St. Bernard Parish officials’ attempt to stifle construction of the four mixed-income apartment complexes in Chalmette was shot down last week after the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center filed for a temporary restraining order against the parish. Parish President Craig Taffaro issued cease and desist orders on March 4 to halt progress at [...]
One soon-to-be deployed soldier was introduced through a website to the folks at Sweetwater Marina, in Delacroix, which led to a free last hoorah fishing trip for the man and his family before his move to Afghanistan. Dalcus “DJ” Williams Jr., a National Guardsman living in Baton Rouge, was on the Louisiana Sportsman website when [...]
A number of parents of Andrew Jackson Middle School students are still looking for answers after what they call, “a violation of the children’s rights” occurred during the school day. All of the girls in A.J. Middle — which has a total population of about 300 boys and girls — were directed to the gymnasium [...]
St. Bernard Parish community members are seeing red. Hoards of residents — and some of the councilmen — attended a council meeting dressed in shades of scarlet in opposition to the four mixed income apartment complexes to be built in the parish, yet the meeting ended with the passage of two ordinances to repeal legislation [...]
Sunny skies and warm weather provided a pleasant backdrop to the sixth annual Knights of Nemesis parade, which rolled down the street in Chalmette on the afternoon of Feb. 26. Hoards of St. Bernardians — living inside and outside of the parish — turned out for the spectacle, and left with lots of loot. Beads, [...]
Neatly trimmed shrubbery, clean-edged pathways and a manicured lawn set the stage for an assembly of civic and neighborhood groups which came together to sign off on the Curb Appeal Initiative. The Curb Appeal Initiative is a citizen-based campaign to better enforce codes relative to landscaping, signage, dumpster location and overall upkeep of homes and [...]
Adults with intellectual disabilities that are living in the parish will soon have a community center to call their own, at the former Prince of Peace Rectory in Chalmette. Arc of Greater New Orleans, an organization created in 1953 as a network of support for families with children with intellectual disabilities, is behind the project [...]
A building permit has been issued for four apartment complexes to be erected in Chalmette – construction has begun on two of them – after a two-year battle between St. Bernard Parish government and the developer, Provident Realty Advisors. One building will be located on Patricia Street, behind the Wal-Mart in Chalmette. A second location [...]
2010: 35,897 call St. Bernard home, down from 67,000 in 2000 Census results are in, and the total population of St. Bernard Parish has plummeted nearly fifty percent since 2000. More than 67,000 individuals lived in the parish in 2000, and today 35,897 call St. Bernard home, according to the most recent census data. While [...]
One of the first orders of business for the St. Bernard Parish School Board was electing a president and vice-president to preside over this year’s meetings. Clifford Englande, District 8, was re-elected to serve a second year as School Board President. He was nominated by Dr. Hugh Craft, District 6, to fill the seat, and [...]
