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WEBMonday, September 23, 2024. What was it like to know a huge Union fleet was coming up the Mississippi River, capable of overwhelming Forts Jackson and St Philip and attacking your meager artillery post at Chalmette. Then once destroyed, they would travel upstream to New Orleans to potentially wipe-out your home and kill many of your friends and ...
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WEBSep 9, 2024 · Dale Benoit [email protected]. Monday, September 16, 2024. Plaquemines Parish was relatively unscathed by Hurricane Francine and we are thankful for that. While initial predictions had the storm plowing into the Louisiana coast further west, the storm curved to the east having a greater impact to …
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WEBMonday, September 16, 2024. During the evening hours of Wednesday, September 11, Hurricane Francine, the first hurricane to hit Louisiana in 2 years, made landfall in Terrebonne Parish as a category 2 hurricane. Though this storm was several miles to the west of Plaquemines Parish, the storm’s outer bands still caused impacts to be felt all ...
Queen, Teen Queen, and Blossom for 78th Orange Festival Selected
WEB20 hours ago · At the September 7 Orange Queen selection event, the 78th Plaquemines Parish Fair and Orange Festival Queen, Teen Queen, and Orange Blossom were all crowned. This year’s Orange festival royalty will have Alayna Robichaux as Queen, Gracie Gondrella as Teen Queen, and Olivia Munsterman as Orange Blossom.Robichaux is the daughter of Shara and ...
Strange Appeal Court Ruling in Bridge Lawsuit Causes Port to Seek ...
WEB20 hours ago · On September 20, a three judge panel of the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal shot down an appeal from the PlaqueminesPortHarbor&TerminalDistrict(PPHTD). This appeal sought to have a recent 19th Judicial District Court (JDC) in East Baton Rouge decision—that dismissed PPHTD’s lawsuit against the Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development (DOTD) and Plenary Infrastructure over the Belle ...
RV Parks Continue to be Persistent Issue for Council
WEB20 hours ago · During the September 26 Plaquemines Parish Government (PPG) council meeting, an agenda item directly addressing the potential expansion of a RV park in the parish was deferred after a lengthy and somewhat heated discussion.The agenda item was a construction permit (introduced by district 6 council member Ronnie Newsom) that would have allowed a developer in Belle Chasse to implement 36 new ...
Parish Government Works Through Repairs on Levee Damage …
WEBSep 23, 2024 · With Plaquemines Parish now just around two weeks removed from Hurricane Francine making landfall on September 11, the parish government is currently dealing with the one lingering impact from the storm. According to Patrick Harvey, director of homeland security and emergency preparedness, a slight levee breach in Myrtle Grove—specifically near Audubon Road—is in the process of being repaired.
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WEBSep 2, 2024 · Active Parenting: Get Support and Learn New Skills Active Parenting is a six-week support and growth program where participating parents and caregivers discuss the challenges of parenting and focus on specific areas …
Scars from Ida Linger as Plaquemines Parish Limps Through …
WEBSep 7, 2021 · It’s been over a week since Hurricane Ida made landfall on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina (August 29, 2021), and, still, many of the storm’s worst impacts remain visible in Plaquemines Parish. From Alliance to Venice on the west bank and all of the east bank, Plaquemines remains under a mandatory evacuation—as essential infrastructure and resources are inaccessible in those areas.
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