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Local Dem. Central & Exec. Comm. sworn in
Newly elected members of the Democratic State Central Committee representing Plaquemines, Orleans and Jefferson Parish and the Democratic Parish Executive Committee of Plaquemines Parish were recently sworn into office. They are, from top left, Nicole T. Parker, DPEC Dist. 5; Lisa Diggs, DSCC Dist. 105; Judge Roland L. Belsome, 4th Circuit Court of Appeals; Morris [...]
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After over a month of threats of a mandamus against President Billy Nungesser for not putting a trailer at the parish seat of Pointe-a-la-Hache, the PPC finally got the answer they wanted to hear at the May 10 council meeting.
“We will move the trailer,” Nungesser affirmed. “The reason we didn’t want to move it initially [...]
Although the contract was scheduled to be signed on Wednesday, May 16, the council deferred a resolution that approves the project partnership agreement between Plaquemines Parish, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the State for Westbank levee construction from Oakville to St. Jude, and levee repairs from St. Jude to Venice.
Without council approval, the [...]
Babin elected LPA President
Norris Babin
Norris Babin, co-publisher of The Plaquemines Gazette was elected President of the Louisiana Press Association at its 132 Annual Convention in Marksville on May 5.
Babin is also co-owner and publisher of The St. Bernard Voice succeeding E.M. Roy, a third generation editor and publisher of the paper who now serves as publisher emeritas.
The transition [...]
community
Council on Aging members attend the Spring Gala It was a fun day indeed, when the Council on Aging members from East and West Pointe a la Hache attended the second annual Spring [...]
school news
PPSB receives $1.2 mil. literacy grantThe Plaquemines Parish School District was awarded a $1.2 million literacy grant which will be doled out over the next five years, said Alberta Cousson, Director of Secondary Education and Instructional Technology for the Plaquemines Parish School System at the May 7 PPSB meeting.
The Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Grant (SRCL) is funded through the Federal [...]
sports
BCHS track team recognized for regional qualifiers District Champions— Kneeling: Bayli Barrois (Pole Vault) and Diamond Boutte (Shot Put). Standing: Quinlan Carroll (Javelin), Kevin Riley (300 Hurdles), Kerrell Robinson (Triple Jump) and Robert Kennedy (Discus). Not pictured: Nick Arbourgh (Pole Vault).
Regional Qualifiers— Kneeling: Quinlan Carroll, Kevin Riley, Kerrell Robinson and Robert Kennedy. Standing: Mallory Caulking, Bayli Barrois, Korie Acosta, Jade Stein, Diamond [...]
