The Plaquemines Parish Council declared November 8, 2012 as Bartol Taliancich Day, in honor of former District 7 Councilman Bartol John Taliancich. Taliancich and his late brother founded the Taliancich Oyster and Orange Company and was a strong voice for commercial fisherman in South Plaquemines over the years. He worked hard to see boat harbor [...]

2012 Orange King Ben Becnel officially took his throne Saturday night at the annual King’s Coronation Ball, held at the Buras Auditorium. He will reign over the 66th Plaquemines Parish Fair and Orange Festival on November 30 – December 2 at Fort Jackson. *** From top: King Ben Becnel, an avid ballroom dancer, and 2012 [...]

It’s official: Plaquemines Parish Public District is an A, according to the Louisiana Department of Education’s recent release of performance scores. The district now ranks fifth in the state. “This is a celebration for people of this parish,” said Superintendent of Schools Denis Rousselle. “Our teachers deserve so much credit; they’re down in the trenches [...]

For over a year, work on the Oakville Floodgate—one of the pieces of the $78 million Eastern Tie-In project— has seemed stagnant to residents who have had to deal with the inconvenience of traffic re-routing. But according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the project is expected to be completed by the end of [...]

Eastbank resident David Morgan expressed his frustrations to the council with finding a clear answer on home elevation levels. Residents from Braithwaite, Ironton, West Pointe-a-la-Hache and Grand Bayou came together and packed the temporary courthouse in Belle Chasse on October 11 with the same message for the PPC: help us. FEMA hotel vouchers Since Hurricane [...]

Almost all Fire Stations in the parish received some damage from Hurricane Isaac, according to Plaquemines Parish Fire Chief Roy Robichaux. But the two Eastbank stations outside of levee protection, Braithwaite and Woodlawn, were the hardest hit. The Braithwaite station is in total disrepair and since many surrounding residents’ rebuilding plans are uncertain, so is [...]

Like the rest of Braithwaite, the Edna LaFrance building—home to the Plaquemines Parish Port, Harbor and Terminal District, sustained serious flood damage from Hurricane Isaac. The rapidly rising water swamped Braithwaite early August 29, and by Saturday September 1 the flood levels sat around 8 ft. *** Despite the total destruction of their Braithwaite office [...]

Kalope Battle, 20, remembering his own high school days playing football, will try to salvage a weight bench for his cousin, Dreione Williams, the quarterback of Belle Chasse High’s JV team. *** Just past Alliance Refinery, nestled against the Mississippi River levee lies the 140-year-old community of Ironton, battered but not completely broken from Hurricane [...]

There were two bits of good news for Plaquemines Parish residents on September 10: Hwy. 23 was cleared of water and marsh grass, allowing all cars to pass through from Belle Chasse to Venice, and an additional $2 million in state funds was secured to raise the crucial roadway. The stretch from Lake Hermitage to [...]

The sign featuring South Plaquemines High School’s mascot, the Hurricanes, took damage in Isaac. *** After a week of clean ups and repairs, public schools throughout the parish opened yesterday and nearly all have electricity. As of press time, power has been restored to all schools in Belle Chasse, as well as Phoenix High School, [...]