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Open sesame
One lane of traffic opened early last week, signaling that work is nearing completion on a small bridge across a canal south of the Harold J. “Babe” Landry Landfill on Berwick South Road as well as...
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Franklin council meets Tuesday
Franklin City Council members meet Tuesday in regular session for October. Guests include representatives from the Franklin Merchants Association’s Harvest Moon Festival and the Red Ribbon Committe...
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Early voters cast 3,374 ballots for Oct. 22 election
Early voting for the Oct. 22 election concluded Saturday with 3,374 ballots cast in St. Mary Parish. Parish government elections and the sheriff’s race are included on local ballots. Three candidat...
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Project funds shifted; tax issue touted
Among a litany of routine business occupying the St. Mary Parish School Board ahead of its Oct. 22 property tax renewal election was the budgeting of unspent funds from a Franklin High gym floor pr...
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Lawsuit may exhaust liability insurance
By JEAN L. KAESS A lawsuit resulting from a Jeanerette school bus accident in 2009 likely will exhaust the St. Mary Parish School Board’s insurance for such cases, causing the board to be responsib...
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La. 182 wreck
Clay Broussard, 21, of Nini Road in Bayou Vista had to be extricated by first responders this morning after his 2008 Dodge Ram struck a silver 2011 Kia Sorrento, driven by Lindsay Mensman, 44, of C...
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FEMA reimbursements coming in
FEMA reimbursement funds have begun to flow to the St. Mary Levee District for their spring flood fighting projects. Nicole Cutforth Nicole of Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure Group told levee...
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Early voters cast 2,261 ballots so far
Early voting for the Oct. 22 election has been keeping up a swift pace this week with 2,261 ballots cast through Thursday in St. Mary Parish. Parish government elections and the sheriff’s race are ...
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Head Start Awareness Month
Local mayors met at St. Mary Community Action Agency on Wednesday to sign a proclamation declaring October Head Start Awareness Month in St. Mary Parish. The proclamation was signed to recognize th...
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Library groundbreaking
Groundbreaking was held Wednesday for a new library at Hanson Memorial High School. The new library will be a state of the art facility with the capacity for new technology. The building will hold ...
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School board agenda
The St. Mary Parish School Board meets Thursday with a light agenda ahead of an Oct. 22 property tax renewal election. The 11.18 mill tax, on the books since 1988, generates $6.3 million annually f...
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A proclamation and resolution of respect were passed Tuesday by the Berwick Town Council in honor of Lillian Streva Russo, who dedicated 34 years of service to the Berwick Volunteer Fire Department as part of its Ladies Auxiliary. Streva, who turns 90-years-old this week, was the wife of the late Joe Russo, a longtime volunteer firefighter with the department who has a fire station in the Golden Farms Subdivision named in his memory. The fire department dedicated a meeting hall in the V.J. Bella Central Fire Station on Canton Street to Lillian Russo earlier this week. At that dedication, from left, are Bella, Russo and BVFD Chief Mike Touchet.
Berwick bridge partially open
The Thorguson Road bridge replacement in Berwick is complete and the road is partially open for use. Town Public Works Director Allen Benoit said the south and north bridge approaches have been tem...
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