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SBSO Prepares for 2026 Hurricane Season

News Staff

Thursday, June 4, 2026

As the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season begins this week, St. Bernard Sheriff James Pohlmann is encouraging residents to prepare now in the event a storm threatens the area.“Hurricane season is something we take seriously in St.

Louisiana Office of Tourism Opens Application Period for the Cooperative Marketing Program

News Staff

Thursday, June 4, 2026

Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser and the Louisiana Office of Tourism announced the application period is now open for the FY 2027 Cooperative Marketing Program (CMP).

SBSO Marine Division Assists with CHS 4-H Mangrove Project

News Staff

Thursday, June 4, 2026

Members of the St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office Marine Division recently helped transport 17 Chalmette High School 4-H students to Gardner Island, where the students planted 338 black mangrove trees as part of an ongoing coastal restoration and environmental education project.Capt.

From left: Sandra Wixom, Ricky Ostry & Leona Galley, AARP President.

AARP Chapter 3926 Hosts Glass Recycling and Coastal Restoration Presentation

News Staff

Thursday, June 4, 2026

Chalmette's AARP Chapter 3926, welcomed guest speaker Ricky Ostry, Commercial Sales for Glass Half Full. Ricky was a great speaker at the membership meeting on Saturday, May 23, 2026.

POINT OF VIEW

Ron Chapman

Thursday, June 4, 2026

I was fortunate in my History training to be mentored by Steven Ambrose, Warren Billings, George Windel, Joseph Logsden, and a host of other University of New Orleans historians. They demanded careful research and rigid adherence to standards when composing history.

PEACE & JUSTICE

Jim Brown

Thursday, June 4, 2026

June has always been my special month to read extensively. No how-to, general information, politics, or any other type of practical knowledge reading. It’s always been fiction.

Know The Answers?

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Thursday, June 4, 2026

by Garey ForsterHow many Founding Fathers can you name?How many signers are there on the Declaration of Independence?Share your Answers by writing a Letter to the Editor. Google’s responses to the questions are not eligible.What’s Decoration Day?

CALLING IT HOME

Jimmy Delery

Thursday, June 4, 2026

As we travel forward, new words, names, or phrases for various things and events evolve. Because the names are not singular words, the dictionary generally does not enter them immediately. The new name or term that is of importance most recently is teen takeover.

THE FORGOTTEN KITCHEN

Liz Williams

Thursday, June 4, 2026

New boxes of books are constantly coming to the SoFAB Research Center at Nunez Community College. This week, working with our new intern, I uncovered a charming book from 1909. It is called 365 Orange Recipes: An Orange Recipe for Every Day of the Year.

After six years of leading the school, Our Lady of Prompt Succor Principal Charol Armand will return to the classroom this fall.

SCHOOL NEWS

News Staff

Thursday, June 4, 2026

When Charol Armand took over as principal of Our Lady of Prompt Succor School in Chalmette in the summer of 2020, she faced all the normal challenges of leading a school but wrapped in the uncertainty of COVID restrictions.

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