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Parc Sur La Teche in Franklin marks 25 years since the completion of its original boardwalk and railing project. What began as a decades-old vision for Franklin’s waterfront has grown into a gathering place for festivals, recreation and community events — with new plans now taking shape for its future as Franklin’s “Front Porch.”
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Parc Sur La Teche celebrates 25 years with a vision for the future

FRANKLIN — August 13 marked 25 years since the completion of the original boardwalk and railing project at Parc Sur La Teche, a milestone in Franklin’s decades-long effort to develop and connect it

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Local officials and community members attended a flag-raising ceremony Wednesday at the Franklin Peace Memorial honoring 2nd Lt. Edward V. Loustalot, a Franklin native and U.S. Army Ranger who was killed during Operation Jubilee in France in 1942.
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Franklin Remembers Hometown Hero Edward V. Loustalot

The City of Franklin paused Wednesday to remember one of its own, 2nd Lt. Edward V. Loustalot, a Franklin native and U.S.

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The Review/Bill Decker
The MV Mississippi at the Port of Morgan City dock was the venue Friday for a Mississippi River Commission public hearing.

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Col. Scotty Autin, commander of the Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District, speaks at Friday's public hearing.

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Michael Brocato

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Raymond 'Mac' Wade

Port successes, flood control, 70-30: River Commission comes to MC

The Mississippi River Commission has spent much of August hearing about the flood control and other needs of people who live in the Mississippi-Atchafalaya watershed.

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Franklin Banner-Tribune
P.O. Box 566, Franklin, LA 70538
Phone: 337-828-3706
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Morgan City Review
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Phone: 985-384-8370
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