Baldwin News

The new $12.6 million Raintree Elementary School in St. Mary Parish, shown under construction, at right, will consolidate services and result in the closing of four elementary schools.

A nightmare in St. Mary Parish as a mother discovers her child floating lifeless in the family pool.

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The public is invited to view newly revised Preliminary Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps for St. via Federal Emergency Management Agency

Maisha Chargois and Jared Drexler exchanged wedding vows on April 5, 2008 during a 6:00pm nuptial Mass. via The Daily Advertiser

Source: United Methodist Committee on Relief - USA UMCOR Website: http:/ / www.umcor.org Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. via AlertNet

Church group travels to New Orleans for relief work Twenty-one volunteers from the First United Methodist Church of Bellevue have traveled to New Orleans to deliver emergency relief kits they and others in the ... via The Bellevue Reporter

“We'd love to see the tracks moved out of the city limits”

BY MARY CATHARINE MARTIN / THE DAILY IBERIAN Published/Last Modified on Friday, February 15, 2008 3:35 PM CST New Iberia City Attorney Ted Haik is drafting a resolution requesting a variance from the state ... via Daily Iberian

“At night, we are physically checking the front and rear entrance of every business throughout the city to make sure the doors are secured”

By Karma Champagne Published/Last Modified on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 2:14 PM CST The Jeanerette Police Department has joined forces with area law enforcement agencies to help solve the rash of robberies ... via Daily Iberian

Who: Twenty Nashville-area United Methodist Church members Where: Baldwin, La. When: March 29-April 5 Why: To make disaster relief kits, perform home repair in the community, tutor in local schools, assist ... via The Tennessean

“And, we could be the one who issues a ticket and we could be the one who gets handed a lawsuit in federal court.”

BY KENNETH HICKSON THE DAILY IBERIAN Published/Last Modified on Sunday, January 13, 2008 12:32 PM CST Laws against sagging are on the books in many towns and cities across the Teche Area, but so far, no one has ... via Daily Iberian

“I am so excited at how things went”

Tree planting program makes multiple stops in Teche Area Monday BY STEPHEN HEMELT, THE DAILY IBERIAN BALDWIN - Teche Area locations New Iberia, West St. via Daily Iberian

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette Department of Military Science recently announced the 2007 U.S. Army ROTC four-year scholarship awards. via Daily World

“Having a desire to enter public service in 1975, I accepted the position of assistant town clerk and federal programs coordinator for the town of Baldwin”

When Sherel Martin announced he was retiring from his post, residents of St. Mary Parish wondered who would be their next assessor. via Daily Iberian

Margaret Blythe Boudreaux and Ryan Paul Chastant were united in holy matrimony Friday, October 12, during a 7:30 p.m. nuptial Mass at the Cathedral of St. via The Daily Advertiser

“You are saying at the same time if we have a kid that's 6 years old with his pants hanging down, the chief needs to pick him up and take him to jail?”

After three months of discussion, the Board of Alderman will decide tonight whether to introduce a sagging pants ordinance at its meeting at 7 p.m. at the Town Hall. via Daily Iberian

By the 2009-10 academic school year, elementary students in western St. Mary Parish will be attending a new school that will be located in Baldwin. via Daily Iberian

“We always envisioned something like this school out there”

St. Mary Parish will soon be the home of a new, state-of-the-art school, Raintree Elementary, which will house students from four existing elementary schools along the western side of the parish. via WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

“I feel people should wear what they want to wear but don't overdo it. Pants shouldn't be down past the knees.”

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Wearing saggy, baggy pants is a "freedom thing" for Michael Lewis, 20, who wears his jeans a few sizes too large. via KATC-TV Lafayette