PLENTY International is a nongovernmental relief and development organization that has a PLENTY~ Books to Kids Project. Books to Kids is a powerful project that puts books in the hands of kids. The books are given to the schools and the schools displays the books in order for students to choose the “just right book” to [...]
Governor Bobby Jindal addressed hundreds of attendants of last week’s 2011 Plaquemines Association of Business and Industry Installation of Officers. Mike Ford was inducted as the 2011 chairman. News lately has focused on the changes Gov. Jindal proposed to make to the higher education system in Louisiana. The governor spoke on this subject. Although Louisiana [...]
Voices from people who do not want a Wal-Mart in their backyard were heard loud and clear by Plaquemines Parish council members and the rest of the community as the impending shopping center was the topic of a SpringWood Estates Homeowners Association meeting last week. This meeting, held on Jan. 18, was the first organized [...]
“We’re working on shutting this large project down,” said Councilman Keith Hinkley, District 2, about the series of ordinances that were introduced at the last Plaquemines Parish Council meeting that would block – or at least temporarily halt – the proposed shopping center in Belle Chasse from moving forward. The shopping center, dubbed “The Belle [...]
Lots of information is circulating about the likelihood of a Wal-Mart being built in Plaquemines Parish, some of which is contradictory, and potentially misleading. Residents were told that there were no final plans for the massive shopping center to be built in Belle Chasse, yet the permit application for construction has been submitted, and the [...]
Certifications help define the students’ proficiency and marketable skills needed as they enter the workforce. Plaquemines Parish schools are continuing to offer a variety of certifications to their students with the help of local business community leaders. One of those certifications is the Internet and Computing Core Certification (IC³®) which provides students with the knowledge on [...]
Residents of Plaquemines Parish will have an opportunity to learn more about the United Way plan to build housing for new home buyers in Southern and Eastbank Plaquemines at three community meetings scheduled Jan. 18 in Davant, Jan. 19 in Buras and Jan. 25 in Port Sulphur. The United Way has received a state grant [...]
The first meeting of the year for the Plaquemines Parish Council began in a moment of hot debate as who should be the rightful chairman and the order of agenda items were disputed. Councilmember Burghart Turner, District 6, temporarily held the chairman position after the former council chairman Don Beshel’s term ended. Beshel ran for [...]
Danica Ansardi, owner of Ansardi Financial Services, LLC, has recently been elected and installed as Treasurer of the Algiers Republican Women (ARW). Now in the 34th year of service to the community, city, state and nation, the objectives of the ARW are to promote an informed public through political education and activity; increase the effectiveness [...]
