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Colonial Pinnacle project on track for April groundbreaking
Construction on the controversial 1.1 million-square-foot Colonial Pinnacle Nord du Lac lifestyle center is scheduled to begin in April with completion anticipated in October 2009, said leasing agent and spokesman Richard Yeilding.
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Families with children of all ages enjoyed the Easter holiday in Lacombe Saturday at the EGG-stravaganza. Children and parents alike enjoyed the perfect weather with music from Papillion, hamburgers and hot dogs, an Easter egg hunt, Easter bonnet and Easter basket decorating contests and a petting village.
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Local artist creates brushless paintings
Gerald “Farley” Dennis is a painter who never touches a paintbrush.
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Murder trial begins in Covington
Opening arguments started today in the second-degree murder trial of Daniel Richardson, accused of shooting to death an Abita Springs man in late October 2006.
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Head-on collision in Lacombe leaves one dead, another in jail
A head-on collision in Lacombe Saturday evening resulted in a Lacombe man’s death and another’s arrest.
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DARE benefit tonight at North Star Theatre
The Mandeville Police Department is hosting a play at the North Star Theatre tonight to benefit the DARE program.
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Kathy Lowrey named Northshore Harbor Center'€™s interim general manager
More changes are taking place at the Northshore Harbor Center.
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Hotel, motel occupancy '€˜normalized,'€™ rates still high
St. Tammany hotel and motel rooms cost on average 40 percent more than they did pre-Katrina as inflation and a post storm marketplace enables higher fees throughout the region, Tourism Commission Executive Director Donna O’Daniels said this week.
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Slidell robbery suspects caught in Alabama
Thanks to several lucky breaks for the Slidell Police Department that included an incriminating cell phone and an application for an Alabama driver’s license, Slidell detectives were able to find and arrest a Mississippi couple for a Feb. 15 convenience store robbery.
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Abita Springs'€™ annual town garage sale Saturday
Alert the family.Abita Springs’ annual town garage sale Saturday
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Success of '€˜Operation Safe Streets'€™ questionable
St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office issued 919 tickets Friday in a one-day sweep of speeders in residential neighborhoods, an effort to change driver behavior while combating the top traffic complaint parishwide, authorities said.
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School Board honors its student musicians
Students named to the Louisiana Music Educators Association All-State bands and orchestras were honored along with the American Choral Directors Association state and regional choirs recently at the St. Tammany Parish School Board meeting.
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Grand jury indicts six area residents
A St. Tammany Parish grand jury indicted six area residents this week, including a teenager for vehicular homicide and two others for aggravated rape.
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Council approves Summit Fremaux project
The massive development project known as Summit Fremaux got the Slidell City Council’s approval Tuesday night, as it passed four ordinances that would establish the project site a special taxing district.
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Its time to start thinking about television converter boxes
For the past several months, Cheryl Buras and her husband, Denis, have navigated through bureaucratic paperwork, turning over three years of past financials to become an authorized government vendor of TV converter boxes in early 2009.
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Abita area man convicted in 2006 murder
Despite his own testimony of self-defense, a 22-year-old Abita Springs man was found guilty of second-degree murder Wednesday, ending a three-day trial that climaxed with the killer’s mother fainting and two altercations erupting between rival family members inside the courthouse, court and law enforcement officials confirmed.
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Adam Gardner, 7, stared at the floor and crossed his fingers recently as his homemade Pinewood Derby car zipped down a wooden track toward the finish line.
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Fight in Slidell leads to attempted first-degree murder arrest
A Slidell man was arrested on a charge of attempted first-degree murder Sunday night after a fight between the man’s son and a co-worker had occurred earlier in the day.
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Mandeville'€™s Bed, Bath & Beyond expansion approved
The 8,600-square-foot expansion to the rear of Bed Bath & Beyond at 3414 U.S. Highway 190 was approved by the Mandeville Planning and Zoning Commission Tuesday night.
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La Carreta is now open in Mandeville.
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Disney film wraps up in Abita Springs
Movie giant Disney recently wrapped up filming in small town Abita Springs.
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STPH Foundation using donation for special chairs in infusion suite
The St. Tammany Hospital Foundation recently accepted a $17,500 donation from the St. Tammany Memorial Cancer Fund for the purchase of heated, reclining massage chairs featuring music players to be used by patients visiting the St. Tammany Parish Hospital Infusion Suite.
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New Houston office on horizon for Laborde
To expand and better take care of their customers, Laborde Products, Inc. of Covington is opening a full service branch office in the Houston area. Joe Manning Jr. will head up operations at the new office. Company CEO Tracy Laborde made the announcement.
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Driving behavior unchanged, sheriff says
When 50 St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies fanned out across 25 neighborhoods last Friday in an initiative to halt speeders and stop sign violators, Sheriff Jack Strain hoped the campaign would ultimately change driving behavior.
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Legislators say St. Tammany in favorable position
On the heels of two special sessions on ethics and business economic reform and a new coalition of lawmakers banning together in Baton Rouge to champion St. Tammany needs, the Northshore is in its most favorable position in decades, local legislators said.
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