Agriculture/Hunting/Fishing/Waterfront
ROBERT--This broad vista of the Tangipahoa River looking upstream has been a fishing spot, canoe entry point and a place to begin or end floating trips on the Tangipahoa River since the 1960s--if not longer. Tangipahoa Parish Government crews have spread gravel and fill dirt in 2012 to slow pot holes and erosion in the turnaround. The boat ramp has continued to wash away at the base with heavy floods during Hurricane Isaac seven months ago and other floods since. Hidden Oaks Family Campground is just around the bend at the top of the photo. It is accessible on US 190 east of the bridge. Photo by Mark Mathes.
TANGI RIVER: Public barred from popular Carpenter's Landing Tangi boat ramp, bluff east of Hammond
By Don Ellzey and Mark Mathes AMITE -- A two-tenths mile section of road leading from Old Covington Highway to Carpenter's Landing on the Tangipahoa River east of Hammond will be closed to the pub...
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OYSTERS: State opens oyster season east of Mississippi River Monday
NEW ORLEANS--The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries opened the oyster season in a portion of the public oyster seed grounds east of the Mississippi River on Monday, April 8 at one-half...
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BENJAMIN'S GARDEN JOURNAL Growing successful vegetable pears in Tangilena
AMITE--The vegetable pear, also called mirliton, chayote or mango squash, is a member of the cucumber family that produces delicious one seeded fruit in the fall. This vining plant resembles cucu...
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OUTDOORS: 2 artists donate paintings to support endangered species in Louisiana
BATON ROUGE--The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ (LDWF) whooping crane re-population project will benefit from artwork donated by two distinguished artists recognized April 4 by th...
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AMITE--Jerry Lewis is a retired educator from Kentwood who returned to this area after careers in New York and Los Angeles. He is tending garden April April; 6. Photo by Mark Mathes.
GARDENING: Retired educator Jerry Lewis loves tending garden at Tangi Senior Center
AMITE--On nice days, you'll find Jerry Lewis tending the flower beds around the Tangipahoa Council on Aging in the old train station in downtown Amite. Lewis is a retired educator from Kentwood wh...
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From left: operations manager Ramon Wheeler, Gina Centineo of Independence, who has been a library assistant for a year and a half, and Kenyotta Zanders, of Amite, who has been a library assistant for seven years. Photo by Mark Mathes.
AMITE LIBRARY: New spring garden on second-floor terrace
AMITE--The new Amite Library is marking spring with the completion of a garden on its second-floor open air terrace. From left: operations manager Ramon Wheeler, Gina Centineo of Independence, who...
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AMITE:--From left: Kiwanis Scott Schilling, David Cresson, CEO of CCA Louisiana, from Baton Rouge, and past president Kevin Raiford. They are at Mike's Catfish Inn March 28. Photo by Mark Mathes.
UPDATE: David Cresson of Coastal Conservation Association tells some startling fish tales
Check back for update on this story AMITE--David Cresson told some startling fish stories at Amite Kiwanis the other day.  Cresson is CEO of Coastal Conservation Association of Louisiana. He is l...
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ROSELAND--The abandoned Louisiana State Cypress Mill is being transformed to a disaster staging center. Photo by Mark Mathes.
Abandoned cypress mill in Roseland transforming into new Army National Guard disaster center
ROSELAND--The high ground of Roseland and Amite will again make this area a staging center for disaster recovery. The Army National Guard and others are transforming the abandoned Louisiana State ...
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AMITE--Seafood Shack owners Eddie and Nina Reese pause a moment on Good Friday March 29, one of their busiest weekends at the Amite seafood store and restaurant. Eddie picks up fresh crawfish daily in New Iberia and boils and serves them every day within hours of the pond and spillway. Photo by Mark Mathes.
UPDATE: Seafood Shack in Amite and owner Eddie Reese are married to the South Louisiana weather
AMITE--Eddie Reese's career and business are married to the weather in South Louisiana. He and his wife Nina own and operate the Seafood Shack in north Amite. --Soft shell crabs will appear in La...
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Kentwood Springs parent company DS Waters buys K&K Bottled Water in Sulphur
Company hires 24 at New Orleans plant where coffee, water services are merged
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HUNTING: Agents nab turkey hunters from Hammond, Mandeville for illegal baiting
GREENSBURG--Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division agents made six turkey baiting cases during the opening weekend of the 2013 turkey hunting season. The six ca...
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TANGIPAHOA-ST. HELENA SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT: Nominating period now open for June 8 supervisor's election
AMITE-- The nominating period is open for the Tangipahoa-St. Helena Soil And Water Conservation District Supervisor’s Election. The Nominating Period opened April 1 and closes April 30. For indivi...
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