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Baldwin projects progressing
Construction and improvement projects in Baldwin continue. Mayor Wayne Breaux said meetings are being scheduled with property owners along the project perimeter to secure rights of way. The mayor ...
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The shrimp boat Big Daddy moves through the Berwick Lock from Bayou Teche to the Atchafalaya River this morning. Starting at the end of the year, the lock will be unmanned from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. as part of nationwide cost-cutting measures implemented by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Corps to cut lock hours
BERWICK, La. — As part of an effort to reduce costs, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is announcing reductions in operating hours at many of its locks nationwide, including the Berwick Lock and the...
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St. Mary - East Business and Career Solutions Center moving
MORGAN CITY, La. — The Louisiana Workforce Commission’s St. Mary East Business and Career Solutions Center will be moving to a new location at South Central Louisiana Technical College – Young Memo...
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One of the displays in LSU Middleton Library this month features books banned at different locales in Louisiana over the years, including Huckleberry Finn.
Banned books -- Books challenged for a variety of reasons
By Ferris McDaniel LSU Manship News Service BATON ROUGE — This year marks the 30th anniversary of the observance of banned books in America — a celebration of literature and the freedom for one to ...
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Louisiana campaigns continue -- Landry and Boustany showdown
By MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press BATON ROUGE — While the national political focus shifted Wednesday from election debates to governing, the campaign season hasn’t wrapped up in Louisiana, with ...
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Small Farm session set
St. Mary Parish’s Natural Resource Consvervation Service office has two upcoming events to assist local farmers and conservationists. On Nov. 30, the Acadiana Small Farm Conference will be held fro...
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Railroad track repairs on NW Boulevard set
Northwest Boulevard in Franklin will be closed for railroad track repairs beginning 6:30 a.m., Thursday Nov. 15, and should be reopened by 3 p.m. that same day.
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Wheelhouse -- A calendar events for East St. Mary Parish
Giant Yard Sale Fundraiser at New Life Tabernacle, 811 Roderick St., Morgan City, 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Nov. 10. Proceeds help build a church in Juarez, Mexico. For info call 985-384-3261 or vi...
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Sweet wins football contest
Frances Sweet of Berwick is the winner of the Daily Review Football Contest. Sweet wins $40. There was a three-way tie for first with the entries missing three games. Sweet overcame the tie by p...
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St. Mary Parish voters tracked state vote on amendments
MORGAN CITY, La.-- Louisiana and St. Mary Parish voters voted “yes” on all but one constitutional amendment according to the Secretary of State’s unofficial results with all precincts reporting. Pa...
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St. Mary Parish backed Landry for 3rd District seat
MORGAN CITY, La. -- St. Mary Parish voted with the state on the majority of races, except in the 3rd Congressional District. While the top vote-getter in the district was Charles Boustany Jr. with ...
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69% of St. Mary Parish voters voted in presidential election

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Sales tax collections up despite slowdown
MORGAN CITY — Sales tax collections in the fourth quarter of 2011 were down 9.8 percent from the same period in 2010, but collections for the year were up 2.6 percent. St. Mary Parish Sales and Us...
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Multiple drug charges levied
A search warrant netted three arrests Friday evening in Bayou Vista. Shon Singleton, 17, was charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a controlled dange...
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Parish Fair honors
John Sonnier Jr., top , was the recipient of the Poultry Sweepstakes award in the Exhibition Poultry division at the St. Mary Parish Junior Fair and Livestock show Jan. 21. Below, Katherine Comeaux...
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Need for downtown P.O. under review
Following a significant dip in mail volume in recent years, the postal services in Morgan City are among many across the nation that the U.S. Postal Service is examining as the federal agency move...
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Junior Fair winners
The annual St. Mary Parish Junior Fair and Livestock Show was held Friday and Saturday at Franklin Senior High School. Winners in the Swine Showmanship Division were, first phoeo, Champion Junior S...
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Where charity begins
Construction on the Adullam Household of Faith in Patterson is ongoing with work on a duplex to house staff, top photo. The Rev. Marty Harden of Bethel Pentecostal Fellowship said the home, which w...
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Parish mosquito contract goes to MCCI of New Iberia
Mosquito Control Contractors, Inc. of New Iberia landed another two-year contract with St. Mary Parish Wednesday by a margin of one vote. The company was one of two to respond to a request for prop...
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St. Mary unemployment rises slightly
Unemployment in St. Mary Parish ticked up slightly in December, going from 7.7 percent in November to 7.8 percent last month. The parish had 20,533 employed and 1,734 unemployed in December. That w...
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About $1 million was presented to organizations in St. Mary Parish Tuesday by the Community Foundation of Acadiana as part of its share of a $20 million grant from the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisers group. Recipients based in St. Mary Parish and regionally with impact in the parish are: Acadiana Works; Evangeline Area Council Boy Scouts of America; Franklin Foundation Hospital; Iberia Industrial Developmental Foundation; Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana; Southern Mutual Help Association; St. Mary Outreach, Inc. and United Way; St. Mary Community Action Agency; The Family Tree Education and Counseling Center; 16th Judicial District Family Services Division; and Little Zion Community Outreach.
Local entities get $1 million in CFA funds
Community Foundation of Acadiana delivered about $1 million in funds for St. Mary Parish organizations Tuesday. Eric Guidry, chief operating officer of CFA, and staff presented the funds at a cerem...
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Gym dandy
Work is progressing rapidly on a new gymnasium for Central Catholic High School in Morgan City. The new gymnasium is being constructed just east of the Sam A. Siracusa gymnasium where athletic even...
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St. Mary Parish Fair homemaking champions
The Annual St. Mary Parish 4-H Fair and Livestock Show was held Friday and Saturday at Franklin Senior High School. Winners in the Homemaking Division were Grand Champion Elementary Exhibitor Kylee...
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Adonis royalty
The first local ball of the season was held Saturday when the Krewe of Adonis presented King and Queen Adonis XXXVII Reggy Torgrimson and Camille Izaguirre as its new royalty. Theme for the event w...
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