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City Council meets Tuesday
Franklin City Council members meet Tuesday in regular session for August. Fire Chief Chuck Bourgeois is slated to present a Fire Certificate of Commendation in connection with an incident at Planta...
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Art Walk postponed
Franklin’s downtown Art Walk was canceled Saturday due to the inclement weather. As heavy thunderstorms rolled through the area beginning Friday with no sign of dissipating, city officials made the...
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Morgan City police arrest 2 on drug, weapon charges
The Morgan City Police Department made two arrests in a major drug and gun sting, according to Chief Marc Folse: —Anthony Jackson, 38, of Hwy. 405, Donaldsonville, was arrested at 8:27 p.m. Wednesd...
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Harlan Kirgan
Kirgan named managing editor
Staff Report Veteran journalist Harlan Kirgan has been named managing editor of The Daily Review by Allan Von Werder, publisher and editor. Von Werder announced the appointment to The Daily Review...
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Berwick Elementary principal reassigned
By JEAN L. KAESS Former Berwick Elementary Principal Steve Russo has been moved again, this time from the Central Office Complex to Franklin Junior High School. The changes in his employment come i...
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Races take shape
Staff Report Candidates are lining up for council races in Patterson and Morgan City as well as the Morgan City mayoral election as qualifying continued for the Nov. 6 election Friday. As of 10 a.m...
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Firefighters respond to shed fire
A shed in Morgan City sustained minor damage in a fire this morning. No injuries were reported to firefighters or homeowners at 720 Bush St. in the 6:23 a.m. blaze. Fire Chief Morris Price said thr...
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Enterprise man arrested for indecent behavior
Indecent behavior charges were made Wednesday against an Enterprise man working locally. Jesse Michael-Glen Vinson, 18, of Enterprise was charged for indecent behavior with a juvenile. The 3:10 p....
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About 265 Morgan City voters are in new districts
Staff Report About 265 voters saw their council districts change after redistricting in Morgan City, stated Jolene Holcombe, registrar of voters for St. Mary Parish. All council districts have been...
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Qualifying continues
The second day of qualifying for the Nov. 6 open primary election continues today. Candidates are lining up for council races in Patterson and Morgan City as well as the Morgan City mayoral electio...
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Repair, not replace visitors center
By ROBERT R. JONES III The Cajun Coast Visitors & Convention Bureau is making progress in planning to repair the Welcome Center and Interpretive Facility in Morgan City, according to attorney Gary ...
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Berwick introduces amended, new budget
By JEAN L. KAESS Berwick town leaders introduced amended budgets for the current fiscal year and a new budget for the coming year when they met Tuesday. The current year budget was amended by $830,...
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Helping hands
Building a new deck and wheelchair access ramp for Raymond Verdin on Pine Street was just one of about 15 residential repair projects across western St. Mary completed this week by high school stud...
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911 board's financials show lower spending
MORGAN CITY — Alan Taylor, CPA of Kolder, Champagne, Slaven and Company in Morgan City presented the St. Mary Parish 911 Communications District their annual financial report during a monthly meeti...
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ALISON BERGERON received two scholarships from the H&B Young Foundation and the East St. Mary Kiwanis Club during the Central Catholic High School Senior Breakfast. The Young Foundation recipient m...
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911 board meets Wed.
St. Mary Parish 911 Communications District (E-911) will hold its monthly meeting Wednesday. The advisory council will receive its 2010 audit report from Allan Taylor of Kolder, Champagne, Slaven a...
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Plans in progress for agitation dredging
MORGAN CITY — Agitation dredging by dragging a metal object similar to a bulldozer blade across the bottom of waterways to stir up sediment will be the first technique used by the Morgan City Harbo...
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Waterways reopen, dredging set to begin
MORGAN CITY — As floodwaters have begun to slowly recede back into the confines between their banks on Berwick Bay, waterways on the Atchafalaya River have reopened to vessel traffic, and locally, ...
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MORGAN CITY ROTARY CLUB members heard from two of the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards camp attendees about their experiences with Rotary's leadership training program for young people held recently at Lake Fausse Point State Park. Pictured, from left, are past district governor Pam Daniels, McCarley Cossey, Chay Burke and Rotary president Walter Daniels.
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Fresh, ripe tomatoes, both red and green varieties, are in abundance at the Franklin Farmers’ Market. Other fresh vegetables available right now include cucumbers, okra, white and yellow squash and zucchini. Cantaloupes and melons will be arriving soon. There’s also plenty of canned fruit and vegetables, breads, cookies, pralines, homemade products and arts and craft items. Hours at the market on willow Street are 8 a.m. to noon on Saturdays and noon to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays.
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Conrad nearly unscathed by high water
Conrad Industries escaped this spring’s high water period with no equipment or facility damage and its chief executive officer expects to resume operations by the end of the month. Johnny Conrad, w...
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Berwick readies for high water clean-up
St. Mary Parish President Paul P. Naquin Jr. thanked the Berwick mayor and town council for the work they did in protecting Berwick and the parish from the threat of flooding during Tuesday’s counc...
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Federal funds for dredging under review
MORGAN CITY — Work on funding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ 2012 budget, including funding for maintenance dredging in waterways in the Morgan City Harbor and Terminal District, is under way. P...
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Moving Sand
La. 70 traffic is once again periodically being diverted to Veterans Boulevard and Fig Street while National Guard troops work to clear away the sand barricades. The cleanup process is moving at a ...
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