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BRIDGES — Building Relationships, Increasing Development, Growing Educational Success — hopes to help Morgan City High School and the community it serves connect in a meaningful way. During the inaugural meeting Thursday, Morgan City High School Assistant Principal Tim Hymel, co-chairwomen Tammilee M. Kelly and Michelle South, and Principal Mickey Fabre joined more than 40 charter members of the organization.
Program seeks to link Morgan City High School to community
MORGAN CITY, La. — Connections between a school, the community it serves and the businesses it hopes to one day supply with workers are vital. Two Morgan City High School teachers working on their...
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Morgan City men among 4 carjacking suspects
RACELAND, La. (AP) — Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre says four men – two from Morgan City — are in custody after an alleged carjacking in New Orleans. Webre says the men were booked Saturday i...
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Chez Hope honors
Chez Hope held its annual Mayor’s Breakfast Friday at the Forest Restaurant in Franklin. Patti Ibert, fourth from left, was presented the organization’s Peacemaker award for her work in the communi...
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FSHS Homecoming royalty
Franklin Senior High School’s 2012 Homecoming royalty are, from left, Miss Senior Ylizabeth Jackson and at right Queen Yvanna Pogue. They are pictured here during their presentation at J.C. Dry Sta...
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Charenton bridge road closed
La. 324, Convent Street, between La. 326 and La. 87 at the Charenton swing bridge in St Mary Parish is now closed until Friday, Nov. 2, 5 p.m. to build a bulkhead to repair the eroded embankment, w...
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Parish Council meets Wednesday
Members of the St. Mary Parish Council will meet in regular session Wednesday at 6 p.m. Items on the agenda include: —Consideration of proposed ordinances on a $2.4 million refinancing bond, and a ...
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West Nile virus confirmed in Morgan City sentinel chicken
MORGAN CITY, La. — West Nile virus was confirmed in a sentinel chicken in Morgan City Friday. It is the first time this mosquito season the virus was confirmed in the city, although surrounding mun...
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Wheelhouse -- A calendar of events for East St. Mary Parish
Old-Fashioned Prayer and Praise Service at Mount Zion Baptist Church, 507 Fourth St., Morgan City, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9. Music by Minister of Music Darryl McPherson, Thibodaux. Public invited. G...
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Greg Pellerin of Franklin paddles to the finish line in Berwick on Sunday.
Tour du Teche ends with record times, new festival at Berwick
BERWICK, La. — The third annual Tour du Teche ended with record times and a new festival evolving on the Atchafalaya River waterfront Sunday.
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First into Franklin
Brad Pennington and Joost Zeegers in boat 21, first photo, were the first to paddle furiously into Franklin for the Saturday finish line of Tour du Teche III. Though a few miles of water hyacinth l...
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Head Start Awareness Month begins Monday
October is Head Start Awareness Month and the St. Mary-Vermilion Community Action Agency will be observing the event with a number of activities starting Monday. Almetra Franklin, St. Mary-Vermilio...
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Morgan City man arrested on cocaine charge
The St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests since Wednesday morning, according to Sheriff Mark Hebert: —Rudolph David Taylor, 54, of South Railroad Avenue, Morgan City, was ...
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The annual “Zoo to Boo” Family Fun Day will be held Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Morgan City Barnyard Zoo. The event, part of St. Mary Parish Red Ribbon Week activities, will follow the annual Parade of Schools that will begin at Tampico’s parking lot and travel down Victor II Boulevard to the Barnyard Zoo. The Zoo to Boo will feature game and activity booths, sponsored by parish 4-H clubs, concessions, Halloween bags, a Halloween costume contest and a cake compliments of Cannata’s Family Market. A $1 donation is requested at the gate entrance, and each game will cost approximately 25 cents. Red Ribbon Week committee members, above, made preparations and decorated the site.
Day of family fun awaits at annual Zoo to Boo
Zoo to Boo Family Fun Day, an annual event supporting and celebrating Red Ribbon Week, will be held Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Morgan City Barnyard Zoo. The event is preceded by the ...
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City ready for fun-filled Harvest Moon Fest
Festival co-chairs Debbie Von Werder and Joan Adams promise the 12th Annual Harvest Moon Festival will be bigger and better than ever. Debbie and Joan began working with the festival three years ag...
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Parking issue of 18-wheeler heard by parish council
A LaGrange-Robicheaux Road resident sought help from the St. Mary Parish Council Wednesday to continue being allowed to park an 18-wheel tractor/trailer rig at her residence. Darlene Theriot addres...
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St. Mary unemployment drops in Sept.
Louisiana’s unemployment rate declined in September, and St. Mary Parish’s rate went right along with it. St. Mary posted an 8.2 percent jobless rate last month, down from 8.8 percent in August and...
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MCPD to purchase new computer system
MORGAN CITY — The purchase of a new computer operating system for the city’s police department was unanimously approved by the council during Tuesday’s monthly meeting. The system, which is expect...
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Parish sales tax returns up but slip for quarter
Total sales tax collections for St. Mary Parish are up 7.3 percent through the third quarter of the fiscal year despite dropping nearly 6 percent in the third quarter itself. St. Mary Parish Sales ...
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Sales tax returns up, but slip for quarter
By JEAN L. KAESS PATTERSON — Total sales tax collections for St. Mary Parish are up 7.3 percent through the third quarter of the fiscal year despite dropping nearly 6 percent in the third quarter i...
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Guests, long list of resolutions await PC
Residents of LaGrange-Robicheaux Road just outside of the Franklin city limits are slated to address the St. Mary Parish Council when it meets in regular session Wednesday. Among the guests listed ...
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Benefit symphony
Acadiana Symphony’s Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Michael Blarney, will be in concert Saturday evening, Oct. 29 at Oaklawn Manor in Franklin. Tickets are still available for the event, a fundrais...
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Hebert, Naquin win; Allain is senator
Mark Hebert was elected to a full term as St. Mary Parish sheriff, an office he has held in an interim capacity since the retirement of his predecessor David Naquin in July. Hebert, of Franklin, wa...
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Red Ribbon Week
Red Ribbon Week, Oct. 21-30, was kicked off Friday with the return of a Franklin son who spoke with local students at Franklin Junior High and West St. Mary (above) and Franklin high schools on how...
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Polling places will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday for registered voters to cast their ballots at their pre-designated voting locations. Without proper identification, a registered voter cannot cast his vote. According to the Louisiana Secretary of State’s office, such ID includes a driver’s license, a Louisiana Special ID or some other generally recognized picture ID that contains your name and signature. Voters who have no picture ID may bring a utility bill, payroll check or government document that includes their name and address, but they will have to sign an affidavit furnished by the Elections Division in order to vote. Disabled voters may receive assistance. Guidelines are found here: http://www.sos.la.gov/tabid/170/Default.aspx. For a sample ballot, visit https://voterportal.sos.la.gov. The state also has produced an iPhone app called Geaux Vote Mobile in which voters can find out where to vote, what’s on the ballot and other summarized voter registration and elections information. Also, sample ballots specific to each precinct also are posted at that precinct. Voters should be familiar with their choices before entering as each is given three minutes in the booth.
Primary for state, parish elections is Saturday
Parish government elections and the sheriff’s race are included on the local ballot for Saturday’s election. Three candidates are vying for the sheriff’s job after the retirement of 16-year office ...
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