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City smoke testing set Oct. 10-11
The City of Franklin will be conducting leak tests of the sanitary sewer system by forcing smoke into the lines Oct. 10-11. The smoke will help locate places where storm and other surface waters ar...
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The sound of music
Berwick High School hosted the seventh annual Teche Fest band contest Saturday at Geisler Stadium. Many bands came to compete, including South Lafourche High School’s Marching Tarpon Band, top. Ber...
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Patterson Council will meet Tuesday
Patterson lawmakers again will consider a variance request to reduce a side yard setback at 200 Enterprise Ave. The setback, from 5 feet to 3 feet, is needed to safely construct a warehouse on the ...
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Leadership recognized
Knights of Council 1420 awarded the Catholic Youth Leadership award to Joshua Baudoin, son of Timothy and Stephanie Baudoin of Franklin. Joshua is a graduate of Hanson Memorial High School and a fr...
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Levee commissioners fund flood payments
The St. Mary Parish Levee District will borrow $750,000 from the St. Mary Parish Government to help pay its flood fighting expenditures. The board agreed on Thursday to allow Levee District Preside...
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Edwards book signing set
Former Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards will be at the Animal Trophy House in New Iberia for a book signing Wednesday. Set for 6 p.m., attendees must either bring a copy of Edwards’ book or purchas...
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Clarification
It was incorrectly stated Wednesday in an article about the closure of Angel Food Ministries that “locally, St. Mary Outreach is the only food bank meeting the needs of St. Mary Parish.” St. Mary P...
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Spring flood costs piling up
Expenses from efforts to prevent backwater flooding in St. Mary Parish this past spring are piling up while the Levee District waits for reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. ...
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Truck crash
A US Recovery Systems truck, driven by Welton Guidry Jr., 44, of Chauvin, caused an accident on U.S. 90 around 6 p.m. Wednesday that tied up traffic for nearly three hours and sent a local man to t...
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Warehouse, children's home run into protests
It was made perfectly clear Wednesday that residents living near a proposed children’s home in Patterson oppose the project. The home, to be located at 200 Enterprise Ave., came under fire during ...
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Working for Emergency Aid
V.B. Glencoe Charter School Beta Club collected food items for the Emergency Aid Center and United Way of South Louisiana. Pictured from left are several eighth grade Beta members, Travis Leblanc, ...
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MC presents $37 million budget
MORGAN CITY — The city released an approximately $37.48 million budget for the 2012 fiscal year that reflects flat tax collections but includes the 2 percent longevity raise for employees that hav...
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