In a recently published report, the MRGO Must Go Coalition—an environmentalist group founded in 2006 whose stated goal is “to ensure that the ecosystem impacted by the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO) is restored”—outlined how the MRGO rock dam has positively assisted coastal restoration in recent years.
Two teenage girls, ages 15 and 11, were arrested on Friday, Sept. 25 after a one day long spree of car theft that occurred on Thursday, Sept. 24. Officially, the two girls, not even old enough to drive, were booked for “simple robbery, two counts of theft of a motor vehicle, and one count of the theft.” The older of the two girls was also booked for a July warrant of theft of a motor vehicle in Arabi. According to a press release
At an unplanned “Special Council Meeting” on Monday, Sept. 28, the St. Bernard Council unanimously approved an ordinance that would send a grant application for $3 million dollars to the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) Cares Act Recovery Assistance program.
The Kiwanis Club of St Bernard - Arabi held its 64th Installation Banquet on Sept. 19 at the St. Bernard Christian Academy Campus.
St. Bernard Parish teamed up with Valero Meraux Refinery and Nunez Community College in a true community partnership to collect items for Hurricane Laura victims in Southwest Louisiana. The focus of the drive was to collect baby items to replenish those that families lost during the recent devastation in Lake Charles. Items collected included diapers, formula and other gear parents need to make their babies comfortable during this difficult time. In addition to collected items, some also wrote checks which will be donated to the Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana in Lake Charles.
Justin Stephens, a Republican from Chalmette, announced his candidacy for the office of Judge, Division “E,” in St. Bernard Parish. Justin graduated from Our Lady of Prompt Succor, Jesuit High School, and Louisiana State University with a degree in Biochemistry.
St. Bernard Parish could be set to begin two coastal restoration projects in the next year. While these projects have the same goal in mind, they are separate from one another and would be funded by two different government entities. One project will receive a huge sum of money from the Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group (LA TIG), a “joint effort of the State of Louisiana and federal trustees” attempting to “heal Louisiana from the injuries caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill,” while the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) will provide funding for the other project.
The St. Bernard Chamber of Commerce will host an evening of political discussion on Wednesday, October 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the St. Bernard Parish Council Chambers at 8201 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, in preparation for the upcoming elections in which parish residents will choose from candidates running for St. Bernard Parish Judge seats in Divisions A and E. In addition, residents will hear from candidates running for Justice of the Peace for Wards B, F, H, and J and for Constable Justice of the Peace for Wards B, C, I, and J.
Andrew Jackson Middle School will keep its name.
Despite the fact that Tropical Storm Beta remained hundreds of miles west of St. Bernard, the lower sections of the parish were still forced to contend with flooding caused by Beta’s easterly winds.
St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office Dep. Richard Scheuermann received the 2020 Kiwanis Club of St. Bernard-Arabi Life Saver Award at a banquet hosted by Kiwanis on Sept. 22 at Rocky and Carlo’s Restaurant in Chalmette.
Rarely in the course of time do we meet and get to appreciate an outstanding person. This person actually has helped to change the face of the planet Earth. He was not a giant of a man but in his short stature could move a mountain if needed or rebuild the great Mississippi Delta. So, who was this man? We knew him by his nicknames Woody, Dr. G, and Chief. Formally Ph.D. LSU Professor and founder of Coastal Environments, Inc. When we speak of a person that was true to his heart this was our friend Woody.
With the election merely days away, Americans must consider what a President Biden might bring.
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With October being Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a recently established, local St. Bernard organization named Project Purple St.
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