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Offering a wide selection of desserts and cold treats, Don Cruz Snowballs held a ribbon cutting for their Chalmette location on Thursday morning, August 10. St.

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Last week the governor declared a state of emergency for all of Louisiana related to the drought and heat that has been ongoing with no end in sight. We aren’t strangers to emergencies, what’s different here is that we know how to prepare for and respond to thingslikestormsfromthegulf, flooding, and wind damage on our property. This unending hot, dry weather with little relief in temperatures even in the overnight hours means all plant life is stressed, and some things will probably not recover unless we get relief soon. Along the I-10 corridor to Slidell there are a few miles of dead trees on the lake side of the interstate. I’m getting calls about pecans shedding their crop prematurely. Some “bomb-proof” south Louisiana landscape staples like ‘Encore’ azaleas and Indian hawthorn are giving up the ghost. And don’t get me started on lawns. Without irrigation many lawns are a crispy mess. We are behind in our annual rainfall totals by over 22 inches and counting.

On Monday, August 28 at 6 p.m. the community group “Concerned Parents For Students of St. Bernard Schools” will be hosting a town hall meeting in the council chambers on Judge Perez Dr. in Chalmette.

At the August 22 St. Bernard Parish School Board (SBPSB) meeting, board members heard a presentation from Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) Chief of Staff Laura Mellem on how the port plans to address impacts W. Smith Elementary may experience from their proposed container terminal project in Violet.

The upcoming fall 2023 election cycle will be of special interest to St. Bernard Parish residents. Not only will residents have the opportunity to participate in the gubernatorial and other high ranking state office elections, residents are also set to vote in several key local elections that could have significant importance to the parish’s future.

The football standouts of today witnessed the stars of yesterday and tomorrow when the Chalmette High School Football team recently visited the Maumus Center Planetarium in Old Arabi for a team-building excursion and an enlightening morning of science.

A large crowd of St. Bernard Parish residents showed up to the August 22 parish school board meeting to voice their concerns and demand action over perceived major safety issues at Chalmette High School (CHS). The reason so many residents showed up to the meeting was a major fight that occurred at CHS on August 18. This fight resulted in the use of a taser by a School Resource Officer (a sheriff’s deputy charged with watching over schools), 8 arrests, and minor injuries to two teachers.

Ours has been an interesting journey, but not just a medical one. It runs far deeper. Housing is limited to 90 days. We have to move from one place to another in three-month cycles. Because of that we have the occasion to meet so many different people, with different backgrounds, different ethnicities, different ages, and different medical challenges.