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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 ...
Aug 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Crappell charged in missing school funds
By JEAN L. KAESS Former Berwick Town Councilwoman and Berwick Elementary School secretary Penny T. Crappell turned herself in to the St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Department this morning on charges of ...
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Boustany: ‘Conservative leadership’
Congressman Charles Boustany (R-Lake Charles) said sessions have been busy, and some members don’t show up for votes. Boustany participated in a breakfast forum presented by the St. Mary Parish Cha...
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Landry: ‘No more career politicians’
Congressman Jeff Landry, (R-New Iberia) 3rd Congressional District, said Wednesday that issues in Washington have been around for years, even decades. Landry told attendees in a St. Mary Parish Cha...
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City summer programs were success
This summer’s programs sponsored by the City of Franklin were successful all the way around. Arlana Shields, community development director, told the city council Tuesday that the summer dance prog...
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Parish ACT scores dip
By JEAN L. KAESS St. Mary Parish high schools experienced an overall decline in composite ACT scores during the 2011-12 school year. The parish experienced a decline in composite score from 19.8 in...
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Festival poster on sale
By Jean L. Kaess The 2012 edition of the Louisiana Shrimp & Petroleum Festival poster has been unveiled and is on sale now. The poster, designed by Zoe Puryear of Bivens in Beauregard Parish, can b...
Aug 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Crappell resigns council, school posts
By JEAN L. KAESS Berwick Town Councilwoman Penny Crappell submitted her resignation from both the council and her school system job effective today. “It is with much regret and sorrow that I now su...
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City losing patience with garbage pickup
Patience is wearing thin with garbage pickup service problems in Franklin. Councilman Chuck Autin, a persistent and vocal critic of Progressive Waste Solutions for several months now, said after ar...
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Mosquito control increased in area
Mosquito spraying has been increased in the City of Franklin. Jessie Boudreaux, Cajun Mosquito Control owner, told the city council Tuesday about news media reports of West Nile virus outbreaks aro...
Aug 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Bart Mancuso
Mancuso announces for Morgan City mayor
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...
Aug 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Repairs planned for U.S. 90 cracks
By JEAN L. KAESS The project to repair girder cracks on the elevated section of U.S. 90 over Bayou Ramos will be let for bid in October. Phase 1 of the Bayou Ramos rehabilitation includes repairing...
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Agency of the Year
Emergency Aid Center, Inc. of Franklin is the 2011 Agency of the Year for United Way for South Louisiana. At the organization's campaign kickoff and annual awards ceremony in Houma last week, Marth...
Jun 29, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Local groups lose tax-exempt status
The Berwick Housing Authority Resident Council, the St. Mary Industrial Group, and the Morgan City Volunteer Fire Department are among more than 30 eastern St. Mary Parish groups that have lost the...
Jun 28, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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La. 87 reconstruction
Work is under way on the reconstruction of La. 87 between Willow Street in Franklin and the Centerville bridge. The project along a 5-mile stretch consists of removal of the existing pavement and c...
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A-HEC of a Summer
The A-HEC of a Summer program at Franklin Foundation Hospital and Teche Action Clinic was held from June 6-20. The Southwest Louisiana Area Health Education Center program provides an opportunity f...
Jun 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Levee board seeks to sell bonds to operate
MORGAN CITY — The St. Mary Parish Levee District agreed to seek financing of $2.5 million for up to five years from the State of Louisiana’s Bond Commission to help it finance its operations. The d...
Jun 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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MC uncovers more than $400K unused
MORGAN CITY — Subject to approval at its council meeting on Tuesday, the 2 percent pay reduction city employees have incurred for the first six months of 2011 will be lifted, effective the first pa...
Jun 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Water problems
An apparent water line break at Wilson and Main streets in the St. Mary Parish Courthouse parking lot seemed to have caused the need to open a nearby hydrant, sending a flow of water toward Bayou T...
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Parish unemployment rises; state sees growth
Unemployment remains high in St. Mary Parish, which bears the highest unemployment level among Louisiana’s coastal parishes. Figures from the Louisiana Workforce Commission show St. Mary with 20,17...
Jun 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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2011 Atchafalaya River crest was 10.35 feet
MORGAN CITY — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced the official crest in Morgan City during this year’s high water season was 10.35 feet, the second highest ever recorded here and just shy o...
Jun 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fans for Seniors
Fans donated by Cleco employees at the Teche Power Station are available to seniors, over age 60, at the St. Mary Council on Aging’s Senior Activities Center, 300 Iberia Street. To receive a fan, ...
Jun 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Cleanup continues
Clean-Up Franklin Day was sponsored by the City of Franklin on June 11. The Volunteers provided their ``people power'' to clean up areas of Iberia Street and Willow Street. Volunteers are urged to ...
Jun 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Berwick South Road to close Thursday
Work on Berwick South Road, including the changing of a precast bridge just past the parish landfill, will begin Thursday and continue for six months. The structure will replace a bridge that is ab...
Jun 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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