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Power surcharge on agenda in Morgan City
MORGAN CITY, La. -- A proposed 2.25 mil per kilowatt-hour surcharge to pay for the cost to install a breaker in front of a new transformer at the Joseph Cefalu Steam Plant and relocate the transfor...
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Participants busy in Leadership St. Mary
Participants in the second Leadership St. Mary class have completed three of the seven day-long sessions scheduled for the program this year. The class has taken part in a parishwide history tour,...
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Adopt-A-Family ceremonies
St. Mary Community Action Agency’s Adopt-A-Family ceremony was held Monday at their office on Barrow Street in Franklin. This year CAA organized assistance for up to 100 families with the help of l...
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Casey Denham receives toys for her children from U.S. Coast Guard Lt. j.g. Nick Jones of Houma Saturday. Jones volunteered to help hand out St. Mary Parish’s Toys for Tots donations to residents at VFW Post 4222 in Morgan City.
Toys for Tots hands out more than 1,200 toys in St. Mary Parish
MORGAN CITY, La. — More than 1,200 St. Mary Parish children will have a merrier Christmas thanks to the Marine Corps League Toys for Tots. Parents received their toy donations Saturday morning at V...
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St. Mary Parish school security reviewed after massacre
CENTERVILLE, La. — Thoughts of the lives lost in Friday’s Sandy Hook Elementary massacre weigh heavily on American minds as they progress into their first school day since the shooting Friday, and ...
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Wheelhouse -- A calendar of events for East St. Mary Parish
Candlelight Vigil In memory of Sandy Hook Elementary shooting victims and Dominique Bennett, a victim of domestic violence, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18, at Patterson City Hall. Presented by Ladies of D...
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Patterson man accused in murder held in parish jail
Junior Weston, 46, of Williams Street in Patterson, was booked into the St. Mary Parish Law Enforcement Center in Centreville at 3:52 p.m. Thursday for the first degree murder of Dominique Bennett,...
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Patterson woman arrested for insurance fraud
A Patterson woman is one of two individuals arrested by Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud Unit detectives in separate insurance fraud cases. Detectives concluded a two-month-long investigati...
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City council meets Tuesday
Franklin City Council members meet Tuesday in regular session for December. Guests include a representative of Progressive Waste Solutions, the city’s trash pickup service, at the request of Counci...
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Flood work estimated at $75M
MORGAN CITY, La. — The Bayou Chene flood protection structure project is estimated to cost $75 million with the current recommendations, said Jeff Pena of Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure Inc....
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Annual presentations
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Women held their annual presentation to residents of Franklin Health Care Center this week. The gifts consisted of a blanket and pillow to each recipient. Shown are Pam ...
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Noise and other police issues rise in Baldwin
Noise, and what police are doing or not doing about it, sparked a contentious discussion between Baldwin residents, aldermen and police officials Thursday. Marilyn Burgess, who lives next to the Mo...
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MC Council continues redistricting talks
By JAMES A. ROBICHAUX MORGAN CITY — Expressions of concern about imminent city council redistricting, and the racial elements tied to the process, dominated the meeting of the Morgan City city coun...
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Paddlers and runners enjoyed Bayou Teche Black Bear Festival
Friends of Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge hosted a canoe adventure this past weekend in conjunction with the Bayou Teche Bear Festival in Franklin. The guided tours, above, were conducted by ...
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New associate's degree offered in marine transport
Local mariners who wish to further their education and training, but whose work schedules preclude educational advancement in that same field, have a new opportunity to do both with a new program ...
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Bayou Teche Wooden Boat Show
Participants from as far away as Oklahoma, northern Mississippi and the Texas Hill Country traveled to Franklin last weekend for the third Bayou Teche Wooden Boat Show. There were 41 classic wooden...
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State jobless rate up; St. Mary is steady
While statewide unemployment was up slightly for March, St. Mary Parish held steady at 9 percent. St. Mary held at the February level, even though the number of employed increased by almost 200. In...
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Apps sought for Main St. grants
Franklin’s Main Street program is soliciting Redevelopment Incentive Grant applications from downtown commercial building and/or business owners. The Louisiana Main Street program is offering two t...
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Ninth Annual Bayou Teche Bear Festival brings weekend of fun and festivities
The Ninth Annual Bayou Teche Black Bear Festival was held Friday through Sunday in Franklin. Newly crowned Bayou Teche Black Bear Festival Queen Robin Nicole Marcel received the key to the parish f...
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Wooden boats converge on the city for Teche Boat Show
Starting tonight, wooden vessels of all sizes and shapes will arrive in Franklin for the Third Annual Bayou Teche Boat Show. A separate event held in cooperation with the Bayou Teche Black Bear Fes...
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A Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours to kickoff the Bayou Teche Black Bear Festival was held Thursday at Joe’s on the Bayou in Franklin. Participants enjoyed food and drinks while meeting the 2012 Bear Festival royalty. Pictured from left above are Judith Allain, festival board member; 2011 Miss Bayou Teche Black Bear Festival Abriona Kirt; 2012 Bayou Teche Black Bear Festival King Leonard Battaglia; Delores Stewart, festival board member; and Edgar Dugas, festival board member.
Ninth Bayou Teche Black Bear Festival brings new fun
It’s festival time! And the Bayou Teche Black Bear Festival is geared up and rearing to go. Organizers Judith Allain, Edgar Dugas III and Delores Stewart took a moment out of scrambling to get ever...
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Out of gas
Renovations are under way at the Murphy USA station at U.S. 90 and Delmar Avenue in Bayou Vista. Two underground gasoline storage tanks have been replaced with larger models which required holes si...
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Park improvements
Mayor Raymond Harris, right, and Councilman Lester Levine check out the new playground equipment recently added at Broussard-Harris Park. Similar equipment also has been installed at City Park. Bot...
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MC man arrested in foiled bank heist
A Morgan City man was one of three arrested Tuesday afternoon in a plot to rob the First American Bank and Trust in Napoleonville. Geondre J. “G Money” Thomas, 19, of Eleventh Street, Morgan City, ...
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