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Adopt-A-Family ceremonies
St. Mary Community Action Agency’s Adopt-A-Family ceremony was held Monday at their office on Barrow Street in Franklin. This year CAA organized assistance for up to 100 families with the help of l...
Dec 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Casey Denham receives toys for her children from U.S. Coast Guard Lt. j.g. Nick Jones of Houma Saturday. Jones volunteered to help hand out St. Mary Parish’s Toys for Tots donations to residents at VFW Post 4222 in Morgan City.
Toys for Tots hands out more than 1,200 toys in St. Mary Parish
MORGAN CITY, La. — More than 1,200 St. Mary Parish children will have a merrier Christmas thanks to the Marine Corps League Toys for Tots. Parents received their toy donations Saturday morning at V...
Dec 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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St. Mary Parish school security reviewed after massacre
CENTERVILLE, La. — Thoughts of the lives lost in Friday’s Sandy Hook Elementary massacre weigh heavily on American minds as they progress into their first school day since the shooting Friday, and ...
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Wheelhouse -- A calendar of events for East St. Mary Parish
Candlelight Vigil In memory of Sandy Hook Elementary shooting victims and Dominique Bennett, a victim of domestic violence, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18, at Patterson City Hall. Presented by Ladies of D...
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Patterson man accused in murder held in parish jail
Junior Weston, 46, of Williams Street in Patterson, was booked into the St. Mary Parish Law Enforcement Center in Centreville at 3:52 p.m. Thursday for the first degree murder of Dominique Bennett,...
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Patterson woman arrested for insurance fraud
A Patterson woman is one of two individuals arrested by Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud Unit detectives in separate insurance fraud cases. Detectives concluded a two-month-long investigati...
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City council meets Tuesday
Franklin City Council members meet Tuesday in regular session for December. Guests include a representative of Progressive Waste Solutions, the city’s trash pickup service, at the request of Counci...
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Flood work estimated at $75M
MORGAN CITY, La. — The Bayou Chene flood protection structure project is estimated to cost $75 million with the current recommendations, said Jeff Pena of Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure Inc....
Dec 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Annual presentations
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Women held their annual presentation to residents of Franklin Health Care Center this week. The gifts consisted of a blanket and pillow to each recipient. Shown are Pam ...
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Noise and other police issues rise in Baldwin
Noise, and what police are doing or not doing about it, sparked a contentious discussion between Baldwin residents, aldermen and police officials Thursday. Marilyn Burgess, who lives next to the Mo...
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Top Gains schools recognized in St. Mary Parish
CENTERVILLE, La. — Seven St. Mary Parish schools have been designated as Top Gains schools, each earning $8,500 for their work. The schools — Berwick Junior High, Berwick High School, W.P. Foster E...
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St. Mary Parish schools embrace fight against bullying
CENTERVILLE, La. — St. Mary Parish has been ahead of the curve when it comes to implementation of the Tesa Middlebrook Anti-bullying Act. The new law strengthens an older one by adding more rigid r...
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Patterson rescue dog aids search for UL student
Local support in the case of the missing Lafayette college student has been on the ground practically since she disappeared in the form of a human and two K-9 officers from the Patterson Police De...
Jun 04, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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New Officers
A new slate of St. Mary Landmarks Society officers was installed Friday during ceremonies at Grevemberg House in Franklin. From left are Didi Battle, treasurer; Ruthie Heard secretary; incoming Pre...
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Water safety classes return for third year
The Aqua Safety First Community Program will hold its third annual water safety event, open to the public at the Pavillion on Lake End Park in Morgan City, on June 9, 10 a.m. to noon. “The recent ...
Jun 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Barbecue competition slated for July in MC
When it comes to the culinary, barbecue is probably not what comes to mind when most people think of the Tri-City area. Don and Mata Tellman hope to change that. They are organizing a barbecue com...
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Lamp post hit
A truck hit a lamp post on Main Street between Caffery and Morris Street this morning. The city has a few finished lamp posts in stock, but also has the molds to obtain further replacements. No fur...
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Dredging bid awarded
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, an Illinois company, to perform this year’s annual dredging work in the Atchafalaya Bar Channel in St. Mary Par...
May 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Landry says USDA will retain local FSA office
In a major win for Louisiana farmers, Congressman Jeff Landry (R, LA-03) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has reversed its proposal to close the St. Mary Parish Farm Service...
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Community concert season tickets on sale
A slate of six concerts is on tap for the Morgan City Community Concert Association in 2012-13. “This will be another fantastic Community Concert season and the membership drive is under way,” secr...
May 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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New fire fighting station
A groundbreaking ceremony was held Thursday for the new Baldwin Volunteer Fire Department station. Firefighters and town officials attended the ceremony as well as contractors for the project. The ...
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Carl Marcel maintains a memorial to veterans and prisoners of war in his front yard on Mercury Road in Bayou Vista. He’ll keep it there “until they all come home.”
Diehard Marine lives for remembrance
BAYOU VISTA — There is no such thing as an ex-Marine, and Carl Marcel is living proof of that. The 75-year-old enlisted in the U.S. Army National Guard in 1953, while he was still in high school. ...
May 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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The Nineties
St. Mary Council on Aging honored its senior citizens in their 90s last week at a special luncheon at the Senior Center on Iberia Street. From left are Florence Thibodeaux, Tom Randazzo, Anna Heber...
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Schools adopted
An Adopt-A-School program was held Monday at J.A. Hernandez Elementary School in Franklin, at top. The school was adopted by Pat’s Florist. Pictured above from left are St. Mary Parish Chamber of C...
May 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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