Children visited with Santa while costumed characters, mimes and carnival acts roamed Main Street during the Main to Main Cultural Road Show Saturday in Franklin. Merchants took advantage of the celebration dubbed "Christmas on the Bayou with a Trail of Lampposts" to open the holiday shopping season. There also was a Children's Arena, with arts and crafts, face painting, games and more.
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Bear
Fest taking reservations for Furs & Feathers event
Supporters of the Bayou Teche Black Bear and Birding festival are invited to a special event to help make this spring's festival better than ever.
OBITUARIES
Irma Lockhart
Troy A. Menard
Michael
Skinner Sr.
Thursday, November 19
911
director on leave with pay after fraud allegations
St. Mary Parish E-911 Director Marie Anderson was placed on administrative leave, with pay, following a closed-door discussion of the parish's Communications District board.
Anderson was one of 14 recently indicted on federal Food Stamp Program fraud charges.
PC
cuts Avoca ferry hours
Hours of operation of the Avoca Island Ferry will be reduced to five days per week beginning Jan. 1.
The St. Mary Parish Council voted for the reduction of operation of the ferry during a workshop Wednesday on the 2010 proposed budget.
Anti-abortion
funding resolution OKd
A resolution opposing the inclusion of federal funding for abortions in healthcare reform legislation was passed by the St. Mary Parish Council Wednesday.
The resolution offered by Councilman Glen Hidalgo of Bayou Vista to be forwarded to both the House and Senate of the U.S. Congress is based on a House amendment by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Michigan) that prohibits federal abortion funding.
OBITUARIES
Raymond Jack Sr.
Beulah Moore
Aline Orgeron
Larry Case Sr.
Wednesday, November 18
New
set of plans drawn for Center
Conceptual drawings of what the derelict Center Theater could look like were presented to the Franklin City Council Tuesday by St. Mary Parish Economic Development Director Frank Fink.
Fink said Stan Routh of Baton Rouge made the renderings as a result of recent tourism development meetings held in Franklin.
Alcohol
sales extension pitch fails
A pitch by a local lounge owner failed to move the Franklin City Council to extend alcohol sales for one hour three days a year.
Albert Foulcard, representing Joe's Lounge in Franklin, previously asked the council to extend hours by one hour to 3 a.m. ``on Dec. 26, Jan. 1 and the Friday following the fourth Thursday of November.''
FPD
solved cases far exceed nation
Franklin's police officers are logging long hours and completing much training, city council members learned Tuesday.
Chief Sabria McGuire said the national average of cleared violent crimes is about 41 percent, but in Franklin, the rate stands at nearly 92 percent; clearance of crimes against property is 17 percent, statewide 16 percent, in Franklin it's 68 percent.
Reading
program targets deficiencies
The St. Mary Parish School System recently activated an innovative technological approach to address student oral reading deficiencies in first through 12th grades.
The software program, Reading Assistant Version 4.7, employs cutting-edge speech recognition technology that listens and supports students as they read.
OPINION: Misconceptions
By Allan Von Werder
Tuesday, November 17
Franklin
to get VA clinic
By mid January, there will be a new community based outpatient veterans medical clinic in Franklin.
A 63-month lease agreement between Franklin Foundation Hospital and Valor Healthcare Inc. on clinic space was approved Monday by Hospital Service District 1 board members. The agreement comes with two additional 5-year lease options.
Apartments
get P&Z nod
A proposal to build a gated apartment complex in Garden City moved along Monday when the parish Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of subdivision plans and rezoning.
An investment firm, Investerra LLC of Scottsdale, Arizona, and contractor, CMW Builders LLC of Beaumont, Texas is attempting to buy 10 acres of agricultural land from the Fairfax Bailey estate on La. 3215 off of La. 182 in Garden City for the first phase of the project.
Locals
charged with fraud
Identities have been released in the cases of 14 current and former state employees recently indicted as a result of a year- long joint investigation into fraudulent activity during the Disaster Food Stamp Program in St. Mary Parish.
OBITUARIES
James Lowery
Monday, November 16
Food
stamp fraud charges leveled
Fourteen people have been indicted on fraud charges in St. Mary Parish including a former St. Mary Office of Family Services Parish Manager and a former St. Mary DHH area manager, as well as the current 911 Communications District director.
Waterworks
5 proposition fails
Voters said no Saturday to a proposed $2.6 million bond package in Waterworks District 6.
The proposition failed with 123 votes against to 109 in favor, according to unofficial results posted on the Louisiana Secretary of State's Web site.
Field
trip, bus safety policies changed
Field trips to foreign countries are not allowed by student groups in St. Mary Parish under a revised policy adopted Thursday by the school
board. The policy was approved unanimously after board members received a report from Assistant Superintendent Keith Thibodeaux.
Franklin
City Council meets Tuesday
Franklin city council members meet Tuesday in regular session for November.
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