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Climbing all the way up to the summit
Today is a big day for Slidell in particular and St. Tammany Parish in general. Slidell leaders along with developers, Robert Levis and Bayer Properties cut the ribbon on what will be one of the biggest projects to ever come to the parish. The Summit Fremaux development will transform 400 acres of land bordering Interstate 10 between Fremaux Drive and Old Spanish Trail into a $1 billion development that will include a high-end retail center, office and medical complexes, single-family housing, condominiums, and the University of New Orleans Tech Park.
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Slow down St. Tammany Parish residents!
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The politicians still don't get the message
It’s been almost a month since Gov. Bobby Jindal vetoed a controversial pay raise for state legislators, and the reverberations of what state senators and representatives tried to do are still being felt all over the state.
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Operation Safe Streets seems to be working
Sheriff’s Office deputies issued 194 tickets this weekend during a crackdown on speeders and seat belt violators in residential neighborhoods.
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Columns
Top O' the Mornin'
It’s not an optical illusion. It just looks like one.
More of this storyShow me a man with both feet firmly on the ground, and I’ll show you a man who can’t get his pants off.
More of this storyMy parents told me about Mr. Common Sense early in life and told me I would do well to call on him when making decisions. It seems he was always around in my early years but less and less as time passed by. Today I read his obituary. Please join me in a moment of silence in remembrance, for Common Sense had served us all so well for so many generations.
More of this storyI planted some birdseed. A bird came up. Now I don’t know what to feed it.
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Readers' feedback makes a difference for news team
We regularly try different things in our editorial department to see what response we’ll get from readers.
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