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Corps considers new canal as part of MRGO restoration plan
As the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prepares a massive plan to restore more than 6,000 square miles of ecosystem damaged by the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet (MRGO), an integral part of that stragegy calls for creating a new canal in or near Violet to divert freshwater into the Central Wetlands, Lake Borgne and the Biloxi [...]
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A study released Feb. 17 by County Health Rankings puts St. Bernard Parish near the bottom of the state with regard to health. Out of 64 Louisiana parishes, the study ranked St. Bernard at 62.
However, a closer look at the study reveals a somewhat skewed picture of life and health in the parish. That’s because [...]
Assistant Adjutant General Hunt Downer, commanding officer of Jackson Barracks in New Orleans, told the St. Bernard-Arabi Kiwanis Club Feb. 23 that a portion of that facility will be dedicated in July.
Downer first offered his thanks to St. Bernard Parish for supporting the National Guard installation and updated the group on the facility’s recovery post-Katrina.
Downer [...]
Representatives from two parish councils came together over one contentious issue at the Jan. 14 Plaquemines Parish Council meeting.
The issue involved a portion of St. Bernard Parish’s 100-year flood protection system that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to build within Plaquemines Parish. The Corps will relocate the Caernarvon floodgate across Highway 39 from [...]
Community
Sheriff, Knights of Columbus to hold bike safety courseThe Sheriff’s Office and the Knights of Columbus will jointly hold a free bicycle safety course for St. Bernard Parish residents at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 10 at the Knights’ Rummel Council 5747 Hall at 2107 Paris Road in Chalmette.
Capt. Errol Schultz, who heads the bicycle safety program for the Sheriff’s Office, will give [...]
School News
School board appoints new memberAlthough newly elected Judge Perry Nicosia officially resigned from the St. Bernard Parish School Board Feb. 25, District 10 will nonetheless be represented by a Nicosia for the remainder of his term.
In a special meeting held Feb. 23, St. Bernard Parish School Superintendent Doris Voitier and the school board appointed former member Ron Nicosia to [...]
Sports
Former CHS athlete selected to all-academic teamFormer Chalmette High state 2007 girls discus champion, Danielle Martin – a current member of the LSU Lady Tiger track and field team – was selected to the Southeastern Conference all-academic indoor track and field team as she pursues a degree in architecture.
In the spring of 2007 as a senior at CHS, Martin was the [...]