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St. Bernard Parish Library Awarded Louisiana Project Grant

News Staff

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

The St. Bernard Parish Library is proud to announce that it has been awarded a Louisiana Project Grant for its arts programming, particularly for its Summer with the Arts series held in conjunction with the library’s annual summer reading program.

Team Lauren Lights the Night at Lafreniere Park to Benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma society. Family and friends participated in the annual walk in memory of Lauren Saubat a 1996 graduate of Chalmette High School and died from leukemia in October 1997. Thank you very much to all who participated and/ or donated.

Team Lauren Holds Light the Night Walk to Benefit Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

News Staff

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

SBFD Graduates First Firefighter Academy

News Staff

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

The St. Bernard Parish Fire Department (SBFD) proudly announces the graduation of three firefighters from its first-ever Firefighter Academy, marking a historic achievement for the department and the community it serves.

Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes plays the Blues for St. Bernard Parish Public School students.

Blues in the Schools Hits the Right Note with 4th Graders in St. Bernard Parish

News Staff

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

The St. Bernard Parish Public School System recently hosted its third annual Blues in the Schools, an engaging musical program that brings the spirit and history of the Blues to 4th grade students across the parish.

POINT

POINT OF VIEW

Ron Chapman

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

This past weekend the many people opposed to President Trump held protests across the nation. Organizers contend that over 2,300+ communities participated with over 3 million attendees. That's quite large, but still less than 1% of the population.

PEACE

PEACE & JUSTICE

Jim Brown

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

For those who do not live in the deepest of the deep southern states, you may not realize that New Orleans, the Queen City of the South, has been under siege. No, not from hurricanes. The siege has been from within. New Orleans is known as the City that Care Forgot.

New Non-Native Mayor

Garey Forster

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

The New Orleans daily newspaper calls it a mandate. They compute about as well as they opine. The election had a 40% Turnout (60% of the Registered Voters couldn’t find a candidate worth coming out to vote for mayor) and Helena Moreno got 55%.

CALLING

CALLING IT HOME

Jimmy Delery

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

One is Too ManyWe all learned how to count at an early age. It is one of the first lessons of academic knowledge. 1,2,3,4, and so on, is a very simple mental task. Generally, we were taught to count on our hands with the ten fingers.

in the

in the garden

Anna Timmerman Lsu Ac H A

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Fall Blooming in Fruit TreesGardeners across the region are reporting odd behavior in some types of fruit trees that they are growing.

ORGOTTEN

THE FORGOTTEN KITCHEN

Liz Williams

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

I pulled out of a box of cookbooks, waiting to be cataloged, here at the SoFAB Culinary Research Center at Nunez Community College. It is a spiral bound book called Cuisine a la Dixie.

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