Wayne Babin of W.J. Babin Services Inc., right, and a helper use absorbent material to clean a hydraulic fluid spill Friday afternoon on Sixth Street near Bush Street.
The area’s oldest krewe, the Krewe of Hephaestus, will hold its 60th Mardi Gras ball Saturday. Also hosting a tableau Saturday is the Krewe of Amani.
Fat Tuesday will be a holiday for all St. Mary Parish and municipal offices. Patterson City Hall will additionally close at noon on Lundi Gras (Monday) due to the Krewe of Amani Parade.
ASH WEDNESDAY
Services at Patterson United Methodist Church, 1204 Main St., at 6 p.m. Feb. 26. Public welcomed.
Several years ago, I tried to write a single paragraph that contained every cliché ever used to describe what happens in urban Louisiana on Mardi Gras.
It went something like this:
Franklin Banner-Tribune
P.O. Box 566, Franklin, LA 70538
Phone: 337-828-3706
Fax: 337-828-2874
Morgan City Review
1014 Front Street, Morgan City, LA 70380
Phone: 985-384-8370
Fax: 985-384-4255