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Nicholas Loupe crouches in front of a home The Cajun Army gutted. The house was one of over 400 homes the group helped clean after the devastating August floods. (Submitted)

‘Cajun Army’ attacks despair

A movement with roots in Morgan City helped clean homes ravaged by the August floods in south Louisiana, comforted many who lost everything and continues to assist in the recovery.

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St. Mary Superintendent Leonard Armato, shown at left with School Board President Michael Taylor, was granted a two-year contract extension and a $5,000 annual raise at Thursday's board meeting.

Superintendent gets extension, raise

CENTERVILLE — St. Mary Parish Superintendent Leonard Armato, who has led the district to the brink of an A grade in the state accountability system, got good grades on his review Thursday.

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Speaking to SMIG

Stephen Waguespack, president of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, was the guest speaker during Monday’s St. Mary Industrial Group meeting at the Petroleum Club of Morgan City.

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Hanson's Jack Vaccarella makes the grab on this play during Saturday’s final day of the Annual Hanson Memorial High School Baseball Classic at Amar Lancon Field.

Lifestyle

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When pruning trees, work with its natural form. LSU AgCenter Horticulturist Dan Gill said not to butcher trees as has been done to these crape myrtles.
—LSU AgCenter Photo/Dan Gill

“A tree which has lost its head will never recover it again, and will survive only as a monument of the ignorance and folly of its tormentor.” George William Curtis, American writer, editor and spe

Obituaries

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August 12, 1940 — March 5, 2017
Wayne Jackson Buxton, 76, a resident of Berwick, passed away Sunday, March 5, 2017, in his home surrounded by loved ones.

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