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Saturday Jul 26 | Times-Picayune

Murdock Richard Jr., real estate broker

Murdock Richard Jr., a leading real estate broker who specialized in West Bank properties through the company that bore his name, died Friday in Dallas, where he had moved after Hurricane Katrina, his family ...

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Tue Jul 22, 2008

Times-Picayune

Murdock Richard Jr., real estate broker

Murdock Richard Jr., a leading real estate broker who specialized in West Bank properties through the company that bore his name, died Friday in Dallas, where he had moved after Hurricane Katrina, his family ...

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Related Topix: Marrero, LA, University of Texas System, Spring Hill College

Sat Jun 21, 2008

Times-Picayune

Port plans to expropriate property in Reserve

The Port of South Louisiana plans to expropriate 1,400 feet of Mississippi River batture that it says is needed to build a 700-foot pier extension off its Globalplex dock in Reserve.

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Related Topix: Reserve, LA, Garyville, LA

Tue Jun 10, 2008

L'Observateur Newspaper

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Staff Reporter CONVENT To the causal observer, Convent, La., and Brazil's eastern seaboard may seem an unlikely association.

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Related Topix: Steel, Mining, US Politics, US News, Bobby Jindal, Republican, US House of Representatives, Nucor

Sat Jun 07, 2008

NOLA.com

Steel plant could seal the fate of sugarcane farmers in St. James Parish

Eric Poche's fingernails were already crusted with dirt and his brow beaded with sweat before noon on a recent workday, after a morning tending the 735 acres of sugarcane he grows in Convent.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science

Sun Jun 01, 2008

Times-Picayune

Field of Greens

For more than a year, the Upper 9th Ward Farmers Market has been setting up every Saturday afternoon in the parking lot of Holy Angels Convent on St.

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Sat May 17, 2008

WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

Steel Plant Considering Site in St. James Parish

Nucor Corporation has applied for the necessary permits to build a steel mill in St. via WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

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Related Topix: Steel, Mining, Nucor

Thu May 15, 2008

KSLA-TV Shreveport

Nucor considering Louisiana site for plant

Steelmaker Nucor Corporation has chosen a tract in southeastern Louisiana as the only possible U.S. site for a $2 billion iron-making plant that would create 500 jobs. via KSLA-TV Shreveport

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Related Topix: Steel, Mining, Nucor, St. James, LA

Fri May 02, 2008

KATC-TV Lafayette

Man convicted of attacking witness

Gregory Nicholas of Convent has been convicted of attacking a man who had testified in court against him. via KATC-TV Lafayette

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Related Topix: St. James, LA

Mon Apr 14, 2008

Times-Picayune

Monsignor Crosby Kern Co-Sponsors Meet the Author

“These are big stories, not afraid to venture into ruined cities and ruined hearts, stories where jazz music plays from crypts, stories bold to tackle big themes with perfect detail.”

Posted by Teena L Myers / NOLA Blogger April 14, 2008 9:29AM Categories: Events FAULKENER SOCIETY RELEASE: Co-sponsored by the Parish of St. via Times-Picayune

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Sun Feb 17, 2008

The Post Chronicle

Humpty Dumpty Environmental Policies

“People of color and low-income populations are disproportionately impacted by pollution”

"Environmental justice" is often used to benchmark corporate social responsibility. via The Post Chronicle

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Related Topix: Global Warming, Activism

Thu Jan 17, 2008

Milling Journal

ADM's ARTCO and St. James Stevedoring Company Form Stevedoring Joint...

“For 23 years we have provided a high level of service, and this step takes us into the future.”

American River Transportation Company and St. James Stevedoring Company LLC announced on Jan. via Milling Journal

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Related Topix: Baton Rouge, LA

Sun Nov 25, 2007

Daily World

Michael Purser will be King Orme LXII

Pam Harmon, Bal Masque Mardi Gras Pageant chairman for the Opelousas Garden Club, announced Michael Purser, administrator/CEO of Marianites of Holy Cross, will rule as King Orme LXII in the 62nd annual Bal ... via Daily World

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Related Topix: Robert, LA, Rayville, LA, Opelousas, LA, Delta, LA, Medicine, Nursing

Fri Nov 23, 2007

NOLA.com

Bonfire building underway in River Parishes

“We realize that everybody can't be here on Christmas Eve, so the goal is give people more time to come and visit”

Posted by The Times-Picayune November 23, 2007 2:41PM For many in the New Orleans area, the day after Thanksgiving means lining up outside of a store. via NOLA.com

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Related Topix: New Orleans, LA, Life, Holidays, Day after Thanksgiving, Lutcher, LA, Gramercy, LA

Sat Nov 17, 2007

Times-Picayune

N.O. opera's 'Il Trittico,' re-set in the Crescent City, a triumph

Posted by Theodore P. Mahne, Contributing writer November 17, 2007 1:38PM Categories: Entertainment The New Orleans Opera Association's radiant production of Puccini's "Il Trittico," re-set in New Orleans in ... via Times-Picayune

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Related Topix: Opera, Giacomo Puccini, Puccini, Theater, Events

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