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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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‘Battle of the Paddles’ finishers
The remaining winners in Hanson Memorial High School’s “Battle of the Paddles” gumbo cook off were, from top, the Roux Brothers, second place, members Butch Bourgeois, Tommy Mire, David Theriot, He...
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Lafayette school board to discuss voting for superintendent
The Lafayette Parish School Board will meet tonight to determine the voting method that will be used to narrow the field of candidates for superintendent that currently includes St. Mary Superinte...
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Morgan City Council hears departmental requests
MORGAN CITY — The City Council met with city leaders for more than two hours during Wednesday’s budget workshop to discuss the city’s needs for the 2012 fiscal year, which begins Jan. 1. Those app...
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100 years young
Gertrude Diggs Johnson of Siracusa recently celebrated her 100th birthday. She was born Sept. 16, 1911, in Gibson. A party was hosted by her son Anthony Johnson III and daughter-in-law Gloria Johns...
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City, Chez Hope unite for America Recyles
America Recycles Day is Nov. 15 and the City of Franklin and Chez Hope encourage citizens to donate gently used items that are in good condition to Chez Hope. “This is a good time to do winter clea...
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Arts grant
Franklin Mayor Raymond Harris Jr. presented Techeland Arts Council Chair Judith Allain with a check representing a Decentralized Arts Fund grant for TAC’s production “No Hitchin’.” The original the...
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Lamppost contest winners
Winners of the annual Lamppost Decorating Contest were announced during the Harvest Moon Festival. First Place went to Fad’s Newsstand, second place was awarded to Franklin Health Care Center, thir...
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