The Triumph cruise ship played host to the most recent Plaquemines Association of Business and Industry meeting. Members of PABI were taken aboard the vessel, owned by Carnival Cruise Lines, and toured the theater, nightclub, restaurants and bars built into the hub of the Triumph. One such spot, the piano bar, was sea themed and [...]
At the Plaquemines Parish Council’s most recent six-hour-long meeting, one item led to a heated debate and a narrow vote: the decision to terminate the council’s legal advisor, Robert Barnett’s contract. The vote was called after more than 40 minutes of discussion, and the resolution to end Barnett’s contract was passed, 5-4, with Council members [...]
As a day of beautiful weather winded down, subdued rays of early evening sunlight began to dance across the surface of the Mississippi River, and a boat carrying Carnival royalty cut across the glistening water. Every Lundi Gras, the Coast Guard takes over a portion of the Mississippi River as the kings of the city’s [...]
Expenses incurred by Plaquemines Parish due to the BP oil spill were presented at the most recent parish audit committee meeting for review while the parish awaits additional reimbursement from the company. Regular compensation of $420,000, already incorporated into the parish’s budget, was listed and the $546,000 portion is for overtime pay, according to the [...]
During their stay in the capital, the Plaquemines Parish Council and Parish President Billy Nungesser visited with politicians to canvass for issues affecting their home. Council Chairman Dr. Stuart Guey, District 4, said the items on their agenda included coastal restoration, levee construction and bouncing back after the oil spill. “We made it known to [...]
Flair follows in his grandfathers athletic footsteps It looks like playing baseball is in the blood for the Flair family, as Belle Chasse High School senior Nick Flair follows in his grandfather, Al Flair’s athletic footsteps. Al played for the New Orleans Pelicans minor league baseball team, before signing on to the major league with [...]
What started with a first grade class discussion at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School about first flights in an airplane, led to a moving [...]
More than a thousand children between pre-kindergarten and fourth grade come through the front doors of Belle Chasse Primary School every day. Like any other elementary school, the kids skip inside with backpacks in tow, some eager to reunite with their friends, others searching for a missing homework assignment. However, the difference that separates BCP [...]
A fire ignited in a Belle Chasse warehouse – formerly a yeast factory – causing one lane of Highway 23 to be temporarily shut down. Four fire engines from Belle Chasse and Terrytown departments responded to the fire shortly after noon on Feb. 24. Pat Comiskey, a local who had a stock of phones books [...]
Persistence proved to pay off for the Perez family, who after long debate had a promise made to them by the Plaquemines Parish Council to grant the permit needed to build fishing ponds on their land. The council’s decision came after a suspension of the rules by Councilman PV Griffin, District 1, to reconsider the [...]
