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Pratt seeks election as Morgan City District 3 councilman
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Sep 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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The Berry Brothers Remediation site in Bayou Vista.
Bayou Vista company purchased
Staff Report BAYOU VISTA, La. — Berry Brothers Remediation in Bayou Vista has been purchased by American Pollution Control Corp., an oil spill response and environmental solutions provider. The Ba...
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Morgan City FEMA Center to close Friday
Staff Report MORGAN CITY, La. — St. Mary Parish residents have until Friday to visit the FEMA Disaster Recovery Center located in Morgan City. The center closes at 6 p.m. Friday. The center is loca...
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Parish council meets Wednesday
Members of the St. Mary Parish Council will meet in regular session Wednesday. Items on the agenda include: —Introduction of an ordinance establishing the speed limit on Cajun Way Road in Amelia. —...
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Medical account established
MORGAN CITY, La. -- A special account has been established at M C Bank to assist with medical and travel expenses for Jarred Gonzales. The account has been opened in the names of Leroy Gonzales or ...
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Sinkhole tests to begin
BAYOU CORNE, La. (AP) — Drillers punched into a failed salt cavern and then removed the equipment to make way for tests to learn whether the cavern’s failure caused a huge sinkhole in Assumption P...
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An alligator caught earlier in this year at Johnny’s Seafood and Bait Shop in Berwick.
Alligator season winds down
By JAMES A. ROBICHAUX jrobichaux@daily-review.com MORGAN CITY, La. -- Although Hurricane Isaac affected this year’s alligator season, a harvest of about 35,000 gators is expected for the season in ...
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Barbier wins weekly football contest
Staff Report MORGAN CITY, La. -- Holly Barbier of Morgan City won the top prize of $40 in The Daily Review football contest. Barbier only missed four games out of 17 in the contest. There was an ...
Sep 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Benefit for Boudreaux
Residents turned out at City Recreation Center Saturday to help the Franklin Fire Department raise medical expense funds for one of its own, Louis Boudreaux, who is recovering from leg amputation c...
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Morgan City finance panel OKs equipment purchases
By JAMES A. ROBICHAUX jrobichaux@daily-review.com MORGAN CITY — The purchase of a new all-steer loader with a road planer and a dump trailer for both the Sanitation and Public Works Departments was...
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Ben Protich, left, and Drew Angeron, fifth-graders at Bayou Vista Elementary, use teamwork in planting cabbage Thursday afternoon for the school’s new Teaching Garden.
Teaching Garden at Bayou Vista
BAYOU VISTA, La. -- A ceremony was held Thursday at Bayou Vista Elementary for the school’s “Teaching Garden” that the American Heart Association sponsored. According to an AHA news release, “the ...
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Morgan City car show to help fund facilty for disabled in Franklin
By JAMES A. ROBICHAUX jrobichaux@daily-review.com MORGAN CITY, La. — An automotive-themed fundraising event to be held Saturday in Morgan City is geared to accelerate the hopes of a Franklin family...
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Sheriff candidates spar at Chamber forum
PATTERSON — St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert touted his experience and what the sheriff’s office has accomplished. Candidates Patrick LaSalle and Jack Smith said how they could improve it if th...
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Books close Wed. for October ballot, early voting set
Books will close on Wednesday for the October 22 election. Registrar of Voters Jolene Holcombe said anyone wishing to vote in that election must be registered by the close of books. Early voting be...
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Postal worker, resident attacked by dogs Friday
A Franklin postal worker was attacked and seriously injured by dogs Friday afternoon. Franklin Police report that the worker, who was not identified, was delivering mail at 804 Magnolia St. at abou...
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Community group sets first Hoodstock event
Hoodstock, a small grassroots organization seeking to provoke social action and cultural awareness in lower income neighborhoods, will hold the first of what it hopes becomes an annual event, Satur...
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Festival shakes off weather detractors
MORGAN CITY — A keen eye on the weather, an attentive ear to local emergency officials, and squeegees and mulch in hand and on the ground. That’s how Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival offici...
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Golf course to end year up to $175K in hole
Atchafalaya Golf Course will end its fiscal year this month with a $150,000 to $175,000 deficit that will be covered by parish government. Meeting in regular session Wednesday, members of the St. M...
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City gets feasibility study on roadwork
MORGAN CITY — Just under $4 million is the estimated total cost for repair work on streets within the city, according to an economic feasibility study the City Council commissioned for its Novembe...
Sep 14, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dinner After Hours at Belleview
Chamber of Commerce members took advantage of a Dinner After Hours Tuesday to get to know other business leaders in the parish. Hosted by Belleview Golf and Country Club owners Ty Burdette, Bobby M...
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Agitation field trials have yet to begin
MORGAN CITY — Agitation dredging field trials in the Atchafalaya Bar and Bay Channel were not included in an existing contract that began in August but may be included on a contract for the Atchaf...
Sep 13, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Found in attic
While exploring his aunt’s attic in Franklin, Christian Henry found a stack of loose documents, photos and some possible family history. An Oct. 16, 1917 copy of the New Orleans Daily States was f...
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SMP superintendent is Lafayette candidate
St. Mary School Superintendent Dr. Donald Aguillard is one of 26 candidates for the position of Lafayette Parish Superintendent. Aguillard’s name has been passed among Lafayette Parish school admi...
Sep 12, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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Swamp breakdown in Franklin
Troy Landry and his cast and film crew from the History Channel’s Swamp People made an unexpected stop in Franklin Friday afternoon due to a boat trailer breakdown in front of Burger King on Main S...
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