Pictured at the ribbon cutting, from left, are Stephen Reuther, Jerry Calcagno, Mathew Hughes, Sean Warner, Jan Hughes and Parish President David Peralta. Not pictured are Chamber members Claudette Reuther, Vicki Melton, Barbara Collier, Frank Arena and Jodie Lohfink. Photo by Lenor Duplessis Mathew Hughes and Hugh Stiel, co-owners of Taco Del Mar, celebrated a [...]
BP America has awarded the Community Center of St. Bernard a $15,000 grant to fund the Workforce Development Project. The Workforce Development Project provides small business owners, affected by the Gulf Oil Spill, hands-on instruction on how to set up a basic website that will suit their business needs. This grant will help to offset [...]
Meraux just got a little more stylish thanks to sisters and St. Bernard Parish natives, Lindsey and Whitney Wilcox, owners of the new clothing boutique C’est Chic. Members of the St. Bernard Chamber of Commerce and Parish President Dave Peralta were there to honor the new store at their ribbon cutting ceremony, Thursday March 1, [...]
A Champagne Patron Toast is planned for the Sweets and Treats for Disaster Relief Tasting Gala. St. Bernard Gives Back’s upcoming fund-raiser prepares for a Champagne Toast to honor Patrons at the Gala. Pictured toasting are Chuck and Susan Konechne, Sylvia Guillot and Al Lefevre. Proceeds from the fund-raiser will be used by St. Bernard [...]
St. Bernard’s D.A.R.E. vehicle, a F-150 pickup truck, has been revamped thanks to local businesses. Seen with the truck, is from left, Sgt. Anthony Bruscato, Bruce Jackson of BJ’s Towing, Maj. Mark Poche, Jason Mathes of Chalmette Firestone, Lt. Lisa Jackson, and Sgt. Darrin Miller. [...]
As the federal regulators argue the merit of drilling moratoriums and sluggish permit processes stemming from the Deepwater Horizon tragedy, as well as continued analysis of many oil industry endeavors—including the Keystone Pipeline backed by Louisiana Sen. David Vitter—local entities are pushing for action by attempting to highlight the otherwise hidden effects of the slow [...]
Arbor Day was celebrated at Arabi Elementary School on January 25, with members of the Federated Council of New Orleans Garden Clubs (FCNOGC), Civic Beautification Association (CBA) of Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines and St. Bernard Parishes, Country Club Home Gardeners (CCHG), and Green Thumb Garden Club (GTG). The groups donated money for the planting of four [...]
The St. Bernard Historical Society and parish historian, William Hyland, laid a commemorative wreath honoring the American Navy and the Battle of Lake Borgne which took place on December 14, 1814. The society recognizes the contribution of Pat Pescay for supplying the vessel which took the society members and representative of the US Navy (Matt [...]
In 2011, the Community Center of St. Bernard celebrated its fifth anniversary and achieved the milestone of distributing our 1,000,000th pound of food to St. Bernard residents still struggling to recover from Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Ike and Gustav, as well the 2010 Gulf Oil Spill. In fact, during this past year alone, more than 4,351 [...]
