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Wheelhouse -- A calendar of events for East St. Mary Parish
Gumbo dinners Sold by Second Missionary Baptist Church, 401 Fifth St., Morgan City, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5. Menu: gumbo with rice, potato salad, crackers and drink. Donation $7. Will deli...
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Fire cause may have been electric
Franklin Fire Department personnel responded to a structure fire on Carl C. Foulcard Drive Monday morning. They were called out at 6:04 a.m. and arrived at 709 Carl C. Foulcard Drive at 6:08 a.m. t...
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Voter registration continues to Oct. 9
Anyone who is not registered to vote and wishes to vote on Nov. 6 presidential and congressional elections must be registered on or before Tuesday, Oct. 9. Office hours for the Registrar of Voters...
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Blessing of the animals set Sunday
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church will hold its annual St. Francis Day Blessing of the Animals Sunday. The event is at 2 p.m. on the lawn of Trowbridge House, 808 First St., across from the church in Fra...
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Wheelhouse -- A calendar of events for East St. Mary Parish
Patterson Development Ready Community’s Steering Committee meeting 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, at Patterson Fire Department meeting room. Public invited. Rummage sale At Calumet Baptist Church, U...
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Randy K. Haynie of Haynie and Associates speaks at Monday’s St. Mary Industrial Group meeting at the Petroleum Club of Morgan City.
GOP rise to power in Louisiana noted at St. Mary Industrial Group
MORGAN CITY, La. — The Republican Party’s rise to become the dominant political power in Louisiana is one of the most dynamic changes in the state capitol in the past 30 years, said Randy Haynie, ...
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FEMA office here closed
Staff Report BATON ROUGE, La. — Aided by more than $152.5 million in state and federal assistance, Louisianans are cleaning up and rebuilding their homes, businesses and communities following Hurri...
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Morgan City firefighters fight 2 weekend fires
By JAMES A. ROBICHAUX jrobichaux@daily-review.com MORGAN CITY, La. — Two small fires — one at a home and one at an industry — kept the Morgan City Fire Department busy over the weekend. Shortly aft...
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Marine Corps League raising money for Toys for Tots
By Diane Miller Fears dfears@daily-review.com MORGAN CITY, La. -- Marine Corps League, St. Mary Detachment, will hold the 12th edition of its Toys for Tots Motorcycle Poker Run on Oct. 27. A Poker ...
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Berwick Bay dredging
Berwick Bay dredging
Weeks Marine of New York is working in Berwick Bay on a dredging contract for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, according to Mike Lowe of the corps. “We are disposing of that material in the deep ...
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Haney’s conflict of interest case to be examined
By CAIN BURDEAU Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — A disciplinary board is examining whether a district attorney in Louisiana should be punished for representing a woman in his private practice after c...
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St. Mary Parish Community Foundation board member Alice Pecoraro holds a brochure about the foundation’s fundraiser.
Raffle to support arts education in St. Mary Parish
By JEAN L. KAESS jkaess@daily-review.com MORGAN CITY, La. -- A raffle to support the St. Mary Parish Community Foundation will net one lucky winner a trip to Paris or a Caribbean cruise while raisi...
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Unique items slated for Artists Promenade
Approximately 185 craft booths will take part in the 34th annual arts and crafts show and sale during the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival on Labor Day weekend. The elite of the crafters wil...
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Almost right side up
The barge in the Charenton Navigation and Drainage Canal was righted late last week by LAD Services LLC, of Morgan City. The current owners of the barge, which fell over in the canal in April 2010,...
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Crowns
Alli Landry was crowned queen and David Adams Naquin was named her king during the 76th Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival Coronation Court held Saturday at the Morgan City Municipal Auditoriu...
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Experience Works
Franklin Job Club graduation was held Thursday at the St. Mary Chamber of Commerce office in Franklin. Experience Works program grads, guests and staff were, from left, Third Ward Court Marshal Dav...
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Hudson Drydock in Morgan City changed ownership at the end of July. Longtime owners Wendle “Pup” Huddleston and his wife, Sandy Huddleston, sold the business to, from left, Jerry Landry and his wife Yvette Landry as well as Scott Settoon, all of Pierre Part. Before the sale, the Huddlestons had owned the business for 33 years.
Hudson Drydock sold to Pierre Part trio
MORGAN CITY — The longtime Morgan City owners of Hudson Drydock in Morgan City have sold the business to a trio of Pierre Part business owners. Wendle “Pup” Huddleston and his wife, Sandy Huddlesto...
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FFH Health Fair
Franklin Foundation’s annual health fair was held Thursday. Among the offerings were free screenings for blood glucose, blood pressure, cholesterol, prostrate and thyroid issues, along with lots of...
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St. Mary jobless rate dips; state job growth up
The jobless rate in St. Mary Parish dipped in July, improving four-tenths of a percent from 10 percent in June to 9.6 percent. In July 2010, the unemployment rate was 9.7 percent. There were 20,304...
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Welcome to our city
Visitors to the city will now be welcome by signs at Northwest Boulevard and on Main Street near Foster Street, above. An unveiling and ribbon cutting was sponsored Wednesday by the Chamber of Comm...
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Bid awarded for Cypress Park building
MORGAN CITY — Work on Cypress Park and an adjacent ballpark was awarded to a New Iberia company for approximately $383,000. The city’s Mayor and Council unanimously awarded the bid to Southern Cons...
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The Friends of Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge received a $5,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to build and improve the Palmetto hiking trail on the Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge. The trail is located at the end of Janet E Road off of U.S. 90 near Franklin. Shown going over plans for the trail are Matthew McCollister, refuge specialist of Bayou Teche and Mandalay National Wildlife Refuges; Dean Ashley, Friends board member; and Delores Stewart, Friends president.
Bayou Teche refuge Friends get grant for Palmetto Trail
The Friends of Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge recently received a $5,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to build and improve the Palmetto Trail. The Friends group levera...
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Flipped
A gray and red Mitsubishi Montero Sport left the roadway Monday afternoon and overturned in the wooded area at the foot of the westbound U.S. 90 bridge at Amelia. Members of the Amelia Volunteer Fi...
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Still at it
A derrick lift barge was brought to the Charenton Navigation and Drainage Canal over the weekend to help right the barge overturned there since April of 2010. An early effort to use the lift mechan...
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