The Louisiana Department of Education has released the names of 21 students selected as regional finalists in the state’s annual Students of the Year competition. Isabella Held, a fifth grader at Joseph J. Davies Elementary School was one of the 21 students named as a finalist.
With the start of the 2020 regular legislative session right around the corner, State Representative Ray Garofalo was recently appointed to serve as Chairman of the House Committee on Education.
The New Orleans Mission and the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office have formed new partnership that they hope will help struggling addicts in St. Bernard Parish find recovery instead of ending up behind bars. During a special event today at the New Orleans Mission’s Giving Hope Retreat in Lacombe, St. Bernard Parish Sheriff James Pohlmann announced the department’s participation in the New Orleans Mission’s Operation Angel initiative. St. Bernard is the third law enforcement agency in the Greater New Orleans area to adopt this program in partnership with the New Orleans Mission.
Pictured: Lacoste Elementary School’s Jan. 2020 Terrific Kids. Kindergarten: Zoey Begnard, Talia Lee, Kade Nata, Aubrey Reilly, and Dreux Guidry. First Grade - Maria Nguyen, Tala Abdalfatah, Blake Therio, Caina Orihvela, and Lonnie Kersh. Second Grade - Autum Higginbotham, Jayden Forvendel, Vincent Gonzales, and Kaitlyn Gayle. Third Grade - Laniey Dominio, Jade Jamhour, Quentin James, and Bryer Johnson. Fourth Grade - Bree Gallo, Rylee Fayard, Tayla Russell, and Serenity Ruiz. Fifth Grade - Mhmood Yousef, Chloe Roussel, Emri Gagnard, Alexandria Amador, and Austin Findorff.
Andrew Jackson Middle School faculty members Robert Zanca, Meg Lancaster, and Madi Fogarty provided traditional English country music for the Battle of New Orleans Ball at the Cabildo on January 11. In addition to their usual teaching duties, they also run the parish’s only string program.
Water treatment in St. Bernard is going so well that the parish is winning awards for it. The same can’t be said for garbage pickup, but the government says improvements are on the way.
Louisiana Fisheries Forward Summit, a free event that will be held at Kenner’s Pontchartrain Center on March 11, is the State’s premier commercial fishing and seafood event coming at a time when the $2.4 billion industry is seeking guidance on its future. “The world of seafood is rapidly evolving, and chang
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Restore the Mississippi River Delta, in partnership with Vanishing Paradise, Meraux Foundation, St. Bernard Parish Tourist Commission and the St. Bernard Parish Coastal Department presented the third annual Cook-Off for the Coast at the Meraux Foundation’s Docville Farm on Saturday, Feb. 8. The family-friendly event featured a culinary competition highlighting wild game from Louisiana’s coastal wet-lands, while raising funds for the Chandeleur Sound Living e Shoreline Program, a local res- project that will con- -toration y struct oyster reef breakwaters o in St. Bernard Parish. Thirteen r-cook teams competed in the d. following categories — Water ll (fish, shellfish, reptiles, etc.), Air (duck, etc.), Land (game, r-deer, wild boar, etc.), Crowd s Favorite and Student Cook-Off c Team. -
A St. Bernard Parish teenager was killed Feb. 9 in an accident involving a gun.
BSA Troop 11, with the help of Cub Scout Pack 11, held a flag retirement ceremony at United Methodist Church on Paris Road on Feb. 9. The troop retired more than 40 worn and tattered flags. Pictured is Daniel Marchiafava removes the strips from the flag for burning. More photos on page 2.
The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East (SLFPA-E) has hired legal representation to renew its courtroom battle with St.
Congratulations to the following students for being named St. Bernard Middle School’s Terrific Teens for the second semester
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