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, [...]
*** Rescue operations started early Wednesday morning after a giant wave of storm surge from the north came crashing in on the sleepy Eastbank community of Braithwaite. “Around 11:30 or 12 Tuesday night, Mike LaFrance the commander on the Eastbank said that all of the sudden, all you saw was this wave of water coming from [...]
“Here we go again—industry before human life,” said Ironton native Rose Jackson at the August 23 Plaquemines Parish Council meeting. Nearly a dozen Ironton residents showed full force at the temporary courthouse in Belle Chasse to protest the council’s support of RAM Terminals, a coal export company looking to build in the area. Jackson and [...]
Celebrating the announcement of the newest Orange King, former festival royalty, made the traditional toast to King Ben Becnel, seated. From left, the former kings are Patrick Becnel Sr., Bobby Gravolet, Dale Benoit, David Pavlovich, Bobby Thomas, Anthony Buras Jr., Borden Wallace, Frank Patti, Judge Micheal Kirby, Stanley Gaudet, Robert Cappiello, Darryl Bubrig, George Pivach [...]
Built on the site of the former Buras High School, the new apartments are raised on concrete pilings. In fact 4,600 cubic yards of concrete was used to build the 32-units, making it durable in 150 mph winds, said Chris Barker of HOV Services, the construction managing company for the apartments and the campuses of [...]
Hospital Service District board members, as well as representatives from FEMA and GOHSEP ceremoniously broke the ground on the site of the future Plaquemines Medical Center July 25. From left is District 9 board member Tony Frickey, GOSEPH Director of Operations James Clark, District 3 Hospital Board member Mary Ann Braud, Hospital Service District Chairman [...]
*** Business for the Plaquemines Parish Port, Harbor and Terminal District will no longer be handled by the Administration, according to a new ordinance passed during the July 12 council meeting. “For the last 30 years, there has been a conflict of authority between the Council and Administration (over the Port); State law says the [...]
Hundreds gathered at the Buras Auditorium July 11 to celebrate the inauguration of new Sheriff Lonnie Greco and Chief Deputy Brian Boudreaux. Although spirits were high, Greco and other speakers at the celebration didn’t tiptoe around the elephant in the room– that the new Sheriff faces many challenges ahead as the department is still reeling [...]
After an unannounced oil spill dispersant drill last month, parish officials and the Department of Environmental Quality are working together to investigate what exactly was sprayed during the drill, said P.J. Hahn, Plaquemines Parish Director of Coastal Zone Management. On June 13 fishermen working off the coast of Venice called Hahn and Parish President Billy [...]
