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Empire’s ‘Vessel of No Opportunity’ gets its chance to work for BP
The sign was easy to spot from Highway 23 in Empire. Painted on the side of an ice chest on the deck of an imposing 70-foot-long schooner named “Perfection,” the sign, in red and black letters, read “Vessel of No Opportunity.”
The Perfection’s captain is [...]
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Representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals held a public meeting at the Buras Auditorium July 13 to discuss their ongoing efforts to monitor air and water quality in Plaquemines Parish in response to the BP oil spill.
Overall, the report regarding air and water quality was positive, according [...]
Feinberg explains new claims program
So many Plaquemines residents and business owners squeezed into St. Patrick’s New Life Center last week, extra chairs were set up behind the speaker’s table. The crowd came to see Kenneth Feinberg, the man President Barack Obama selected to administer the $20 billion set aside by BP for claims.
Feinberg, who is best known as Special [...]
By the time Plaquemines Parish Council Chairman Don Beshel gaveled the council’s July 8 meeting to a mid-afternoon close, the council had, with little fanfare, affected significant change on the makeup of the parish’s legal team.
In two votes, the council impacted three of the parish’s attorneys – terminating one, promoting another, and placing a third, [...]
community
Michigan student picks Plaq. for summer project Caroline Shinkle, a senior at Cranbrook Kingswood High School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and Managing Editor of her school newspaper, The Crane-Clarion, has chosen the [...]
school news
Plaq. schools see continous improvement in studentsAccording to district calculations for the 2009-2010 school year, Plaquemines Parish is ranked first in the state in percent proficient in fifth grade and tenth grade Math (students scoring Advanced, Mastery, and Basic). In ELA, the district’s fourth grade students ranked second in the state and several other grades were ranked in the top five.
The [...]
sports
Belle Chasse Extreme wins Magnolia Classic The Belle Chasse Extreme Fast-Pitch Softball team placed first in the USFA Magnolia Classic National Qualifier Tournament in Gulfport, Mississippi, in June.
There were 17 teams competing in their age division of 12 and under. Teams from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida were all competing for the number one spot.
