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3 big local festivals this weekend
There are three local festivals for folks to choose from this weekend. The Bridge City Gumbo Fest is back after being rained out earlier this year. Comment?
Swanson to adopt 'Missouri Model'
... was still tough on offenders without being brutal. Livers' department has begun to implement the model in the Bridge City and Jetson centers for youth in southern Louisiana and plans to run the program in a prospective secure-care facility in ... Comment?
Juvenile justice officials look to make detention centers smaller, less dangerous
... was still tough on offenders without being brutal. Livers' department has begun to implement the model in the Bridge City and Jetson centers for youth in southern Louisiana and plans to run the program in a prospective secure-care facility in ... Comment?
Your Daily Construction News Source
... But the city recently began forwarding complaints about catch basins directly to the state district office in Bridge City, La. Mike Stack, the Bridge City administrator, believes most of the $500,000 is for lighting, which he said is a local ... Comment?
Apartment fire displaces residents
Authorities are investigating a fire that damaged several units at an apartment complex in Bridge City and displaced several residents Monday morning. Comment?
La. juvenile justice system criticized
... said fewer than 500 Louisiana youths currently are housed in "secure care" facilities such as Swanson and the Bridge City Center for Youth, down from about 2,000 eight years ago. "Culture change is very hard," Livers said. "(But) to say that we're ... Comment?
Fire displaces residents at Bridge City apartment complex
Authorities are investigating a fire that damaged several units this morning at an apartment complex in Bridge City and displaced several residents. Comment?
West Jeff hospital to kick off 50th anniversary celebration Saturday
... West Jefferson's Jeff the General mascot. Recommend Recommend ( 0 ) Previous story: Fire displaces residents at Bridge City apartment complex Comment?
N.O. Comedy Fest and other events happening Sunday, Oct. 11
... personnel and includes admission to the Maritime Museum, 10 a.m.-6. Call 985.845.9200, www.woodenboatfest.org. Bridge City Gumbo Festival Gumbo Festival Park, 1701 Bridge City Ave, Bridge City. Sponsored by Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church ... Comment?
The gumbo pots are fired up in Bridge City. The 2009 Bridge City Gumbo Festival opens this evening at 6 o'clock. There's good reason that Bridge City has been officially proclaimed 'The Gumbo Capital of the World.' "Gumbo says love. Comment?
Festivals, concerts happening in New Orleans Sat., Oct. 10
Bridge City Gumbo Festival Gumbo Festival Park, 1701 Bridge City Ave, Bridge City. Comment?
Bridge City Gumbo Festival Gumbo Festival Park, 1701 Bridge City Ave., Bridge City. Comment?
Free car seat safety check Saturday in Breaux Bridge
Nationally certified experts will be on hand Saturday for a free car seat safety check at Breaux Bridge City Hall, 101 Berard St. Comment?
... pleaded guilty in March 2008 to a charge of battery on a correctional officer, for hitting an officer at the Bridge City Center for Youth, where he was an inmate. According to an officer's affidavit, Smith hit the guard in the face on New Year's Day ... Comment?
Mosquitoes abound after rainy month, and they're biting
... guys are nasty biters. Rusty Costanza / The Times-Picayune A Mosquito Control supervisor sprays insecticide in a Bridge City yard two years ago. A rainy September this year brought a spike in activity of 'nuisance mosquitoes,' which bite but aren't ... Comment?
Corps will expand Cataouatche levees
... raise the levees to about 11.5 feet. This project will provide further risk reduction for Avondale, Waggaman and Bridge City, La., from storm surge entering the lake and the greater Barataria Basin. Construction should begin this month and be ... Comment?
Man shot in Bridge City
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A man was shot at 1105 Hooter Road in Bridge City about 5:50 a.m. today, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. Comment?
Contract Awarded To Raise Jefferson Parish Levee
... a to guard against a 100-year storm. The 2.7-mile-long levee protects areas in and around Avondale, Waggaman and Bridge City. Comment?
Contract awarded to raise Jefferson Parish levee
... a to guard against a 100-year storm. The 2.7-mile-long levee protects areas in and around Avondale, Waggaman and Bridge City. Information from: The Times-Picayune, http://www.nola.com Comment?
Raising of levee starts this month
... to guard against a 100-year storm. The 2.7 mile long levee protects areas in and around Avondale, Waggaman and Bridge City. The project will use an estimated 1 million cubic yards of dirt taken from a borrow pit adjacent to the levee to minimize ... Comment?