The Meraux Foundation and St. Bernard Economic Development Foundation are presenting the 6th annual Startup St. Bernard Competition as a livestream event. Anyone can watch the live “Shark Tank” style competition online at startupstbernard.com or here on Thursday, August 6 at 3 p.m. CST.
St. Bernard Parish Public School System released Friday, July 17 a “Guide to Returning to School” on the district website and social media accounts.
Valero Meraux Refinery’s Leadership Team distributed 400 Valero fuel cards valued at $50 each yesterday to St. Bernard Parish Hospital employees. Each included a message that says, “WE ARE WITH YOU.” Valero team members thanked hospital employees for working the front lines during the COVID-19 epidemic.
A third grade teacher at Arabi Elementary School resigned last week rather than face discipline from the St. Bernard Parish School Board after she posted a violent message on Facebook about New Orleans protestors.
Early voting for the July 11 election is extended one week due to the Secretary of State Emergency Election Plan. Dates of early voting are Saturday, June 20 through Saturday, July 4 (excluding Sunday, June 21), from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Registrar of Voters Office, 8201 W. Judge Perez Drive, Room 104, Chalmette.
St. Bernard Parish got soaked during and after Tropical Storm Cristobal, but damage to structures was minimal.
Following a peaceful demonstration at Torres Park in Chalmette, the organizers of St. Bernard Parish’s first Black Lives Matter protest are expanding their scope.
Join the St. Bernard Parish School Board in celebrating the Class of 2020 this Friday, June 12, for the broadcasting of Chalmette High School’s 2020 Graduation. The Ceremony will be aired on Cox Channel 8 as well as streamed on the school’s social media platforms. Preshow will begin at 6 p.m., and the Ceremony will begin at 6:30 p.m. The prerecorded Ceremony will be available on YouTube following the premier. Family and graduates can join the celebration by sharing their special moments on Facebook using the hashtag #chsowls2020. Photo by Amber Prattini Wallo
We are still letting our imagination run wild for the St. Bernard Parish Library’s 2020 Imagine Your Story Virtual Summer Reading Program. Library friends of all ages are invited to visit the library’s summer reading webpage at mysbpl.org/srp2020 to connect with all of our online activities. The programs may be virtual, but the fun is real!
A Memorial Day Celebration was held at St. Bernard Memorial Gardens on Sunday, May 25. The special event that honored fallen heroes was a first for St. Bernard Memorial Gardens and will be done every year for Memorial Day from here forward. Pictured above is the VFW Post of Gretna Color Guard during the rendering of military honors.
Citizens who want to share information with detectives about criminal activity pertaining to St. Bernard Parish or any of its residents, can do so anonymously through the St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Bureau’s new tip hotline, 504.271. TIPS or 8477, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.
Nunez Community College announced on May 20, 2020 the creation of a $500 “We Give A Hoot About You” Scholarship for every graduating senior in the Chalmette High School Class of 2020.
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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