Southeastern Louisiana University football team, which has dedicated its season to the “Children of the Gulf,” visited Buras last Sunday attending church services in the [...]
With the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico choked off for more than a month now, many questions remain in the public square concerning the long-term impacts of the BP oil spill. Is seafood safe to eat? What are the long-term environmental impacts? When will the deepwater drilling moratorium be lifted? How will local [...]
Plaquemines Parish officials and Firefighters cut the ribbon on the brand new Buras Fire Department. The station was completely rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina and is the third of six newly built fire stations to open since 2009. Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser credited the volunteer firefighters, Fire Coordinator Roy Robichaux, Parish employees, directors, and all [...]
Fourth grade students at Belle Chasse Primary School are studying the genre of fairy tales this week. Teachers Marybeth Newchurch, Mona Ragusa, Melissa Andrews and Erin Cossé are helping to bring fairy tales to life for their students. These enthusiastic teachers are building excitement and participation in their reading lessons by dressing as fairy tale [...]
Hurricane Katrina has brought some of America’s finest to Plaquemines Parish to assist in the recovery efforts. Even now with the oil spill, people from [...]
The early sunrise departure on July 25, marked the beginning of the annual summer excursion for Our Lady Of Perpetual Help’s Catholic Youth Organization. Thirty-five CYO members left Belle Chasse at 5 a.m. with their nine adult supervisors, including the church pastor, Fr. Billy O’Riordan. Their destination was set for San Antonio, Texas. Upon arrival [...]
Council could consider override this week In Plaquemines Parish, the council giveth and the council taketh away. In its latest move to shake up the parish’s legal team, the Plaquemines Parish Council voted at its July 22 meeting to impose a 20 percent pay cut on the position of lead parish attorney. The salary reduction [...]
Across Plaquemines Parish neighborhoods gathered to take a stand against crime during National Night Out Against Crime. Above, the residents of Bradley Place subdivision along [...]
For the first time a major maintenance plan will be in place to improve water traffic and in addition, the dredge material will be beneficially used to protect marinas. The marina maintenance dredging costs are covered by FEMA as the result of harbors silted in from recent hurricanes. To compliment the marina dredging in an [...]
As well kill nears completion, attention begins to turn to recovery. Reports began to surface Aug. 4: BP’s static kill procedure, aimed at injecting heavy drilling mud and cement into the top of the blown out well, was working as planned. The news came on day 107 of the disaster. By Friday, the static kill [...]
