Columns
Activities on tap for youth this summer
Parents need the support of summer camps to keep their children busy all summer, especially if the alternative is to leave them home alone. […]
Government
Government
Troxler: levee won’t assure protection
The west bank of St. Charles Parish has no levee protection and the east bank needs to be elevated to the proper height before the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers includes the parish in their 100-year flood plan. […]
Government
Tregre grills council members on decision to alter QBS Board
A former parish president showed up at Monday night’s council meeting to protest an attempt to restructure the Quality Based Selection Board, a panel made up of university professors that decides what engineering firms get contracts for parish projects.
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Allen Lottinger
Spillway should be put to more frequent use
Now that fresh water from the Mississippi River is changing the complexion of Lake Pontchartrain, it is time to decide where that water should be directed in the future and start to take action. […]
Editorial
Jindal tells Washington it’s a new day in state
WASHINGTON, DC- Louisiana today is progressing toward a new renaissance, re-birth, and recovery after the damages of past statewide political corruption scandals and two disastrous hurricanes, according to Gov. Bobby Jindal. […]
Government
Pump station riddle must be solved
Parish President V.J. St. Pierre and the current council members must make a decision regarding the controversial Magnolia Ridge Pump Station. […]
Government
Fishing park on the west bank?
On Sunday, the police cited four unsuspecting anglers with criminal trespassing for bank fishing along the containment levee of the Davis Pond diversion. […]
Government
Willowridge sewage leak needs fixing
To the editor:
I am a resident of St. Charles Parish and have been for most of my life. When my husband and I moved back after 8 years of Navy life, we were excited to be able to purchase a home in the Willowridge Subdivision. Growing up here, I have always admired and loved the subdivision and when we purchased our small home on Laurel Court I felt beyond blessed. […]
Editorial
St. Charles info officer learns about life on the other side
For my entire collegiate and professional career I’ve been on the other side of government. […]