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Berwick Housing Authority, 2751 Fifth St., meeting 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23. Thrift Store at 304 South Railroad, Morgan City, open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, with a full line of fall and w...
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Toys for Tots poker run scheduled Saturday in Morgan City
MORGAN CITY, La. — The 12th edition of the Marine Corps League, St. Mary Detachment, Toys for Tots Motorcycle Poker Run will be held Saturday. A Poker Run Motorcycle Bike Show will be part of this...
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HMS Homecoming Royalty
Hanson High School’s 2012-2013 Homecoming Royalty was presented Friday on McCloskey Field. From left are First Maid Emily Chauvin and Queen Katie Sonnier. The Tigers beat the Ascension Episcopal Bl...
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Emergency Aid donation
The Hanson Memorial High School Pro-Life Group recently held a “baby shower” following Church of Assumption’s Annual Pro-Life Mass. The students brought baby items to the shower to donate to the Fr...
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Long-shots have their issues too
By MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press BATON ROUGE — They may acknowledge they are long-shots, but the lesser-known contenders vying for Louisiana’s congressional seats on Nov. 6 have political posit...
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Tap, a musical and dancing troupe, is to perform at 7:30 p.m. today at the municipal auditorium in Morgan City.
Tap performing tonight
MORGAN CITY — Tap will be presented at 7:30 p.m. today by Community Concert Association of Morgan City and Live on Stage, at the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium Schreier Theatre. The cast includes...
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Sen. Mary Landrieu speaks at the Petroleum Club of Morgan City Thursday.
Landrieu: Fix broken corps, state needs more offshore revenue
MORGAN CITY, La. — Louisiana needs more revenue from offshore oil and activity and the U.S. Corps of Engineers is broken and needs fixing, said Sen. Mary Landrieu during a fundraiser at the Petrole...
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St. Mary’s hosts Deanery meeting
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church hosted the Southwest Deanery Fall meeting during its Episcopal Ladies meeting Thursday, Oct. 11 at the Trowbridge House in Franklin. The meeting was followed by a lunche...
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Masons present awards
Franklin Lodge 57 F&AM honored local individuals recently for their contributions to the community, including Nurse of the Year Karen St. Blanc, above, of Franklin Foundation Hospital. The Lodge’s ...
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Hanson homecoming parade rolls through Franklin
Hanson Memorial High School held its homecoming parade Thursday in Franklin. The Hanson Memorial Tigers will face off against Ascension Episcopal tonight at 7 p.m. at McCloskey Field. The 2012 Home...
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Broken tourist center looted
MORGAN CITY, La. — The Cajun Coast Welcome and Interpretative Center was broken into Oct. 11 and thousands of dollars in copper was taken from the air conditioning units. Morgan City Assistant Po...
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Vietnam War hero honored in Patterson
PATTERSON, La. — A hero should be treated like one, and a recent Silver Star recipient will receive a hero’s welcome during homecoming festivities at Patterson High School. More than 42 years after...
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Career Day at WSMHS
West St. Mary High School held its Third Annual Career Expo on Thursday, Nov. 17. More than 20 businesses from throughout the parish attended the event to provide career information to juniors, sen...
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Morgan City resident Wesley Bandemer stands at Nu Tech Mediaworld Hospital New Delhi, India — with assistance from medical personnel — where he received embryonic stem cell injections for a three-month period earlier this year. These injections helped him regain movement in his arms that was lost when he was paralyzed below his shoulders in a June 2006 motocross accident. Bandemer plans to return to New Delhi as early as this coming February for more stem cell injections and other rehab to help him gain as much movement back as possible. Above, from left, are a Nu Tech Mediaworld ward boy, Physio (physical therapist) Dipin Thakur and Bandemer, in blue, with another patient and ward boy.
Optimism arises from Indian medicine
MORGAN CITY — After nearly five years of searching tirelessly for an outlet to return to some form of what his life used to be like, Wesley Bandemer has found what he needs. Now, he just needs mor...
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‘Tis the Season
It’s not just Main Street getting the holiday cheer: Par sur la Teche also has been decked with lights and displays. The City of Franklin and Main Street Program board is inviting residents with go...
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(Jessica Jenkins Photography) Kohen Treser with brothers McClendon, left, and Aidan
Family thankful for treatment options
Most enter into a church pew and sit down before services without hesitation. Kasi and Chad Treser and their family wipe down their pew, first. Most shake hands during the portion of the church ser...
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Bringing in the season
The holiday season kicks off today as St. Mary Parish gathers to give thanks for the blessings of the year and beyond. The City of Franklin has been installing decorations and lights along Main Str...
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Patterson proposes big water rate hike
PATTERSON -- In order to pay for water plant improvements, the City of Patterson is discussing raising water rates for both commercial and residential customers. While the current water plant does...
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Youth summit
A Youth Empowerment Summit was held Friday and Saturday at the West St. Mary Civic Center. The St. Mary District 1 Leadership Team, organized by parish Councilman Craig A. Mathews, pictured above, ...
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Aguillard backs out of Lafayette search
St. Mary Superintendent Donald Aguillard withdrew this morning from the race for Lafayette Parish superintendent. After making the cut to the final three candidates one week ago, Aguillard announc...
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Early Thanksgiving
The Down South Riders held their Fourth Annual Feed the Community event Saturday at the Baldwin Civic Center. The motorcycle group served Thanksgiving dinner to more than 500 people in the communit...
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MC voters pass road sales tax of 0.3 percent
From Staff and Wire Reports Although voter turnout was low, Morgan City voters easily passed a 12-year, 0.3 cent sales tax that will be used to fund nearly $4 million in road improvements in the ci...
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Remains found in cane field
Authorities are attempting to identify human remains found in the Centerville area Friday. St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert reported that officers were called to a cane field on La. 317 around 1...
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Marine Safety Unit Morgan City (MSU) and Aids to Navigation Team Morgan City (ANT) received the Partnership in Education Best Collaborative Program Award Thursday for their work with local schools and organizations. A ceremony was held at M.D. Shannon Elementary School in Morgan City to celebrate the local guardsmen's 465 hours donated by 51 volunteers between July 2010 and June 2011. Front from left are Hattie Watts Elementary School Principal Niki Fryou, M.D. Shannon Elementary School Principal Rebecca Harris, M.E. Norman Elementary School Principal Elaine Cureton, St. Mary Outreach Assistant Director Brenda Liner, J.B. Maitland Elementary School Coast Guard liaison Becky Price, and J.B. Maitland Elementary School Principal Tonia Verrette. Back are Marine Safety Unit Commanding Officer Capt. Jonathan Burton, Aids to Navigation Officer in Charge Chief Boatswain's Mate Mark Emerson, and Marine Corps League Toys for Tots representative Bill Goessl.
Coast Guard honors school partnerships
Two Morgan City Coast Guard units received a national award in a ceremony Thursday for their work with local schools and organizations. Marine Safety Unit Morgan City (MSU) and Aids to Navigation ...
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