Plaquemines, New Orleans ports to forge new partnership

New Orleans CityBusiness;  March 8, 2007 ;     456 words ......lifeline that Plaquemines Parish can be and will...from the Port of New Orleans' reputation and...has heard of Plaquemines Parish. The whole world...of the Port of New Orleans. So when an Asian...of the Port of New Orleans saying we can...facility in south ...

Plaquemines, New Orleans ports forge new partnership

New Orleans CityBusiness;  March 19, 2007 ;     197 words ......Nobody has heard of Plaquemines Parish. The whole world has heard of the Port of New Orleans. So when an Asian shipper calls the Port of New Orleans saying 'This is what...instead of the Port of New Orleans saying we can't accommodate...facility in south ...

New Orleans resident: `We need it more than Chicago'.

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  January 20, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Tim Jones NEW ORLEANS _ The Saints are...themselves. Come to New Orleans and you'll hear...life and death, New Orleans is unique because...supervise repairs of her Plaquemines Parish home on stilts that...Ronnie Demilio, a New Orleans businessman ...

South of New Orleans, a Fight for Land

AP Online;  April 14, 2006 ;     629 words ......La. Map locates Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. (AP...jazz halls of New Orleans, the hardworking...known as lower Plaquemines Parish. "We're part of...highway south of New Orleans before Louisiana...lifestyle of lower Plaquemines. Nguyen, who sleeps...children now ...

Northwestern U. student dedicates quarter to rebuilding New Orleans

University Wire;  May 26, 2006 ;     463 words ......spending Spring Break in New Orleans working with Emergency...help is needed in New Orleans. She was determined...quarter by studying New Orleans' emerging structure...operation will move to Plaquemines Parish at the beginning...work of rebuilding New ...

Analysis: New Orleans stays in search-and-rescue mode

NPR Morning Edition;  August 31, 2005 ;     700+ words ......2005 Analysis: New Orleans stays in search-and-re...Renee Montagne. In New Orleans, officials and...possible. From New Orleans, NPR's Greg Allen...and on roofs. In New Orleans even more people...things are here in New Orleans, in the parishes...parish, and ...

Analysis: New Orleans stays in search-and-rescue mode [DP]

NPR Morning Edition;  August 31, 2005 ;     700+ words ......2005 Analysis: New Orleans stays in search-and-re...Renee Montagne. In New Orleans, officials and...possible. From New Orleans, NPR's Greg Allen...and on roofs. In New Orleans even more people...things are here in New Orleans, in the parishes...parish, and ...

Floods Didn't Spare New Orleans Graveyards

NPR Weekend All Things Considered;  January 28, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Katrina at work in Plaquemines Parish. But the most...911 Dispatcher, New Orleans): She had already...Plaquemines Parish, New Orleans): My name is...m one of the Plaquemines Parish councilmen, one...underground, and while New Orleans ...

New Orleans District.(1).

Corps Report;  October 20, 1999 ;     104 words ...New Orleans District. The New Orleans District issued three separate solicitations for dredging...of the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River near Plaquemines Parish, La. The dredged material may consist of gravel, sand...plans, send a fax to (504) 862-2889 or register on the ...

Contract OM&M improves water, wastewater services for Louisiana parish....

Public Works;  May 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ......governments, such as Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, are broadening...duplication. In late 1992, Plaquemines Parish contracted out the OM...contract operations. Plaquemines Parish (population 25,000) lies south of New Orleans and comprises more than...plants serving ...

New Orleans offers Gulf Outlet project: dredging work valued at $5m to...

Corps Report;  May 26, 2004 ;     80 words ...The New Orleans District is offering a contract for maintenance dredging at the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet in Plaquemines Parish, La. Under W912P8-04-B-0030, the work involves removal...Aug. 17. Contact: Walker Pitts, contract specialist, New Orleans District, (504) 862-1819, or ...

Snail mail still crawls in New Orleans area

New Orleans CityBusiness;  April 17, 2007 ;     623 words ......say mail service in the New Orleans area is almost back to...Chasse, and publishes two Plaquemines Parish newspapers, the Plaquemines...story is mail service in New Orleans is good and getting better...USPS complaints in the New Orleans metro area although ...

In rural towns, a way of life washed away; The fishermen of Plaquemines...

The Christian Science Monitor;  September 20, 2005 ;     700+ words ......of hurricanes in long, winding Plaquemines Parish, which starts in relatively urban Belle Chasse, abutting New Orleans, and follows the Mississippi River...fewer people than the flooding in New Orleans (the entire population of Plaquemines...

Analysis: Many homes destroyed in Plaquemines Parish

NPR Morning Edition;  September 22, 2005 ;     661 words ......Many homes destroyed in Plaquemines Parish Host: STEVE INSKEEP Time...one parish southeast of New Orleans. JENNIFER LUDDEN reporting...newspapers and TV announced that Plaquemines Parish president was giving residents...Jennifer Ludden, NPR News, New Orleans. INSKEEP: ...

New Orleans engineers race Rita: As hurricane nears, Army works to patch...

Charleston Gazette;  September 21, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Army Corps of Engineers raced to patch New Orleans' fractured levee system Tuesday and...warned that even a glancing blow to New Orleans and as little as 6 inches of rain could...said the preparations in and around New Orleans included 500 buses for evacuation, and...from Lake ...