St. Bernard Parish Holds Second Public Meeting and Workshop for the Old Arabi Planning and Streetscapes Improvements Project

On December 10th, St. Bernard Parish will hold its second public meeting and workshop at 6 p.m. in the Arabi Elementary School cafeteria. All residents, business owners, and other Old Arabi stakeholders are invited to attend the workshop to review and comment on urban design and planning proposals for Old Arabi. Representatives from Waggonner & Ball Architects, the project consultants, will provide a brief overview of the proposals, and lead breakout sessions on specific areas such as St. Claude Avenue and the riverfront. Input from this meeting will be critical for the further development of the Revitalization Plan and for the design phases of the project.

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Celebrate The Season At Chalmette Battlefield's Malus-Beauregard House

CHALMETTE: Celebrate the holidays the 1800s way! Chalmette Battlefield's living history volunteers will host a Yuletide celebration on Saturday, December 14, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. at the historic Malus-Beauregard House. The house is located at Chalmette Battlefield, site of the Battle of New Orleans in 1815 and one of six areas of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, 8606 West St. Bernard Highway in Chalmette. The event is free and open to the public. More information is available at 504-281-0510 or at www.nps.gov/jela.

Built in 1833, 18 years after the Battle of New Orleans, the Malus-Beauregard house was occupied by a succession of different families. For the Yuletide program, the house will be furnished and decorated as it might have been by the families who lived there in the 1800s.

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Knights of Columbus and Operation Merry Christmas Toy Give Away to be Sunday

The Knights of Columbus Council #5747 Chalmette and Operation Merry Christmas will hold its annual Christmas gift give-away Sunday, December 15th at 1 pm at the Sigur Civic Center Grand Ballroom, 8245 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette. All St. Bernard Children from newborns to Age 12 are invited to attend and pick out a toy.

"It's that Christmas Season that ignites Knights of Columbus #5747 to gear up rapidly for this year's Christmas Gift give-away known as A Knight's Gift," announces Chairman Cisco Gonzales.

He further commented that his members stated, "We're lit up and ready to put a smile on all children's faces regardless of economic stymies. We expect a large crowd due to the blow to the economy and rise in unemployment and we are prepared." Children can pick out their own toy.

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CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS AT HISTORIC ST. BERNARD PARISH COURTHOUSE AND LOS ISLENOS MUSEUM COMPLEX

The beautifully restored Historic St. Bernard Parish Courthouse, 1201 Bayou Road, and Los Islenos Museum Complex, 1345 – 1357 Bayou Road, both in St. Bernard Village, will be festively decorated for the 2013 Holiday Season. A special holiday program will be held Sunday, December 8th, 2013 beginning at 4:30 p.m. at the Historic Courthouse. Parish President David Peralta will subsidize the decoration of the Historic Courthouse. Los Islenos Society, under the direction of Christmas Committee Chairperson Kathy Serpas Ziegler, will decorate Los Islenos Museum Complex.

Toledano and Wogan architectural firm designed the Historic Courthouse in 1914. Construction was completed in 1915 and the courthouse opened for business just two months before the catastrophic 1915 Hurricane. This courthouse remained in use as the seat of St. Bernard Parish until 1939 when it moved to Chalmette. The facility reopened as a school in 1940 and remained in use as St. Bernard School, St. Bernard High School, P.G.T. Beauregard High School and, finally, P.G.T. Beauregard Middle School until 2005.

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WOW Cafe' & Wingery's Christmas Celebration on Saturday, December 7, 2013.

The idea is to welcome the Christmas season with friendship and warmth, and to share this holiday with neighbors and family of St. Bernard Parish. We so often get caught up in our busy schedules and the fiancial burden during this wonderful season that we'd like to put all of that aside just for this special time.  If we can make Christmas special in any way, then it is our job as citizens of the parish to do so and we will with open arms.

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Goodwill returns to St. Bernard Parish at a new location

Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Louisiana has returned to Chalmette, opening its 18th retail store and donation center at 3200 Paris Road, Park Plaza Shopping Center, next to Winn Dixie. Goodwill representatives were joined by Parish President David Peralta, Sheriff James Pohlmann, State Representative Ray Garofalo, St. Bernard Chamber President Jerry Calcagno and Chamber Director Stephen Reuther for the occasion with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 8:45 a.m.

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Battle of Lake Borgne

The 199th anniversary of the Battle of Lake Borgne will be celebrated Saturday, December 14th, 2013 on a vessel provided for the occasion by Pat Pescay, Crew Boats Incorporated. The boat will leave from Crew Boats Incorporated wharf off Paris Road.

The Battle of Lake Borgne was the opening military engagement in the campaign for control of New Orleans. The British Naval fleet had appeared in the Gulf of Mexico during the summer of 1814, creating alarm along the Gulf Coast of the United States.

Pensacola was the capitol of West Florida, still a Spanish colony in 1814-1815. The British had cartographically documented the approaches to the mouth of the Mississippi River, the course of the Mississippi River, the City of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in the late 1760s.

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DONATE FOR THE HOMELESS VETERANS

Once again, the Chalmette Ladies Auxiliary to VFW Post 3706 is making 'personal bags' for our homeless Veterans to be distributed in December (before Christmas).

Donations will be accepted of personal toiletries such as: soap, shampoo, conditioner, body lotion, shower cap, toothbrush and/or toothpaste, (like the hotels offer in the rooms) combs, band aids, hot chocolate packets, instant coffee. Also knit hats, scarves, gloves, etc. for the winter months.

Please call Darlene Zoerner at 339-9342 to arrange for your items to be delivered or picked up no later than 3pm Friday, December 6, 2013.

DOTD Breaks ground on St. Bernard Rural Roads Project

LA Department of Transportation and Development broke ground on a project to resurface LA 46 from La. 624 to La. 625 in St. Bernard Parish. On hand for the groundbreaking were District 02 Administrator Mike Stack, Parish President David Peralta and State Representative Ray Garofalo.

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DOTD announces groundbreaking for St. Bernard rural roads project

WHAT: The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) will host a press conference to announce the start of a $1.7 million project to resurface La. 46 from La. 624 to La. 625 in St. Bernard Parish.

WHEN: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Yscloskey Bridge, La. 46 at La. 624, St. Bernard Parish (see attached map)

SPEAKERS: Deputy Secretary Dr. Eric Kalivoda, State Representative Ray Garofalo, Parish President David E. Peralta

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