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City summer programs were success
This summer’s programs sponsored by the City of Franklin were successful all the way around. Arlana Shields, community development director, told the city council Tuesday that the summer dance prog...
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Parish ACT scores dip
By JEAN L. KAESS St. Mary Parish high schools experienced an overall decline in composite ACT scores during the 2011-12 school year. The parish experienced a decline in composite score from 19.8 in...
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Festival poster on sale
By Jean L. Kaess The 2012 edition of the Louisiana Shrimp & Petroleum Festival poster has been unveiled and is on sale now. The poster, designed by Zoe Puryear of Bivens in Beauregard Parish, can b...
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Crappell resigns council, school posts
By JEAN L. KAESS Berwick Town Councilwoman Penny Crappell submitted her resignation from both the council and her school system job effective today. “It is with much regret and sorrow that I now su...
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City losing patience with garbage pickup
Patience is wearing thin with garbage pickup service problems in Franklin. Councilman Chuck Autin, a persistent and vocal critic of Progressive Waste Solutions for several months now, said after ar...
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Mosquito control increased in area
Mosquito spraying has been increased in the City of Franklin. Jessie Boudreaux, Cajun Mosquito Control owner, told the city council Tuesday about news media reports of West Nile virus outbreaks aro...
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Bart Mancuso
Mancuso announces for Morgan City mayor
EDITOR’S NOTE — The following announcement has been authorized for release by the candidate’s campaign. Publication is provided as a public service and implies no endorsement by The Daily Review or...
Aug 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Repairs planned for U.S. 90 cracks
By JEAN L. KAESS The project to repair girder cracks on the elevated section of U.S. 90 over Bayou Ramos will be let for bid in October. Phase 1 of the Bayou Ramos rehabilitation includes repairing...
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Family’s port deal in question
By James A. Robichaux Ongoing tensions between the Howard family on Youngs Road and the port authority of Morgan City regarding the family’s long-term presence on the property and its fear of emine...
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Parish council to meet Wednesday
Members of the St. Mary Parish Council will consider adoption of ordinances designating the adjusted millage rates subsequent to property value reassessments for the purpose of maintaining and supp...
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Impaired driver checkpoint planned
An impaired driver checkpoint will be conducted Friday within the city limits of Patterson. All drivers traveling through the checkpoint between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. will be screened for alcohol and ...
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Accident nets charges
A Morgan City man garnered a litany of charges after he caused an accident on the E.J. “Lionel” Grizzaffi Memorial U.S. 90 Bridge late Sunday night. Robert Campbell, 23, of Catherine Street in Morg...
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La. 87 reconstruction
Work is under way on the reconstruction of La. 87 between Willow Street in Franklin and the Centerville bridge. The project along a 5-mile stretch consists of removal of the existing pavement and c...
Jun 28, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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A-HEC of a Summer
The A-HEC of a Summer program at Franklin Foundation Hospital and Teche Action Clinic was held from June 6-20. The Southwest Louisiana Area Health Education Center program provides an opportunity f...
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Levee board seeks to sell bonds to operate
MORGAN CITY — The St. Mary Parish Levee District agreed to seek financing of $2.5 million for up to five years from the State of Louisiana’s Bond Commission to help it finance its operations. The d...
Jun 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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MC uncovers more than $400K unused
MORGAN CITY — Subject to approval at its council meeting on Tuesday, the 2 percent pay reduction city employees have incurred for the first six months of 2011 will be lifted, effective the first pa...
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Water problems
An apparent water line break at Wilson and Main streets in the St. Mary Parish Courthouse parking lot seemed to have caused the need to open a nearby hydrant, sending a flow of water toward Bayou T...
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Parish unemployment rises; state sees growth
Unemployment remains high in St. Mary Parish, which bears the highest unemployment level among Louisiana’s coastal parishes. Figures from the Louisiana Workforce Commission show St. Mary with 20,17...
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2011 Atchafalaya River crest was 10.35 feet
MORGAN CITY — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced the official crest in Morgan City during this year’s high water season was 10.35 feet, the second highest ever recorded here and just shy o...
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Fans for Seniors
Fans donated by Cleco employees at the Teche Power Station are available to seniors, over age 60, at the St. Mary Council on Aging’s Senior Activities Center, 300 Iberia Street. To receive a fan, ...
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Cleanup continues
Clean-Up Franklin Day was sponsored by the City of Franklin on June 11. The Volunteers provided their ``people power'' to clean up areas of Iberia Street and Willow Street. Volunteers are urged to ...
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Berwick South Road to close Thursday
Work on Berwick South Road, including the changing of a precast bridge just past the parish landfill, will begin Thursday and continue for six months. The structure will replace a bridge that is ab...
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FHCC Safety Month
June is National Safety Month and the Franklin Health Care Center Safety Committee, above, kicked it off with new ideas to promote safety in the workplace. Their mantra is “Safety Is The Only Polic...
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Enoch Pratt, 6, nephew of the late Elmer Gerard “Ge-ronimo” Pratt, proudly holds a program from a memorial service for his uncle while standing next to the late Morgan City native’s photo. Family, friends, local government offi-cials, as well as a Black Panther official, gathered Saturday at the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium for a memorial service. Pratt’s remains had been cremated and spread on Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, where he had lived for at least the last six years.
Pratt memorialized at Morgan City service
MORGAN CITY — A natural born leader who overcame anything put in his path while always remaining humble. That’s how family and friends remember Morgan City native and former Black Panther Party mem...
Jun 20, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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