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School Board recognizes parish Teachers of Year

Three St. Tammany Parish teachers of the year, one each from elementary, middle/junior high and high school, were introduced Thursday to the School Board.
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Three men indicted in unrelated sex crimes
Three Slidell men were indicted Thursday by a St. Tammany Parish grand jury on separate rape and incest charges for attacks on girls ranging from 5 to 12 years old.
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Fire districts say rolling millages forward necessary
As fire districts across the parish wrestle over the issue of raising or lowering millage rates, they are caught between a rock and a hard place — either increase the millage rate and further anger taxpayers already saddled with increased property taxes, or roll back the millage and curtail all-important fire fighting and emergency medical services to residents.
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20-year-old arrested for car burglaries
A 20-year-old Mandeville man was arrested Thursday morning, 14 hours after he allegedly started a six-car, $5,000-robbery spree in Covington, police said.
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FD 1 board, chief compromise, but millage still rolled forward
The meeting of the Fire District 1 Board of Commissioners Thursday evening was a standing-room-only gathering as the board, Chief Larry Hess and concerned residents argued whether to roll the district’s share of property tax millage forward or back.
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Dirt laid for Rooms To Go facility
The first thing you notice at the Rooms To Go construction site in Pearl River is the dirt.
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Abita Springs may go to four-day workweek
Abita Springs Mayor Louis Fitzmorris wants to know what residents think about closing Town Hall on Fridays.
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Grant provides system to monitor lift stations
Covington will receive a Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program grant from the state for $266,000 to be used for the purchase and installation of a SCADA wastewater control computer monitoring system for the city’s 60 lift stations.
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Keep Slidell Beautiful launches Green Team program with grant
Keep Slidell Beautiful, an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, has received a $2,000 mini-grant from Keep Louisiana Beautiful to continue its efforts to keep the Camellia City clean, green and beautiful.
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Millage rates are in across the parish
There’s good news, bad news and no news for residents across the parish now that most of the property assessments are in and cities have made decisions concerning millage rates.
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Bush man guilty of hiding Jaume murderer
A Bush man with “XXX loser” tattooed on his forehead earned a second strike this week after being found guilty of hiding the man who killed Mandeville mother Samantha Jaume in 2001.
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Playhouse bouncing way to success
Children and adults alike will enjoy a bouncing good time when they go to the Super Bounce Playhouse on Pontchartrain Boulevard in Slidell.
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Fines for unsafe gun practices suggested
St. Tammany Parish District 12 Councilman Gary Cooper on Wednesday vowed to increase fines for those who shoot guns near homes after a Covington man was shot but survived a stray bullet hit last weekend.
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Mini-storage facility still needs BZA approval
A Slidell auto dealer who wants to build a 3-acre mini-storage facility off Pontchartrain Boulevard has gotten the City Council’s approval for a conditional-use permit, but he still has another hoop to jump through before he can actually begin construction.
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Pearl River man busted for 17 car burglaries
An ex-convict who had served jail time for burglarizing cars did not learn his lesson because he was arrested Tuesday by Slidell police on 17 counts of simple burglary and one count of attempted burglary.
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Man sentenced to five years for stealing wallet
Apparently a full belly of waffles didn’t satisfy a Mississippi man’s hunger last year. Now he has five years in prison to think about it.
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Three dogs dead after owner shoots pit bulls
A man trying to protect himself and his pet dog shot two attacking pit bulls Tuesday afternoon, according to the Slidell Police Department.
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Slidell man propels space exploration
A Slidell man whose work with space crafts resulted in better safety, faster development and significant cost cuts was recognized with a coveted award Oct. 22 at NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.
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Clerk of Court office names three Employees of the Month
St. Tammany Parish Clerk of Court employees Bridget Hickman, Kristie Couch and Mary Venezia were named 2008 third quarter employees of the month.
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MetLife Loans introduces Slidell Mortgage branch �
The Slidell mortgage branch of First Horizon Home Loans has announced it is now officially part of MetLife, and doing business as a mortgage branch of MetLife Home Loans.
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CPA Northshore chapter elects leaders
The Northshore chapter of Society of Louisiana CPAs elected nine chapter leaders recently, including Stella Helluin, current director of the St. Tammany Center of Southeastern Louisiana University, as its president.
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STPH leading employer in nation
For the third consecutive year St. Tammany Parish Hospital was named one of the top 5 percent of employers in the nation, a hospital spokesperson said.
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Arseneaux named department manager
St. Tammany Parish Hospital promoted Arlyn Arseneaux, a Covington woman, to department manager of two nursing units.
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'Tis the season to buy...vehicles
Thanks to plummeting gas prices, impressive manufacturer deals and the Northshore’s solid economy, conditions are more favorable now than they’ve ever been for purchasing a vehicle, Keith Williams with Robert Levis Chevrolet and Cadillac in Slidell said recently.
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Mandeville police chief announces retirement
“It’s been a great ride,” but it’s over for longtime Mandeville Police Chief Tom Buell.
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