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Tax notices in the mail Nov. 1
Parish ad valorem property tax notices for the year 2012 will be mailed on Nov. 1. If your taxes are escrowed, please forward a copy of the tax notice to your mortgage holder. Taxpayers are remind...
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Dog Leg Canal dredging to help freshwater flow
Staff Report Maintenance dredging of the sediment trap at Dog Leg Canal located within the Attakapas Island Wildlife Management Area in St. Mary Parish has started, according to the state Departmen...
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Bicentennial celebration planned in Morgan City
MORGAN CITY, La. — An all-day event in Morgan City celebrating the bicentennial of Louisiana’s statehood will be held by the city’s Main Street program Saturday. “Jazzin’ It Up For 200 Years!” will...
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Early voting for the Nov. 6 election continued Tuesday morning at the St. Mary Parish Registrar of Voters Office on Third Street in Morgan City. Robert and Karen Sampey of Morgan City stopped by to cast their votes. Early voting ends today.
Early voting ends today -- 4,135 out of 34,127 parish voters have cast ballots for election
MORGAN CITY, La. — As early voting entered its final day today, the St. Mary Parish Registrar of Voters released early voting numbers as of Monday evening. With the exception of Saturday, daily ear...
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Cortez wins Daily Review Football Contest
MORGAN CITY, La. -- Linda Cortez of Morgan City won The Daily Review Football Contest and $40. Second place went to Ryan Duplantis of Morgan City. Duplantis won $20. Cortez missed three games in w...
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Wheelhouse -- A calendar of East St. Mary Parish events
Senior Citizens Thanksgiving dinner held by Patterson Community Center, 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 16, at Patterson Area Civic Center. All senior citizens welcomed. For transportation call 985-395-4422. ...
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Community Foundation to award leaders Thursday
Community Foundation of Acadiana’s second annual Leaders in Philanthropy Awards Luncheon is set for Thursday at 11:30 a.m. at the Cajundone Convention Center in Lafayette. CFA will present a Leader...
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Sheriff: Website helps keep Halloween safer
Trick or Treat in will be observed from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday. St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert said this Halloween it is “crucial that you know which houses your children should avoid when trick-...
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Todd Art Gallery grand opening
Friends, family, Chamber of Commerce members and local officials joined Francis Todd Thursday for the grand opening and ribbon cutting of the Francis Todd Art Gallery, located at 210½ Willow St. in...
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Techeland Arts Council event
Techeland Arts Council sponsored its second fundraiser Friday in advance of next year’s performance of an all-new “No Hitchin.” The event was held at the Lamp Post in Franklin and featured a barber...
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Parish third-grade readers are beating poverty’s impact
MORGAN CITY, La. -- A study of third-graders reading proficiency and economic disadvantage in Louisiana schools shows that several St. Mary Parish schools in high-poverty areas have a high percenta...
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8% cast early votes in St. Mary Parish
MORGAN CITY, La. -- After the first week of early in-person voting, approximately 8 percent of the registered voters in St. Mary Parish have already cast their ballots. The St. Mary Parish Registr...
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Early Thanksgiving
The Down South Riders held their Fourth Annual Feed the Community event Saturday at the Baldwin Civic Center. The motorcycle group served Thanksgiving dinner to more than 500 people in the communit...
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MC voters pass road sales tax of 0.3 percent
From Staff and Wire Reports Although voter turnout was low, Morgan City voters easily passed a 12-year, 0.3 cent sales tax that will be used to fund nearly $4 million in road improvements in the ci...
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Remains found in cane field
Authorities are attempting to identify human remains found in the Centerville area Friday. St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert reported that officers were called to a cane field on La. 317 around 1...
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Marine Safety Unit Morgan City (MSU) and Aids to Navigation Team Morgan City (ANT) received the Partnership in Education Best Collaborative Program Award Thursday for their work with local schools and organizations. A ceremony was held at M.D. Shannon Elementary School in Morgan City to celebrate the local guardsmen's 465 hours donated by 51 volunteers between July 2010 and June 2011. Front from left are Hattie Watts Elementary School Principal Niki Fryou, M.D. Shannon Elementary School Principal Rebecca Harris, M.E. Norman Elementary School Principal Elaine Cureton, St. Mary Outreach Assistant Director Brenda Liner, J.B. Maitland Elementary School Coast Guard liaison Becky Price, and J.B. Maitland Elementary School Principal Tonia Verrette. Back are Marine Safety Unit Commanding Officer Capt. Jonathan Burton, Aids to Navigation Officer in Charge Chief Boatswain's Mate Mark Emerson, and Marine Corps League Toys for Tots representative Bill Goessl.
Coast Guard honors school partnerships
Two Morgan City Coast Guard units received a national award in a ceremony Thursday for their work with local schools and organizations. Marine Safety Unit Morgan City (MSU) and Aids to Navigation ...
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FFH starts fiscal year with profit
Franklin Foundation Hospital ended the first month of its new fiscal year with a $4,469 net profit. Chief Financial Officer Ron Bailey told Hospital Service District 1 commissioners Thursday during...
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Board for 911 sets budget, tables adoption
By GEOFFREY STOUTE MORGAN CITY — The St. Mary Parish 911 Communications District introduced its 2012 spending plan to board members during Wednesday’s meeting but tabled adoption until December at ...
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Quotes for mosquito control to be sought
Quotes on mosquito control services will be sought by the St. Mary Parish Council. The council, meeting in regular session Wednesday, was presented with a resolution to renew its contract with Mosq...
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Aguillard is finalist for Lafayette post
St. Mary Superintendent Donald Aguillard made the cut to the final three in the race for Lafayette Parish superintendent Tuesday night. “I am excited and humbled to be considered a finalist for th...
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Readying for the holidays
Christmas trees in lights are going up along Parc sur la Teche this week as the holiday season approaches. The brainchild of assistant public works director Belva Notto, left in second photo, they ...
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Crewboat Cut approved for navigation
MORGAN CITY — After years of working its way through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ chain of command and numerous requests for more revisions to the project, the Corps’ Washington, D.C., headqu...
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School adoption
An Adopt-A-School program was held Thursday at West St. Mary High School. The Sisters of Hope adopted the school. Sisters of Hope is a newly formed women’s group from Greater New Hope Baptist Churc...
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Parish schools measure student growth
Act 54, tying student academic growth to teacher and principal evaluations, is now part of Louisiana’s educational accountability system. It takes effect beginning with the 2012-13 school year. The...
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