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‘Let’s Go Riding Franklin’ to convene again in March 2012
“Let’s Go Riding Franklin” has been slated to happen again in 2012 when previous and current residents gather for another nostalgic reunion. An idea that started out as a Facebook chat has gained t...
Dec 29, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rear-ending
This mid-afternoon accident on La. 182 in Bayou Vista Tuesday caused only minor injuries to one driver. A 2006 BMW driven by Timothy J. Mahfouz, 29, of Morgan City ran into the back of a 2006 Dodge...
Dec 28, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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City gateway signs need sponsors
City officials have a mission that they hope organizations, schools and businesses will accept. The gateway signs can be decorated on each end of the city, and residents are challenged to put their...
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Author Lana Downing appears on LPB Friday
Local author Lana Laws Downing will appear on Louisiana Public Broadcasting’s program “Louisiana: The State We’re In” this Friday. The program airs at 7 p.m. on LPB, Cox Cable channel 12. Program p...
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Port celebrates Crewbot designation, braces for budget cuts
Christmas came two months early for the Morgan City Harbor and Terminal District as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed off on the designation of Crewboat Cut, a channel in the lower reaches o...
Dec 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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MC Council will meet tonight at 6
A public hearing and subsequent vote on a proposed pay raise for the next mayor and council highlight the Morgan City Council’s monthly meeting agenda tonight. The council will consider raising the...
Dec 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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All is calm, silent night
Dreary weather this weekend deterred most children from the typical outdoor post-Christmas experimentation with the new toys Santa delivered, but these boys on Ditch Avenue found a few minutes betw...
Dec 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Authorities search for missing Jeanerette man
Authorities are searching for a Jeanerette man reported missing Thursday. St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert said Lynn Landry, 58, of La. 87, Jeanerette, was reported missing by his family. Landry...
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Helping grant wishes
Members of Franklin Lodge 57 and DFC Ministries helped a local youngster’s Christmas wish come true this year. First photo, nine-year old Sabastian Mire of Charenton had one special request on the...
Dec 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Christmas is one of the most exciting times of the year for children and adults. It is a time of giving and receiving and a time when families come together to share the love they have for each other. But Christmas is really about the birth of a wondrous child, Christ the Lord. Nativity scenes of all sorts, shapes and sizes are common sites during the Christmas season, like this one at a Morgan City residence.
Merry Christmas

Dec 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Bureau is accepting award nominations
The Cajun Coast Visitors & Convention Bureau is accepting nominations for the 2011 Employee of the Year award. The award is open to all front line employees in the hospitality industry who have ren...
Dec 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Donations to Emergency Aid
Parishioners from Asbury United Methodist Church donated blankets and canned goods to the Franklin Emergency Aid Center, a United Way for South Louisiana Agency. From left are Jairus Smith, Savanna...
Dec 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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