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West Bank Bridge Park and Trailhead to be closed for Independence Day celebration
The West Bank Bridge Park, Trailhead and the parking lot near the levee at the Mississippi River will close to the public at 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 2, to prepare for the 34th annual Independence Day Celebration. The facilities will reopen on Friday, July 5. The event will take place 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, July 3, […] The post West Bank Bridge Park and Trailhead to be closed for Independence Day celebration appeared first on L'Observateur.
Popular French Quarter restaurant closes, may reopen in Kenner
NEW ORLEANS — Popular French Quarter restaurant closed on Monday, but they may reopen at a new location. A contractor told WWL Louisiana that Country Flame closed and that the owners may open another restaurant at a different location. The contractor could not provide any other details. There were...
Old Metairie gets new spot for donuts, breakfast sandwiches as pop-up takes big step up
Walk around the street food bazaar that is the Sunday edition of the Crescent City Farmers Market in City Park and you may pick up the aroma of fresh doughnuts next to sausage, eggs and cheese sizzling on the grill top for breakfast sandwiches. That’s Paw Paw’s Donuts, and the same combo will now greet visitors at its new walk-up breakfast service in Old Metairie.
Beloved South Lafourche Resident Norma Pitre Lafont Celebrates 100th Birthday
Lifelong South Lafourche resident Norma Pitre Lafont recently celebrated her 100th birthday. Norma Lafont was born on July 1, 1924, to Thomas and Marcess Pitre, and she had five siblings. Born during the depression era, she learned to waste nothing and to stretch everything. She attended Golden Meadow High School and married the love of her life, Henry Lafont Sr., when they were teenagers. The couple had two children, Henry Lafont Jr. and Deanna Lafont. The family has grown, and Norma now has four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Norma and Henry Sr. were married for 72 years until his passing in 2012.
Bringing the Marsh Back Home
As a schoolgirl in the 1980s, Jennifer Van Vrancken loved to ride her Schwinn bike along the Lake Pontchartrain shore while her dad jogged next to her. Her family home in Metairie, La., a community that abuts New Orleans, sat one block from the lakefront. The lake’s brisk breezes and catches of shrimp and crabs, unloaded at Bucktown Harbor, were a welcome feature of life growing up.
Uncle Sam Jam will not be impacted by weather, organizers say
JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — The highly anticipated Uncle Sam Jam event on Wednesday will carry on despite rain and street flooding, according to the event organizers. The doors to LaFreniere Park will open at 3 p.m. Organizers say the rain will not impact the event. While the event is...
Bayou Lafourche Folklife and Heritage Museum Announces Grand Reopening
The Bayou Lafourche Folklife and Heritage Museum, located at 110 Main Street in Lockport, is excited to announce its grand reopening on July 13. After 30 years of service, the museum’s operations were forced to pause during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, but now the doors will once again open to visitors and residents.
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