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City council meets last time for 2011
Franklin City Council members made quick work of a short agenda Tuesday in their last meeting of 2011. The council introduced an ordinance setting the speed limits in the city and adopted another r...
Dec 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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911 board will meet Wednesday
The St. Mary 911 Communications District will meet Wednesday to consider approval of its 2012 budget. Also on the agenda is the annual hiring of an auditor to go over the district’s books for the y...
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Wetlands Reserve Program applications now accepted
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Louisiana has set the first 2012 application evaluation period for the Wetlands Reserve Program. The evaluation period...
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Holiday cheer
Local Winn-Dixie team members adopted nearly 30 residents of Franklin Health Care Center for the holidays. Each adopted resident, such as Jane Prater pictured here, was surprised with a Christmas g...
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Here comes Santa Claus
Santa Claus made an early appearance in Patterson Sunday afternoon, and he did it with a little South Louisiana flair — he rode in a boat being pulled along a parade route. The parade, sponsored by...
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Motorcycle accident in Berwick claims 2 lives
A Bayou Vista couple died Saturday night after a motorcycle accident in Berwick. Eugene Lee LeNoir, 41, and Sarah LeNoir, 40, were riding a 2003 Harley Davidson which struck the rear of a vehicle i...
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Patterson parade Sunday; other events on tap
Christmas activities in St. Mary Parish will continue this weekend, highlighted by the City of Patterson’s Christmas parade Sunday at 2 p.m. The parade, sponsored by the Patterson Knights of Columb...
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Bon voyage
Sailing on Lake Palourde in December usually would be an icy cold adventure, but the unseasonably warm temperatures recently have allowed these boaters to comfortably enjoy extended time under thei...
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Foundation sees November profit
Franklin Foundation Hospital continued to see a profitable bottom line in November, the second month of its fiscal year. Hospital Chief Financial Officer Ron Bailey told Hospital Service District 1...
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Lake End Park concession going up for bids Monday
MORGAN CITY — Bids soon will be taken for food concession rights at Lake End Parkway in Morgan City because the current concession provider is retiring. The first notice will be published in Monda...
Dec 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Wall raising
Work has begun on the Adullam Household of Faith, a place where children of incarcerated women will be able to live rather than being placed in foster care. Bethel Pentecostal Fellowship Church in ...
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Controlled burn
Franklin firefighters provide standby assistance at a controlled burn of a mobile home under demolition Wednesday on Thomas Street in the Gum Point area. The 1:35 p.m. call-out was the second incid...
Dec 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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