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St. Mary Parish, Morgan City voter numbers up slightly
MORGAN CITY, La. -- There are 34,127 voters registered for the Nov. 6 election in St. Mary Parish with 8,044 voters registered in Morgan City, according to numbers from the St. Mary Parish Registra...
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FEMA Disaster Recovery Center here closes Saturday
BATON ROUGE, La. — Time is running out to make claims from Hurricane Isaac at a State/FEMA Disaster Recovery Center in Stephensville. The center is scheduled to close at 6 p.m. Saturday. The center...
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Halloween Carnival hosted by J.S. Aucoin Elementary, 739 Julia St., Amelia, 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26. Features fun, food and raffle. Public welcomed. Children’s play Children’s Department of Ch...
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Services set for J. Earl Veeder II, local businessman, VA counselor
Memorial services will be held Friday for Joseph Earl Veeder II, a native of Charenton, a former longtime resident of Franklin and a current resident of Charenton for the past six years. He passed...
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Adopt-A-School
An Adopt-A-School program was held at J.A. Hernandez Elementary School Thursday. The Adopt-A-School program is sponsored by Title I of the St. Mary Parish School Board and recognizes businesses tha...
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Business After Hours to launch Harvest Moon Festival in Franklin
FRANKLIN, La. — St. Mary Chamber, Comfort Inn plan Business After Hours kick-off party for Havest Moon Festival A kick-off party for the Harvest Moon Festival is planned at 6 p.m. Thursday at the C...
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St. Mary Parish School Performance Scores
School Performance Scores for 2012 released Monday reveal St. Mary Parish has one A school whose score falls into a range of 120 to 200, nine B schools of a 105 to 119.9 SPS range, nine C schools r...
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St. Mary Parish school district earns
CENTERVILLE, La. — The St. Mary Parish school district received a B for the 2011-2012 school year, while several of the 23 individual schools posted double-digit gains. St. Mary now ranks 26th amo...
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Housing Authority for City of Morgan City monthly board meeting noon, Thursday, Oct. 25. Election of officers follows during annual meeting. Barbecue dinners Sold by Pilgrim Grove Baptist Church, ...
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Guidry wins football contest
MORGAN CITY, La. -- Regina Guidry of Patterson won first-place and $40 in The Daily Review’s Football Contest. Second-place and $20 went to Ryan Duplantis of Morgan City. Guidry missed one game a...
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Early voting for Nov. 6 election begins
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Early voting is starting in Louisiana for the Nov. 6 election, which includes the presidential race, six congressional races, constitutional amendments, judgeships and loca...
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‘Business After Hours’ kicks off Harvest Moon
A St. Mary Parish Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours is set Thursday to kick off the Franklin Harvest Moon Festival. The chamber event is at 6 p.m. at the Comfort Inn in Franklin. The festiva...
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Christmas sharing
More than 100 senior residents gathered Saturday at the KC home in Centerville for the annual dinner held for the Centerville and Verdunville communities. Organized by Mark Bogan, the event was spo...
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Stone CEO Welch to address API
The president and CEO of Stone Energy Corp. will discuss exploration and production during the Atchafalaya Chapter of the American Petroleum Institute’s monthly meeting Tuesday. David H. Welch will...
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Participants in the St. Mary Parish Chamber of Commerce Leadership St. Mary Program were, from back left, Edward Smith, Bobbie Jo Scully, Martin Vasquez, Robert Sampey II, Deborah Price, Richard LeGrier III, Jason Bailey, Chuck Freeman, Erin Sauce, Karla Byron, Carl Butler, and Butch Frazier III; seated from left, Kristy Toups Grogan, Nakisha Singleton, Frank Fink, Michael Tamporello, Jennifer Wise, Donna Meyer and JaWand Edwards.
Chamber leadership program kicks off
The St. Mary Parish Chamber of Commerce recently began its new Leadership St. Mary Program, with the inaugural class attending their first annual retreat at Lumen Christi in October and their secon...
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School finance audit OK; revenues rise
CENTERVILLE — The St. Mary Parish School Board received an unqualified opinion on its audit for fiscal year 2011 — the highest designation that can be received. Barbara Watts of Darnall, Sikes, Ga...
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Season's Greeting!
Judith and Brent Allain, second photo, lit up downtown Franklin Thursday as the official lamplighters for the 2011 Christmas season. Bands, student groups, local officials, local pageant royalty, a...
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Two wrecks result in arrests; one bonds out
A Franklin woman was arrested Wednesday and charged with first-offense driving while intoxicated after she was involved in a four-vehicle accident in Bayou Vista. Cathy Johnson, 59, was arrested at...
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Load-limit nixed on Franklin area residential road
An 8-ton load capacity limit on LaGrange Robicheaux Road just west of the Franklin city limits was repealed Wednesday with the adoption of an ordinance by the St. Mary Parish Council. The action cl...
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Patterson's parking law detours again
By JEAN L. KAESS PATTERSON — After the city attorney presented research concerning numerous ordinances to the council at its meeting Tuesday and gave several options as to what the council might wa...
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Old Fashioned Christmas Victorian Tours are being held this week at the Grevemberg House Museum in Franklin. More than 250 local students will tour the house this week and experience a true Victorian Christmas. The tour is done with the help of 30 volunteers coordinated by Susan Guidry and Karen Wheeler. The event, sponsored by St. Mary Landmarks, will be open to the public on Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon for a special rate of $1 per person. Children can also have their picture taken with Santa for $5. Guides pictured above with the visiting students are Adrienne Evans and Glenda Comeaux.
Christmas season calendar filling with activities and events locally
The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary will again present its annual Christmas concert, “Lessons and Carols.” The community is invited to attend the free performance Sunday at 2 p....
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Louisiana copes with health reforms
By JEAN L. KAESS MORGAN CITY — Louisiana’s commissioner of insurance is focused on implementing federal health care reforms. That was the message Jim Donelon delivered to the St. Mary Industrial Gr...
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Morgan City man charged in Berthelot case
A Morgan City man has been charged with suspected murder in connection with the body found near Centerville last month. St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert said Darby Mack Frickey, 38, of 109 Carol...
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The H & B Young Foundation in Morgan City was one of only 10 donors from across the country recognized for significant contributions to community colleges. The foundation received the Council for Resource Development’s (CRD) Benefactor Award, the only national recognition of donors to the nation’s community colleges. The foundation was recognized for its long-standing commitment to the South Central Louisiana Technical College Young Memorial Campus in Morgan City. From left are Dr. Joe D. May, president, Louisiana Community and Technical College System; Kim Sturgeon, 2011 CRD president; Brenda B. Ayo, H.B. Young Foundation executive director; Gwendolyn E. Ross, Phyllis B. Garber, Emile A. Wagner, Foundation trustees; and Gregory L. Garrett, regional director for South Central Louisiana Technical College, Young Memorial Campus.
Young Foundation gains national award
The H & B Young Foundation in Morgan City gained national distinction by being honored with the Council for Resource Development’s (CRD) Benefactor Award for 2011. The award is the only national re...
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