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Patterson Junior High School teacher Nancy Goolsby was dunked during the school’s second annual Jacks Fest, held Friday with face painting, temporary tattoos, baseball speed throw, cake walk, ballo...
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Morgan City Council will meet tonight
A plan of action to pursue the owner of the Guarisco-Evans Shopping Center to make necessary repairs to his property highlights the monthly agenda for this evening’s Morgan City Council meeting. Ci...
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Hamer to be honored as CFA Philanthropy Leader
A Morgan City man will be honored during the 2011 Leaders in Philanthropy Awards ceremony at the Cajundome Convention Center in Lafayette on Nov. 10. The event, which will be held from 11:30 a.m. t...
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Federal disaster assistance available for small businesses
Small, nonfarm businesses in all 64 Louisiana parishes and neighboring counties in Arkansas, Mississippi and Texas are now eligible to apply for low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Busi...
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Benefit symphony
Acadiana Symphony’s Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Michael Blarney, will be in concert Saturday evening, Oct. 29 at Oaklawn Manor in Franklin. Tickets are still available for the event, a fundrais...
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Blue light special
The annual Red Ribbon Week observance kicked off this week with a bang — actually a lot of sirens and horns. A motorcade of emergency response vehicles of all types paraded through the parish Satur...
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Voter turnout low in governor's race
From Staff and Wire Reports Only about a third of Louisiana’s voters bothered to cast votes in the election to choose their state leaders for the next four years. In St. Mary Parish, however, turno...
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Download your election ballot checklist
While an official sample ballot is not available, a ballot checklist gives voters a single place to mark their selections ahead of the election. Voters are encouraged to print this document and mak...
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Ethics opinion okays dealings with levee district
The Louisiana Board of Ethics opined in July that there were no conflicts of interest for a second cousin of the president of the St. Mary Parish Levee District to enter into a contract with the le...
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Packed slate of events for Red Ribbon Week
Red ribbons will be flying today through Oct. 30 in observance of the annual drug-free week campaign. This national awareness week has been observed in St. Mary Parish schools and communities for m...
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Mark’s Airboats featured on ‘Modern Marvels’ Monday
“Modern Marvels” will feature a segment on Mark’s Airboats of Franklin next week. Set for broadcast on The History Channel H2, Mark Robicheaux said it’s the latest venture he, or his boats, have ma...
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Foundation Hospital posts $1.6 million profit for year
Franklin Foundation Hospital ended its fiscal year on Sept. 30 with a $1.6 million profit, according to reports delivered Thursday to the Hospital Service District 1 Board of Commissioners. Hospita...
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