Legal Battle Heats Up Over Chalmette Housing Project

06/22/11 Fair housing advocates filed an emergency motion in federal court Wednesday to hold St. Bernard Parish in contempt of court after they say the parish defied a federal judge's order to turn on power for a controversial mixed-income housing development.

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Independence school named principal

07/03/11 INDEPENDENCE, La. (AP) - Mater Dolorosa Catholic School has named Linda Wisinger principal. The Daily Star reported Wisinger had been a teacher for many years in the public and parochial school systems of St. Bernard Parish. She joined the faculty at Mater Dolorosa in 2009. Wisinger holds a bachelor's degree from Southeastern Louisiana University and a master's from Loyola University of New ...

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One year after capping of Macondo Well, oil spill effects remain

07/15/11 Maya Rodriguez / Eyewitness News CHALMETTE, La.-- At Today's Ketch Seafood in St. Bernard Parish, the catch is fresh and homegrown. A year ago, though, uncertainty gripped owner Jeff Pohlmann, as oil gushed out of the Macondo Well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. "We didn't know where it was going to wind up, being that it was affecting so close to home here," Pohlmann said. "This is where ...

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