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  1. This flooding wasn't a natural event: Jarvis DeBerryRead the original story w/Photo

    11 hrs ago | Times-Picayune

    ... than it was an act of God. Ted Jackson / The Times-Picayune Hundreds of homes fronting the Forty Arpent Canal in Meraux were destroyed or washed away after Hurricane Katrina. 12/17/05 It shouldn't have happened. The Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet, a ...

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    Related Topix: New Orleans, LA, Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Opinion

  2. Corps' MR-GO claims should be settled, and fast, attorneys sayRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Nov 19 | NOLA.com

    ... plaintiffs said Thursday. Ted Jackson / The Times-Picayune Hundreds of homes fronting the Forty Arpent Canal in Meraux were destroyed or washed away after Hurricane Katrina. Attorneys say the government should settle claims quickly. 12/17/05 ...

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    Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Flood, New Orleans, LA, St. Bernard, LA

  3. Corps of Engineers was negligent on MR-GO: An editorialRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday Nov 20 | NOLA.com

    ... Ward after Hurricane Katrina. Ted Jackson / The Times-Picayune Hundreds of homes fronting the Forty Arpent Canal in Meraux were destroyed or washed away after Hurricane Katrina. 12/17/05 The corps knew that the navigational canal posed a threat to ...

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    Related Topix: New Orleans, LA, Opinion

  4. What others are saying about William Jefferson, MR-GO rulings

    Thursday Nov 19 | NOLA,com

    ... of the Huffington Post . Ted Jackson / The Times-Picayune Hundreds of homes fronting the Forty Arpent Canal in Meraux, pictured here in Dec. 2005, were destroyed or washed away after Hurricane Katrina. Meanwhile, writer, performer and New Orleans ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, William Jefferson, Democrat, Jefferson, LA, New Orleans, LA

  5. Corps' operation of MR-GO doomed homes in St. Bernard, Lower 9th Ward, judge rules

    Wednesday Nov 18 | NOLA.com

    Hundreds of homes fronting the Forty Arpent Canal in Meraux were destroyed or washed away after Hurricane Katrina.

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    Related Topix: St. Bernard, LA, Natural Disasters, Flood, US Travel, Travel, New Orleans, LA

  6. LRA approves $5 million plan to fix Chinese drywall ills

    Thursday Nov 12 | NOLA.com

    ... backing Thursday of the Louisiana Recovery Authority . Matthew Hinton / The Times-Picayune Chinese drywall in a Meraux home. The program will require legislative and federal approval before it can begin. The aid also won't flow until federal ...

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  7. St. Bernard voters to decide on fire protection, garbage feeRead the original story w/Photo

    Monday Nov 9 | NOLA.com

    ... to dish out the rest, to give the additional $20," said Polly Boudreaux, president of the civic association for Meraux's Lexington Place subdvision and herself a former council member and council clerk. Howard Luna, a parish justice of the peace who ...

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    Related Topix: Fire, St. Bernard, LA, Hurricane, Hurricane Gustav, Weather, Chalmette, LA

  8. Three arrested in St. Bernard in connection with $40,000 in thefts

    Sunday Nov 8 | NOLA.com

    ... and navigational devices - stolen during at least five thefts in the Delacroix Island area, St. Bernard community and Meraux. Some of the items had been taken from camps whose owners live outside the parish. Many of the pieces were abandoned in ...

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    Related Topix: St. Bernard, LA

  9. St. Bernard makes key step in journey towards hospital

    Wednesday Oct 28 | WWL-TV New Orleans

    ... But there remains one hurdle: the land on which the hospital will be built. The board has been in talks with the Meraux Foundation on 11 1/2 acres of land, but there is another option. "We have begun discussions with the Archdiocese of New Orleans ...

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    Related Topix: St. Bernard, LA, Chalmette, LA, New Orleans, LA

  10. St. Bernard couple booked in drug death for not calling 911

    Saturday Oct 24 | WWL-AM New Orleans

    ... overdosed on drugs. In the latest incident, 24-year-old Kristopher Howse and his wife, 25-year-old Shelly, both of Meraux, were booked with negligent homicide and obstruction of justice in the death of 24-year-old Chase Julian of Arabi. Chief of ...

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    Related Topix: Drugs, St. Bernard, LA, Arabi, LA

  11. St. Bernard Couple Jailed In Drug DeathRead the original story

    Oct 23, 2009 | TheNewOrleansChannel

    ... St. Bernard Parish sheriff's deputies said 24-year-old Kristopher Howse and his wife, 25-year-old Shelly, both of Meraux, were booked Wednesday with negligent homicide and obstruction of justice in the death of 24-year-old Chase Julian of Arabi. ...

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    Related Topix: St. Bernard, LA, Arabi, LA

  12. Couple Jailed In Drug DeathRead the original story

    Oct 23, 2009 | WGNO

    ... St. Bernard Parish sheriff's deputies say 24-year-old Kristopher Howse and his wife, 25-year-old Shelly, both of Meraux, were booked Wednesday with negligent homicide and obstruction of justice in the death of 24-year-old Chase Julian of Arabi. ...

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  13. Couple Charged After Man Overdoses In Their HomeRead the original story

    Oct 22, 2009 | TheNewOrleansChannel

    ... booked on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of their daughters who were at their home in 3401 Nancy Drive, Meraux, when Chase died, police said. Authorities said the husband called 911 at about 1 a.m. to report that Julian had overdosed on ...

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    Related Topix: St. Bernard, LA, Arabi, LA

  14. St. Bernard couple arrested in drug overdose death

    Oct 22, 2009 | NOLA.com

    ... for medical help, authorities said. Kristopher Howse, 24, and his wife, Shelly Howse, 25, both of 3401 Nancy Drive in Meraux, were booked Wednesday with negligent homicide and obstruction of justice in the death of Chase Julian, 24, of Arabi, St. ...

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    Related Topix: St. Bernard, LA

  15. Outdoors Mailbag on fishing and boatingRead the original story

    Oct 14, 2009 | NOLA.com

    Q: Bob--Harry Fisher at Meraux Food Store/Pit Lane sells ethanol free gas. The address is 3225 Judge Perez Drive in Meraux.

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    Related Topix: Fishing, Outdoor Recreation, Boating

  16. St. Bernard weighs stiffer enforcement of tall-grass rulesRead the original story w/Photo

    Oct 11, 2009 | Times-Picayune

    ... said he wants the council to have the final word on whether the penalties can be removed. Polly Boudreaux, who heads Meraux's Lexington Place civic group, said the parish needs a better system of notifying homeowners exactly how fees will be ...

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    Related Topix: St. Bernard, LA, Chalmette, LA

  17. St. Bernard Parish Judge Wayne Cresap, two others, plead guilty in bribery scheme

    Oct 1, 2009 | NOLA.com

    ... years after being elected, he oversaw the bizarre legal fight over the estimated $250 million estate left by Arlene Meraux, the heiress to St. Bernard land baron Joseph Meraux's fortune. His rulings in 2002 and 2003 led to the elderly Arlene Meraux, ...

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    Related Topix: Prison, Poydras, LA, St. Bernard, LA

  18. Bike nights

    Sep 28, 2009 | NOLA.com

    ... hoodlums. It's a nice, friendly atmosphere out here: a true cross-section of middle America." Billy Martinez, 49, of Meraux is a regular at the bike nights. He started riding when he was just 14. "I quit riding for a while when I was about 24 or 25, ...

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    Related Topix: Motorcycles, Chalmette, LA, Honda Motorcycles, Harahan, LA, Entertainment

  19. Slidell senior center clears a hurdleRead the original story w/Photo

    Sep 23, 2009 | NOLA.com

    ... permit to build and operate the new center. City officials last month selected Braithwaite Construction Co. Inc. of Meraux to demolish and build the center for $2.2 million. Though FEMA initially estimated that the center will cost $1.8 million, ...

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    Related Topix: Slidell, LA, Braithwaite, LA

  20. Deputy kills wild dog in Meraux

    Sep 14, 2009 | Times-Picayune

    An off-duty St. Bernard Parish sheriff's deputy shot and killed a large dog in Meraux that was threatening residents and nearly bit a woman carrying an infant, the Sheriff's Office said.

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