A 49-year veteran of the Assessor’s Office in St. Bernard Parish, Marlene Vinsanau, is retiring at the end of her term in December 2012. Vinsanau will not run for re-election of the parish assessor seat, which she has maintained for the last 15 years. “I would like very much to enjoy my retirement while I [...]
Some clarity on the oil spill claims process was finally made available, and the public now has until Feb. 16 to review and comment on the payout plan draft. The Administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, Ken Feinberg, told St. Bernard Parish officials and several locals impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, during [...]
Louisiana Senator A.G. Crowe said he showed his support for the new hospital project in St. Bernard Parish, as well as the Port of St. Bernard, at a State Bond Commission meeting on Jan. 21. “I was there in support to make sure everything was voted on appropriately,” said Crowe. “I just felt it was [...]
The St. Bernard Parish School Board barely passed a $200 per month raise for themselves in a 3-8 decision at this month’s board meeting, held on Jan. 26. The raise will put the school board members’ monthly expense allowance on par with the 2008 Louisiana state mode of $800, up from $600. St. Tammany, Plaquemines, [...]
Arabi residents recently celebrated the opening of a new business, Swan River Yoga Seva. The yoga and community center, located upstairs in the Arabi Plaza, offers classes nightly at no set price. Rather, they rely on donations. One of the yoga instructors at Swan River, Serena Chaudhry, said accessibility to the people living in the [...]
Residents who say a freshwater diversion would cut the parish in half almost universally combated the man-made waterway Army Corps of Engineers says will restore St. Bernard Parish’s eroding coastline. It was standing room only during a public meeting on the diversion, held in the cafeteria of the C.F. Rowley Alternative School on Jan. 20, [...]
The St. Bernard Parish Council met for a relatively quick and speed-bump free meeting on Jan. 18. Here are the some of the agenda points: Meraux diversion Parish President Craig Taffaro reminded the council and the meeting’s attendees of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ freshwater diversion plan for Meraux. The diversion is an attempt [...]
Two men known throughout St. Bernard Parish for their decades-long commitment and contribution to the local recreational sports teams were honored at a rededication ceremony in Val Reiss Park on Jan. 15. Before Hurricane Katrina, Huey Rabalais and Roy Brouillette each had a recreation facility dedicated to them; Rabalais had the concession stand in Versailles [...]
