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Henderson gets a day off for Mardi Gras
Henderson – Town employees will enjoy a paid holiday on Mardi Gras next year if the council passes an ordinance introduced this month.
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Fred Mills, Jr.
State representative running for senate
Fred Mills Jr. of Parks is running for the District 22 State Senate seat representing St. Martin and Iberia parishes.
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Simone Champagne
State representative running for senate
Simone Champagne of Jeanerete is running for the District 22 State Senate seat representing St. Martin and Iberia parishes.
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Armond Schwing
Insurance agent running for senate
Armond Schwing of New Iberia is running for the District 22 State Senate seat representing St. Martin and Iberia parishes.
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David Groner
Trial lawyer running for state senate
David Groner of New Iberia is running for the District 22 State Senate seat representing St. Martin and Iberia parishes.
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Give the Basin for Christmas: Local author, photographer out with book
St. Martinville – St. Martin Parish native Greg Guirard, a noted author and photographer, has updated one of his most popular books just in time for Christmas.
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SMPD officer gets 3 years for theft in evidence room
St. Martinville – Former SMPD officer Charlotte Durand was sentenced Thursday to three years at hard labor for stealing guns, drugs and cash from the evidence room to support a gambling addiction.
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Tap water bubbles not from chemicals
Breaux Bridge – Bubbles in your water? Nothing to be worried about, says Randy “Crip” Cormier, director of Public Works and Utilities for the city.
Dec 21, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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City narrowly grants variance: Councilman Johnnie Foco comes up with compromise
Broussard – Members of the Arbor Trace Homeowner’s Association in Broussard opposed a fellow homeowner’s request for a variance in the ordinance requiring a five-foot building setback during the De...
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Judge tosses evidence in swamp trespassing case
St. Martinville – The state’s trespassing case against a couple of crawfishermen hit a stump earlier this month when the judge threw out some of the evidence.
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Perks for officials in question
Henderson – The propriety of taxpayers buying medical insurance for the mayor, the police chief and their wives was called into question at Monday night’s Town Council meeting.
Dec 14, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Nary Smith Jr.
Fired SMPD cop speaks out
St. Martinville – Nary Smith Jr. says he had no idea he was hot on the tail of accused murderer Paul Stanley Collins when he answered a complaint in the 200 block of Willis Drive in the early hours...
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