Venture Global's Plaquemines LNG construction site is buzzing with activity as work continues on the $10 billion project. While the company remains tight-lipped about their endeavors and declined to comment on the progress, speculation is that several hundred construction workers are on site and that number will top 1,000 by the end of the year. At the peak of construction, workers will number in the thousands. Many "old-timers" who pass the site claim to have not seen so much activity in Plaquemines since the construction of the Gulf Alliance Refinery over 50 years ago. Photo by Brandi Rollo

Carol Cooper (right), the owner of Zydeco's Restaurant in Belle Chasse, presented Bob Hines (left) with a $100 restaurant gift card, which was raffled on Father's Day, Sunday, June 9..

To say it’s been a scorcher is an understatement! Plants, like humans, get stressed from excessive heat and exhibit symptoms as a result. Some of these symptoms look a lot like disease or pest issues but treating them with an insecticide or fungicide will not slow or stop the damage. Learning to identify heat stress responses in plants can help gardeners decide what action to take to protect the garden.

First Baptist Church of Venice will be sponsoring a Youth Summer Camp with Recreation & Music activities for children ages 12-18. The Youth Summer Camp will be held July 12-15 at Port Sulphur Baptist Church located at 27080 Highway 23, Port Sulphur, and the eekend activities held on July 16 and July 17 at First Baptist Church of Venice at located at 42743 Highway 23, Venice.

On Friday, June 24 and Saturday, June 25, Plaquemines Parish residents traveled down to the Delta Marina in Empire to partake in a series of local events and enjoy the hot summer weather. As the sun was going down on the evening of Friday, June 24, contestants in the Delta Marina “2022 Bullfrog Bash” went into the bayou to catch as many bullfrogs as they could.

The Plaquemines Gazette recently won three awards in the Louisiana Press Association’s (LPA) Better Newspaper Competition for work produced in 2021. The competition is held annually to recognize excellence in news coverage, graphic design and advertising.

Shelby Harriel, an instructor at Pearl River Junior College and recognized expert on female soldiers that fought in the Civil War, will be the speaker at the Tuesday, July 5 Plaquemines Historical Association meeting. The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Belle Chasse American Legion Hall, 104 Hunt Street.

Plaquemines native and longtime advocate for the oyster industry Mitch Jurisich has announced his candidacy for the District 8 seat on the Plaquemines Parish Council. Jurisich, age 58, is a third generation oyster farmer and commercial fisherman, growing up in Empire and currently residing in Homeplace.

The 2022 hurricane season is in its beginning months— with the first signs of potential storm activity appearing in the Gulf of Mexico seemingly every week—and residents all over Plaquemines Parish are preparing themselves for yet another busy hurricane year. But even as residents anxiously await what the future holds, certain parts of the parish are still visibly suffering from the lasting impacts of the 2021 hurricane season.

Sheriff Gerald A. Turlich, Jr. announces the arrest of David Jefferson, 46, of Gretna with five felony charges that include one count of Theft and four counts of Home Improvement Fraud relative to Hurricane Ida recovery efforts.