in August, with unemployment pushing down below 9 percent for the first time in some months. The local jobless rate was 8.8 percent in August, falling fro...
Sep 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Red Cypress wreck
A 2000 Nissan Altima — driven by Nicole Aucoin, 19, of Victoria Riverside Road in Patterson — caused an accident at U.S. 90 and Red Cypress Road in Patterson around 6 p.m. Wednesday, Patterson Poli...
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E-911 district beefs up training facilities
MORGAN CITY — A new area at the St. Mary Parish 911 Communications District’s Morgan City office is ready for use for various training and demonstrations. E-911 Communication District Director Cha...
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‘Pennies for Pre-Schoolers’ teaches saving
As national leaders deal with the unenviable task of rebuilding a failing economy and recovering the trust of the American people, St. Mary Community Action Agency is doing its part of recharging t...
Sep 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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October chock full of exciting events
October will be an exciting month in Franklin. Judith Allain reported to the Franklin City Council Tuesday that a multitude of events are slated for the month. It starts with Tour du Teche, the 135...
Sep 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Barge removal: A piece at a time
Some 600 tons of metal from the derelict barge that overturned in the Charenton Navigation and Drainage Canal has been removed, St. Mary Parish President Paul Naquin said. Naquin told the Franklin ...
Sep 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Squirrel kills MC electricity
A roughly 15-minute outage this morning was the result of a curious squirrel navigating the City of Morgan City’s utility system. City Utilities Director Bill Cefalu said a squirrel infiltrated a t...
Sep 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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I-49 plans may go back to the drawing board
PATTERSON — “Within our lifetimes, we’ll probably never see I-49 come through this area.” That was the news from state Department of Transportation and Development officials who were in town Tuesd...
Sep 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ship to shore
Work on InterMoor’s bulkhead is moving right along. With sheet pile in place on the last few hundred feet of the slip’s west wall, focus now will be to strengthen and shore up the wall. Once the we...
Sep 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Burglaries reported in local area
There have been several burglaries during the nights last weekend along Oaklawn and Irish Bend, police report. Sheriff Mark Hebert said vehicle burglaries have been most common, and one camper shed...
Sep 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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