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Mobile home park faces utility issues

Tue, 02/05/2019 - 4:43pm

The Evangeline Mobile Home Park on North Main Street will be inspected for electrical safety and compliance with utility right-of-way guidelines.
At Monday’s city council meeting, owner Mark Brignac and his attorney Craig Piccione requested that the city utility system perform electric service upgrades at the park. Part of the park was upgraded by the city several years ago, but several trailers, Brignac said, have a dangerously inadequate power supply, resulting in damage to appliances and posing a fire risk.

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LaSuCa mill ground 1.5M tons of cane

Tue, 01/29/2019 - 5:28pm

With grinding complete for the 2018 harvest season, production numbers for the LaSuCa mill at St. John are in. Cane delivery continued longer than usual, slowed somewhat by muddy conditions with the last load transported on Jan. 18, a week later than last year and a full month later than in 2016.

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Officials keeping eye on flooding potential

Tue, 01/29/2019 - 5:27pm

Water levels are unusually high in area waterways for this time of year, and parish officials are preparing for possible flooding conditions.

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DOTD trying new coating on Henderson’s Main St.

Tue, 01/22/2019 - 3:04pm

As part of the state’s program to improve roadway areas with high-accident rates, the curves on LA 352/Henderson Main Street have been coated with a new anti-skid material.
At the Jan. 14 town council meeting, Mayor Sherbin Collette said the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) claims the sprayed-on material is both effective and very durable.

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SM’s first ‘town hall’ meeting set

Tue, 01/22/2019 - 2:55pm

Mayor Melinda Mitchell and District 1 Councilman Mike Fuselier are inviting District 1 residents to join them at the Magnolia Park Recreation Center at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 29 for the first in a series of “town hall” meetings scheduled for 2019.
The guest speaker will be Jennifer Stelly, executive director of the St. Martin Parish Economic Development Authority (SMEDA).

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Mobile home park faces utility issues

LaSuCa mill ground 1.5M tons of cane

Officials keeping eye on flooding potential

DOTD trying new coating on Henderson’s Main St.

SM’s first ‘town hall’ meeting set

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