Northshore Life

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Americorps workers helping Slidell to rebuild

Of the thousands of people who have come to St. Tammany Parish to help the area rebuild after Hurricane Katrina, the young men and women of Americorps have been all over the area from Slidell to New Orleans, doing whatever they can to help the recovery.

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Business & Community showcase a success

Crowds had started to form before the doors even opened recently for the Business & Community Showcase at Slidell’s Northshore Harbor Center.

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King, queen named for 2008 Lacombe Crab Festival

Lacombe residents Willie Jeter and Margaret Batiste have been named the Lacombe Crab Festival King and Queen for 2008.

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Birds on the wing

The next time you see a large bird circling above, take a good look before deciding your pets or small children are in danger.

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Education

Suzea Millerhebert

What is your name? Where do you teach? Suzea Millerhebert, I teach at Alton Elementary.

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Food

Brunchwiches solve a summer dilemma when facing the heat

It’s the first day of summer! You sure had me fooled – I thought summer began weeks ago! It got hot early this year, and it gets hot early every day. So what’re outdoorsy folks like us to do? By 9:30 or 10 it is almost too hot to do anything except hunker down indoors. And by the time we roll out of bed on weekends and have breakfast, the cool part of the day is gone. True, we have an excuse to not do any gardening or dog-walking or stuff like that, but it has to be done.

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Barbeque some beef for your Fourth of July party

For most Americans summer did not begin last week, but on Memorial Day. But around here, summer usually begins around Easter when the first coals are lit, and will end when the barbeque is given its final scouring and is stored for the winter.

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