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St. Martin Council seeks turn lane
The St. Martin Parish Council unanimously passed a resolution during its meeting last week asking the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development to initiate a traffic survey for the pos...
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Berwick's garbage fees rising
Berwick leaders introduced an ordinance to raise garbage rates from $18.50 to $19 monthly and passed an ordinance creating a maintenance servitude west of Renwick Subdivision. Garbage rates are be...
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Berwick lighting contest winners announced
Berwick Garden Club has released the list of winners in its annual Christmas lighting contest. Winners include: Old Berwick — James Richard, first place; Danyell White, second place; Gary Robison, ...
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School board will meet Thursday
A special meeting of the St. Mary Parish School Board will be held Thursday to receive the fourth redistricting plan from the board’s demographer. A public hearing is slated to be scheduled to rece...
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Adopt-A-Family
St. Mary/Vermillion Community Action Agency held its annual Adopt-A-Family program on Wednesday. With the donations received from local sponsors, CAA was able to adopt 61 children and 31 families t...
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Mold requires complete renovation of city hall
As of noon today, Patterson City Hall was shuttered and declared a “sick” building. Built in 2002 at a cost of around $1.77 million, the city hall/jail complex is less than 10 years old but has a s...
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Teachers publish book on education comedy and wisdom
Teachers inspire, perspire, aspire and eventually retire. That’s when the fun really begins. At least, that’s when it began for Diane T. Martin and Linda V. Thomas, two longtime Morgan City High S...
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Read me a story
The Morgan City Rotary Club is donating 500 books to eight local elementary schools. Each first-grade student will receive one of 13 different titles. Berwick Elementary first-graders received thei...
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Atchafalaya river levels on the rise
By GEOFFREY STOUTE MORGAN CITY — The Atchafalaya River has topped the 4-foot mark, which is pegged as flood stage, but well below the 6 foot levels that start causing locals on the unprotected side...
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Lighting contest
Members of the Franklin Garden Club hosted a reception for judges of the annual Christmas Lighting and Decorating contest prior to setting out to view the displays. Judges were Trudy Bourgeois, Bet...
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Last meeting of PC term set Wednesday
A brief agenda awaits the St. Mary Parish Council when it meets in its final session of 2011 Wednesday. Items of business to be considered include a proposed ordinance amending the 2011 fiscal year...
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Annual Food Drive is Wednesday
The annual FoodNet Food for Families Drive is Wednesday with three drop-off points in western St. Mary Parish. All donations collected locally will go the Emergency Aid Center in Franklin, a United...
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