Residents of the Prince of Peace facility in St. Bernard Parish, as well as volunteers and representatives from the Arc of Greater New Orleans (GNO Arc), local officials and members of the St. Bernard Chamber of Commerce celebrated the official opening of the new facility with a ceremonial ribbon cutting. Arc is an organization that [...]
The annual memorial service, commemorating the bombing of Pearl Harbor, at the Pearl Harbor Memorial Park in Chalmette, which is the only Pearl Harbor Memorial Park, on mainland, USA, will not be held, at this location. William Detweiler, Consultant to the President for Military and Veterans Affairs, WWII Museum, has invited the ceremony to be [...]
Councilman Ray Lauga and former runoff challenger Peter Rupp were only seperated by 16 votes in the race for the District A seat. Rupp has said that due to outside voter influence, that election result is up for debate. Now Rupp has filed to bring that debate to Court. (Note: The hearing for this case [...]
The 2011 election season in St. Bernard was a series of close races, with very few clear winners emerging from primary elections in October. The Parish President, Sheriff, Clerk of Court, Assessor, even council seats were not decided outright. However, when the November 19 runoff was concluded, St. Bernard residents had turned out in large [...]
The District A council seat was decided by 16 votes, according to the Secretary of State’s data. However, one candidate is contesting the results, citing once more the irregularities in voting by persons allegedly from outside the parish. Incumbent Ray Lauga held on to his Council seat against opponent Peter Rupp by a vote of [...]
The upcoming election resumed with the early voting on November 5 -12 for the final Saturday vote on the 19. However, allegations have emerged that could call into question the validity of the election, even the primary votes cast back in October. Allegations of voter fraud have come in the form of registered voters taking [...]
Academy award nominated screenwriter John Sayles (Lone Star, Passion Fish, Eight Men Out) was present for the Chalmette debut of his latest independent work “Amigo.” An independent feature surrounding one village plight caused by the American Garrison occupying their village during the little known American-Philppine War, which took place in the early 1900’s. Then, our [...]
Veteran’s Day was observed on Thursday November 10 in the Parish, complete with both a parade for veterans and a ceremony to publicly recognize their sacrifices. This Veterans day—the holiday created out of Armistice Day and celebrating the end of the first World War—also commemorates the 236th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. At [...]
As early voting for the November 19 election closed on Saturday November 12, some endorsements came for candidates involved in close races, including the races for Parish President, Sheriff and District A. Parish President In the Parish President’s race, Dave Peralta has received the endorsement of former primary opponent Paul Molinary. In a tight race [...]
Following the recent announcement that the local St. Bernard Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) office was set to be shut-down, Parish officials convened a press conference, to collectively and publicly state that they vehemently opposed the closure of the office, as many claims with commercial fishermen remain open. As a result, Kenneth Feinberg said in [...]
