Lafitte News

Opelousas-Eunice Public Library Performing Arts Series offers its last free performances for all ages at 10 a.m. today at the Liberty Theatre.

Repairs are scheduled to begin a week from Sunday on the Kerner Bridge on the old Lafitte Larose Highway.

Friday, July 4, 2008; Page A16 WHEN DID the great American venture really get rolling? Was it in July 1776 in Philadelphia, as we tell ourselves this day to the accompaniment of fireworks and other patriotic ...

The town of Jean Lafitte is getting another boost to its flood protection as officials prepare to construct about two miles of concrete floodwalls along Bayou Barataria.

Continuing a recent trend, the town of Jean Lafitte's 2008-09 budget is stuffed with nearly $12 million in capital improvements, paid for through a combination of federal, state and local money.

' The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded to a small business in Kenner an $8 million contract to enlarge a West Bank levee.

Opelousas, LA- Planning is now beginning for the newly designated Atchafalaya National Heritage Area and your input is needed! As St.

With Waste Management's exit, the contest for Jefferson Parish's lucrative garbage-collection contract now pits a pair of major companies with local ties against three smaller companies aiming to prove they can ...

Jefferson Parish residents are expected to get a first look today at the competing plans to take on the massive garbage hauling duties in unincorporated Jefferson and the Town of Jean Lafitte.

Skyrocketing fuel prices and the risk of a catastrophe on the scale of Hurricane Katrina will weigh heavily on Jefferson Parish's choice of its next residential garbage collector.

More than a month after the National Park Service and Louisiana State Museum announced a major grant to build a new jazz museum in the French Quarter, the deal appears far from done and hinges on the federal ...

Willie Mae Seaton's Scotch House in the Treme District of New Orleans has been heralded as having the best fried chicken in the country.

As more than 8,000 fishers and dock owners across Louisiana prepare to receive $27 million in long-awaited federal aid, more than 100 commercial fishers packed a Jean Lafitte auditorium Thursday to parse ...

These government and community meetings are open to the public. To have meetings considered for inclusion, send e-mail to citydesk@tpmail.com with "Meetings" in the subject line or a fax to 826-3007. -- The ...

The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources unanimously approved legislation to expand Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, said Sen.

Pick up your copy of AcadianaMoms today. Gas prices are soaring, everything is more expensive and time is at a premium. via The Daily Advertiser

“The more money and more energy placed in that area, the better students do.”

Kindergarten student Skler Raines, 6, looks over a book under the watchful eye of Kimberly Hauer at Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School in Kenner. via NOLA.com

Allen Coulon won't be out on the water for this year's inshore shrimp season. With diesel prices rising and shrimp prices falling, he sold his boat of 26 years. via TheNewOrleansChannel

“You're going to see another purge”

By Chris Kirkham West Bank bureau -- Times-Picayune , May 12, 2008 Monday or more than 40 years, the warm winds of early May brought Allen Coulon and droves of other shrimpers on the water for the annual ... via Chain Leader

“The Fund is proud to support these thoughtful, action-oriented local initiatives that will serve as models for other communities around the country.”

The $1000 grant will help in the implementation of the Carrollton Avenue to Jefferson Davis Parkway portion of the Lafitte Corridor Greenway. via Mid-City Neighborhood Organization