St. Charles is mostly a rural parish but much of our rural areas are wetlands where residences cannot be built. To conserve space in subdivisions and allow residents to acquire homes at less price, the parish council is considering establishing zoning classifications to allow smaller lots. […]
If we’ve learned anything in the past year, it should be how to react to hurricane season.
Be prepared! […]
We can find reasons to vote for either of the candidates for mayor in our metropolitan big city Saturday. […]
Jazzfest 2006 was the best ever. It even rained Sunday and the show went on unabated. That indicated that nothing can deter music lovers from actively appreciating the rhythms and sounds of some of the greatest bands and singers in the nation. […]
It may have been one year — and one hurricane too late — but Mayor Ray Nagin has come up with a firm plan for evacuation when a Category Two storm approaches. It may save lives and a lot of utter frustration when the inevitable happens again.
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Strange that we should be talking about keeping immigrants from Latin America out of the country at a time when they are helping to reconstruct our state after the nation’s biggest disaster in history.
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Our retreat master told us to go out and view the beauty that God has provided us. The birds, the mighty oaks, the flowers and, yes, even the insects which help us in their own way. […]
The state and federal government will get more bang for their bucks by paying for coastal restoration, rather than building levees.Imagine building levees designed to protect populated areas from category five, or even category three, hurricanes in South Louisiana? […]
The name of Pokey Chatman has meant basketball prowess in St. Charles Parish for years.
We watched the gal from Ama grow up, dribbling down the court in recreation basketball and on Hahnville Junior High and Hahnville High School teams. […]
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