St. Bernard Parish, BP and the United States Coast Guard will host an Open House Expo in St. Bernard Parish on Thursday, August 19, 2010 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Sigur Civic Center Ball Room, 3220 Jean Lafitte Parkway in Chalmette.
Most teenagers run for the hills when high school is over, but not Rashelle Vandenborre. The 18-year-old Chalmette High graduate is making a bid to become the St. Bernard Parish School Board’s youngest member and aims to bring what some say is a welcomed new perspective.
St. Bernard residents will soon have the chance to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Chubby Checker classic “The Twist” while also raising money to transform a St. Bernard Parish icon into a visual “thank you” to volunteers who helped rebuild the community after Hurricane Katrina.
Nevada McPherson always enjoyed making up stories and writing fiction. Now, the Nunez Community College assistant professor of English has taken that pastime a step further, and she has been recognized nationally for her original screenplay “Piano Lessons”. McPherson placed first in the 2010 International Honolulu/Waikiki Film Festival feature length screenplay competition. She flew to [...]
Five local churches recently took part in what they called a “healing ministry” at the St. Bernard Parish Command Center in Hopedale.
The St. Bernard Business and Professional Women’s Club held their Officers Installation on April 19. They are Jenifer Heintz, Secretary; Bethanne Trahan, Vice-President; Lauren Gibson, President; and Suzanne Sweeney, Tresurer.
Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of—wait, wait, wait! That’s not right. Jack and Jill went to St. Bernard to tell a tale or two. Jack needed help and so did Jill and that’s where we come in! Join the St. Bernard Parish Library as the Jack and Jill Players [...]
Last weekend, people from St. Bernard and surrounding parishes got to celebrate two of their most beloved seafood – crawfish and redfish – at the annual Louisiana Crawfish Festival. Chalmette’s Louisiana Crawfish Festival, held at Torres Park in Chalmette, ran from March 25 through March 28. Mudbug enthusiasts had their pick of dozens of crawfish [...]
The Buccaneer Villa North Swim and Tennis Club is asking for help re-establishing its Barracuda summer league swim team this summer. The effort to get the Barracudas off the starting blocks and back in the water will be spearheaded by Luke Morin. Morin, originally from Denver, swam through college at the University of Colorado and [...]
