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Basin Program meeting set
Public hearings on the proposed fiscal year 2013 Atchafalaya Basin Program plan will begin with a meeting in Morgan City tonight. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at the Morgan City Municipal Audit...
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School board conducts personnel hearings
Personnel matters occupied a good portion of the St. Mary Parish School Board’s time Thursday. Unfortunately, most of what occurred is not a matter of public record. An hourlong executive session t...
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Aguillard gains public endorsements
St. Mary School Superintendent Donald Aguillard picked up two endorsements in his bid for the position of Lafayette superintendent. The 100 Black Men of Lafayette and Lafayette Public Education Sta...
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Chamber, AGU offer Taste of Art
The St. Mary Chamber of Commerce and Artists Guild Unlimited will host “Taste of Art” Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Everett Street Gallery in Morgan City. Paintings by celebrity artists will be auction...
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Foggy morning crash
A two-vehicle accident occurred about 8 a.m. today in the eastbound lane near the crest of the E.J. “Lionel” Grizzaffi U.S. 90 bridge. The accident involved a white Pontiac Grand Prix GT, driven by...
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Franklin lighting contest set
Franklin’s Christmas Lighting and Decorating Contest will be judged Monday, Dec. 12. The contest is sponsored by the City of Franklin and the Franklin Garden Club. Participants should have their li...
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City council meets Tuesday
Franklin City Council members meet Tuesday in regular session for November. The sole guest on the agenda is Joan Adams of the Franklin Merchant’s Association Harvest Moon Festival. The council will...
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Message board unveiled
The unveiling of a message board at Front and Freret streets in Morgan City was held Thursday afternoon. The surviving family members of Jason M. Bergeron, who passed away Jan. 8, donated the board...
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Ralph “Pappy” Thomas, who served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II — including an invasion in Normandy — holds up two photos of scenes from the June 6, 1944, attack in which he was involved. In left photo is LCI(L) 85, the boat Thomas was assigned to, as it lists before sinking in the English Channel following the invasion. At right, the LCI(L) 85 crew drops off its wounded personnel on the Coast Guard carrier, Samuel Chase.
Coast Guard veteran recalls D-Day action
MORGAN CITY — Ralph “Pappy” Thomas is one of the lucky ones. He did not return to America during or after World War II in a casket, like many other servicemen. Instead, he returned relatively unha...
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School board puts off insurance negotiation
By JEAN L. KAESS CENTERVILLE — The St. Mary Parish School Board agreed to allow its consultant to begin negotiating on its behalf for group health insurance, but the consultant told them they may n...
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Port board will meet Monday
A light agenda awaits the Morgan City Harbor and Terminal District, who will hold its monthly meeting Monday. The board will discuss a letter of no objection from Miller Engineers & Associates on b...
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Permanent Franklin flood control bid may be awarded next April
Plans on the permanent Franklin flood control structure are on track for a late April construction bid award. Project manager Nicole Cutforth of Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure Group told St....
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