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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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DOROTHY HERNANDEZ BOUDREAUX
Jan. 18, 1938 ~ Oct. 22, 2012 A Mass of Christian burial will be held Wednesday, October 24, 2012, at 12 p.m., at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Baldwin for Mrs. Dorothy Hernandez Boudrea...
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Murder trial will be continued to Jan. 28
The first-degree murder trial of Jamichael Lashawn Hudson has been continued until Jan. 28. The trial was to begin Monday but was delayed to provide the defense time to file additional writs, accor...
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Parish council to meet Wednesday
Members of the St. Mary Parish Council are slated to meet in regular session Wednesday. Items on the agenda include: —Consideration of a proposed ordinance establishing a 15-mph speed limit on Caju...
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St. Mary Parish assistance from Fema tops $1.7 million for Isaac
The Federal Emergency Management Agency released updated Hurricane Isaac housing assistance numbers Monday for St. Mary and St. Martin parishes totaling $1.766 million and $137,845 for each parish,...
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Wheelhouse
Berwick Housing Authority, 2751 Fifth St., meeting 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23. Thrift Store at 304 South Railroad, Morgan City, open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, with a full line of fall and w...
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Toys for Tots poker run scheduled Saturday in Morgan City
MORGAN CITY, La. — The 12th edition of the Marine Corps League, St. Mary Detachment, Toys for Tots Motorcycle Poker Run will be held Saturday. A Poker Run Motorcycle Bike Show will be part of this...
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HMS Homecoming Royalty
Hanson High School’s 2012-2013 Homecoming Royalty was presented Friday on McCloskey Field. From left are First Maid Emily Chauvin and Queen Katie Sonnier. The Tigers beat the Ascension Episcopal Bl...
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Emergency Aid donation
The Hanson Memorial High School Pro-Life Group recently held a “baby shower” following Church of Assumption’s Annual Pro-Life Mass. The students brought baby items to the shower to donate to the Fr...
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Long-shots have their issues too
By MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press BATON ROUGE — They may acknowledge they are long-shots, but the lesser-known contenders vying for Louisiana’s congressional seats on Nov. 6 have political posit...
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Tap, a musical and dancing troupe, is to perform at 7:30 p.m. today at the municipal auditorium in Morgan City.
Tap performing tonight
MORGAN CITY — Tap will be presented at 7:30 p.m. today by Community Concert Association of Morgan City and Live on Stage, at the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium Schreier Theatre. The cast includes...
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Sen. Mary Landrieu speaks at the Petroleum Club of Morgan City Thursday.
Landrieu: Fix broken corps, state needs more offshore revenue
MORGAN CITY, La. — Louisiana needs more revenue from offshore oil and activity and the U.S. Corps of Engineers is broken and needs fixing, said Sen. Mary Landrieu during a fundraiser at the Petrole...
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Parish sales tax returns up but slip for quarter
Total sales tax collections for St. Mary Parish are up 7.3 percent through the third quarter of the fiscal year despite dropping nearly 6 percent in the third quarter itself. St. Mary Parish Sales ...
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Sales tax returns up, but slip for quarter
By JEAN L. KAESS PATTERSON — Total sales tax collections for St. Mary Parish are up 7.3 percent through the third quarter of the fiscal year despite dropping nearly 6 percent in the third quarter i...
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Guests, long list of resolutions await PC
Residents of LaGrange-Robicheaux Road just outside of the Franklin city limits are slated to address the St. Mary Parish Council when it meets in regular session Wednesday. Among the guests listed ...
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Benefit symphony
Acadiana Symphony’s Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Michael Blarney, will be in concert Saturday evening, Oct. 29 at Oaklawn Manor in Franklin. Tickets are still available for the event, a fundrais...
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Hebert, Naquin win; Allain is senator
Mark Hebert was elected to a full term as St. Mary Parish sheriff, an office he has held in an interim capacity since the retirement of his predecessor David Naquin in July. Hebert, of Franklin, wa...
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Red Ribbon Week
Red Ribbon Week, Oct. 21-30, was kicked off Friday with the return of a Franklin son who spoke with local students at Franklin Junior High and West St. Mary (above) and Franklin high schools on how...
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Polling places will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday for registered voters to cast their ballots at their pre-designated voting locations. Without proper identification, a registered voter cannot cast his vote. According to the Louisiana Secretary of State’s office, such ID includes a driver’s license, a Louisiana Special ID or some other generally recognized picture ID that contains your name and signature. Voters who have no picture ID may bring a utility bill, payroll check or government document that includes their name and address, but they will have to sign an affidavit furnished by the Elections Division in order to vote. Disabled voters may receive assistance. Guidelines are found here: http://www.sos.la.gov/tabid/170/Default.aspx. For a sample ballot, visit https://voterportal.sos.la.gov. The state also has produced an iPhone app called Geaux Vote Mobile in which voters can find out where to vote, what’s on the ballot and other summarized voter registration and elections information. Also, sample ballots specific to each precinct also are posted at that precinct. Voters should be familiar with their choices before entering as each is given three minutes in the booth.
Primary for state, parish elections is Saturday
Parish government elections and the sheriff’s race are included on the local ballot for Saturday’s election. Three candidates are vying for the sheriff’s job after the retirement of 16-year office ...
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St. Mary Landmarks cemetery tour
St. Mary Parish celebrates founding with 'Voices of the Past'
St. Mary Parish celebrated its 200th birthday in Franklin last weekend with “Voices of the Past” and three one-of-a-kind events. Techeland Arts Council opened the weekend with the premiere of “No H...
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Superintendent makes Top 10 for Lafayette post
By JEAN L. KAESS St. Mary Superintendent Donald Aguillard made the cut from 26 to 10 candidates for the post of top educator in Lafayette Parish. Aguillard, appointed St. Mary’s superintendent in M...
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‘UNDERTAKER’ Racers (from left) André Pellerin, Mike Hebert, Dillon Angelle, Steven Wright and Randy Usie plow through a sea of water lilies like an icebreaker in the Arctic. Their unlimited class boat, a “stretched” tandem Sawyer canoe, weighed about 250 pounds and provided plenty of momentum to overcome the hyacinth. It was swamped by a tugboat wake in the Atchafalaya River but the crew bailed it out and finished the race.
Final results of Tour du Teche II race announced
Officials with the second Tour du Teche have released final results from the paddle race two weeks ago. The 135-mile race along the entire length of Bayou Teche was also divided into sections which...
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St. Mary area bank strength rates well
The St. Mary Parish area is largely served by strong, solid banks and credit unions. Ratings recently released by Coral Gables, Fla.-based BauerFinancial Inc. show no troubled banks in St. Mary or ...
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Donna Meyer, president of the St.Mary Chamber of Commerce, opens a political forum held Monday for western St. Mary Parish candidates. Saturday’s election slate includes local races for sheriff and parish government. There’s also two local propositions on the ballot along with state offices and five constitutional amendments. Polls will be open across the parish from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Political forum hosts candidates in Sorrel
Western St. Mary Parish candidates had a chance Monday to outline their platforms and answer questions at a forum hosted by Recreation District 5, the District 1 Leadership Team and the St. Mary Ch...
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