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The Wise Fool

Dale Benoit Dale@plaqueminesgazette.com
Monday, June 2, 2025
This saying has multiple meanings. In medieval times, wise fools were court jesters tasked with delivering bad news to rulers by using humor and spectacle to disarm the leader and not incur the retribution sometimes handed to the bearers of bad news.It’s also a political style.
in the garden

in the garden

in the garden

Anna Timmerman Lsu Ac H A
Monday, June 2, 2025
Crape Myrtle Bark Scale a Sticky SituationCrape myrtles have become a beautiful part of our summer landscaping since it was first introduced to the US in the late 1700’s in Charleston, South Carolina. They are native to China and Korea and have been enjoyed as a landscape tree for centuries there.

Sino Returns from Lung Transplant to Host 11th Annual Road March

Justin Walton
Monday, June 2, 2025
On Memorial Day, May 26, retired army veteran and Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office (PPSO) corrections officer Donald Sino hosted his 11th annual “Road March,” which saw a procession of cars drive from Harvey, cut through the Westbank, and ended with Sino and the cars crossing over the new Belle...
The Glen Oaks Apartments, located near the Naval Air Station in Belle Chasse, as it neared completion. The multi-family project consists of new construction of forty-four (44) apartment units. Milton J. Womack

The Glen Oaks Apartments, located near the Naval Air Station in Belle Chasse, as it neared completion. The multi-family project consists of new construction of forty-four (44) apartment units. Milton J. Womack

New Affordable Housing Development Opens in Belle Chasse

Justin Walton
Monday, June 2, 2025
An affordable housing development by the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Belle Chasse recently opened and is now accepting applications for residency.
Judge Leander Perez Subject of June 3, Historical Association Meeting

Judge Leander Perez Subject of June 3, Historical Association Meeting

Judge Leander Perez Subject of June 3, Historical Association Meeting

Dr. Keith Finley
Monday, June 2, 2025
Renown author, historian and expert on U.S. politics during the 1950s-1970s, Dr. Keith Finley will be the speaker at the June 3, Plaquemines Historical Association meeting. The meeting will be held at the Belle Chasse American Legion Hall , 104 Hunt Street, at 6:30 p.m.

Plaquemines Parish Arrest Reports

News Staff
Monday, May 26, 2025
May 14, 2025Harry R. Shears, 61, Belle Chasse: fugitive warrant, possession of schedule II.Michael David Herrera, 22, Lake Charles: 3 bench warrants, fugitive warrant, no light on license plate, no motor vehicle inspection tag.May 15, 2025Dominic Anthony Pizzitolo, 31, New Orleans: bench warrant.

Plaquemines Parish Suits Filed

News Staff
Monday, May 26, 2025
May 15, 2025Suit #69738: Planet Home Lending LLC vs. Alfred Joseph Guillory III Executory Process.Suit #69739: Discover Bank vs. Kristen N. Mastrianni - Open Account.Suit #69740: Capital One NA vs. Quentin R. Coludrovich - Open Account.Suit #69741: Christina Ratliff Freeman, Christina Ratliff vs.
POINT OF VIEW

POINT OF VIEW

POINT OF VIEW

Ron Chapman
Monday, May 26, 2025
History does not repeat, but it does rhyme!” In this case there are comparisons, but significant differences as well.Sadly, I will be making a brutal comparison. But the basic circumstances on the ground are similar. It’s about massive suffering and death.
Oh-Oh, What’s Up St. Bernard?

Oh-Oh, What’s Up St. Bernard?

Oh-Oh, What’s Up St. Bernard?

Garey Forster
Monday, May 26, 2025
Last Thursday, Henry Joseph Curtis III and Brianna Lynn Assavedo filed paperwork to recall Parish President Louis Pomes on behalf of parish residents.What do you think drove them to the point of taking action?
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