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The electronic edition of The Daily Review and Banner Tribune is unavailable due to server problems. The E-edition will be available as soon as the server issue is resolved. The server problem fir...
Sep 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Property owners asked to report storm damage
The St. Mary Office of Emergency Preparedness is assessing damage from Hurricane Isaac in an effort to meet a Federal Emergency Management Agency damage threshold that would allow the parish to qua...
Sep 04, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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FEMA pay spurs tree-trimming operation in Morgan City
By JAMES A. ROBICHAUX The Morgan City utility department continues its perpetual tree trimming near electrical wires, but with a state of emergency after Hurricane Isaac, it can get reimbursement f...
Sep 04, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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A fish kill near a pump station on La. Highway 70 may be the result of Hurricane Isaac, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
Fish kill here linked to Isaac
By ROBERT R. JONES III A fish kill near a pump station on La. Highway 70 may be the result of Hurricane Isaac, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. The storm came throug...
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Barry Walker of New Zorah Baptist Church fries catfish at the church’s food booth Sunday at the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival.
Food booths fuel festival crowd
By HARLAN KIRGAN The 77th annual Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival received good reviews at the food booths at Lawrence Park on Sunday. Dee McCracken and Julie Ard were working the Cafe Jo J...
Sep 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Holly Nicholas of Sun Styles sells her women’s glass jewelry designs to Anna and Brian Guidry of Berwick. Sun Styles is based in Melbourne, Fla., and is attending the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival for the third year.
Festival holds its 35th arts and crafts show
By JEAN L. KAESS Lori and Keith Gregoire of White Castle came to the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival Saturday to relieve their boredom in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac. In truth, though,...
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Festival weekend declared a success
By ROBERT R. JONES III The 77th annual Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival was a great success over the weekend, according to festival Director Lee Delaune. Despite Hurricane Isaac hitting the ...
Sep 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Morgan City police report weekend arrests
The Morgan City Police Department reported the following weekend arrests, according to Chief Marc Folse: —Guy Bucci, 57, of Third Street, Morgan City, was arrested at 8:57 p.m. Friday for appearing...
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Children sack race to a photo finish Saturday morning as parents cheer them on at the 77th annual Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival Children’s Day activities.
Festival activities are a treat for children
By ROBERT R. JONES III As the last vestiges of Hurricane Isaac cleared out of the Morgan City area, giving way to a warm, sunny September morning Saturday, children attending the 77th annual Louisi...
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Power plant emergency continued
By JAMES A. ROBICHAUX An extension of the state of emergency declared on June 27 after the failure of the city’s electrical transformer and updates for going forward with a replacement were discuss...
Aug 31, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Hurricane Isaac -- Power outages linger
By ROBERT R. JONES III Recovery in the wake of Hurricane Isaac continues across eastern St. Mary Parish as electrical service is restored to customers and the school district continues to clean up,...
Aug 31, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ackel to fill Berwick vacancy
By JEAN L. KAESS BERWICK — Jacki Ackel, a longtime St. Mary educator, was named Thursday to fill the vacant position on the Berwick Town Council. Ackel recently retired after 31 years in the school...
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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...
Jun 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
Jun 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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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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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...
Jun 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
Jun 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
Jun 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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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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Jun 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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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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Jun 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
Jun 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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