Fire Captain Larry Sallean, a retiring 35-year veteran of the St. Bernard Parish Fire Department was honored at the May 7 council meeting for several decades of service to the parish. Before his retirement, Sallean was the Senior most member of the department. Fire Chief Thomas Stone praised him for his leadership and outstanding record. [...]
Hundreds of concerned fishermen attended the second meeting of the Save Louisiana Coalition Monday night to get informed on what coalition leaders say is the biggest issue facing fisheries today: large-scale freshwater and sediment diversions. The Louisiana Coastal Master Plan, approved last year, has several large-scale diversions slated for St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parishes. One [...]
One of the most exciting post-Katrina renovations, the Maumus Center in Old Arabi, is moving along nicely and should be completed by the end of 2014. Once completed, the $15 million FEMA funded project will be a state-of-the-art hands-on Science Learning Center for the St. Bernard Parish School system. Schools will utilize the Maumus center [...]
It has been a year-and-four months since David Peralta took the oath of office and became St. Bernard’s Parish President. And it’s been a rough year. The budget crisis from a lack of sale tax revenue has hit hard. In turn, to keep a balanced budget, 123 parish employees had to be laid off. “It [...]
The 15-mill property tax to fund the Sheriff’s Department for the next 10 years was approved by 61 percent of voters who turned out for the April 6 election. The measure was approved: 2,390 votes for, 1,531 against. The additional 15-mills doubles SBSO’s budget to $9 million annually for the next 10 years. Currently, SBSO [...]
It’s often said that doing business with family is a risky move, but the Ybarzabals wouldn’t have it any other way. The store was honored on April 1 by the St. Bernard Chamber of Commerce and Parish Government for half a century of selling bicycles and lawn mowers to locals. “We grew up here, we [...]
In light of St. Bernard Parish’s new preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (pre-FIRMs), FEMA held an Open House meeting on March 26 that allowed homeowners to get one-on- one assistance with identifying their new flood risk from officials. “I tried getting on there [Region 6 website] to look at the maps myself but I had [...]
The 37th Annual Los Islenos Fiesta was March 16 and 17 at the Islenos Museum Complex in St. Bernard Village. Hundreds of St. Bernard residents who love all things Islenos came out for food, music, rides and crafts, making the event one of the best yet. Los Islenos Society Board member Kathy Ziegler said this [...]
This St. Joseph’s Day is a special one for Carmel Fertitta— it is the first year that she is doing an altar in her home, after promising her father she’d keep the family traditional alive after his death. Almost 30 years, and many heartaches later, Fertitta is finally fulfilling her promise. “It feels so good [...]
Authorities are fishing for clues outside of the quiet fishing community of Yscloskey this week, after the New Orleans Police department recovered human remains off Florissant Highway on Wednesday. NOPD received a tip from an informant on Monday that a body was buried along the desolate Eastern St. Bernard Parish highway, and on Wednesday began [...]
