Blog Posts
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Slidell library, St. Tammany’s busiest branch, Renewed.
More than six months after being shut down for extensive repairs and renovations, the Slidell branch of the St. Tammany Parish library will reopen Monday (Aug. 4.) It will be none too soon for patrons, who since February have used a much-scaled down temporary library set up nearby. The Slidell library is the busiest in…
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St. Tammany Home Builders fishing tournament and more: Sports Roundup
The St. Tammany Home Builders Association (STHBA) will hold its fall fishing tournament Oct. 3 at the Rigolets Marina in Slidell. More than $7,500 in cash and prizes will be awarded. The entry fee is $60 per person for STHBA members and their guests. But members who register by September 12 get a reduced…
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Homeowner Maintenance: Changing the HVAC Filter
Part of responsible homeownership includes, of course, regular home maintenance. And there are some tasks that, if deferred, can lead to a home system that’s inefficient and overworked, which can result in problems and expenses. One such task is changing the filter of the home’s HVAC system. It’s simple and inexpensive, and taking care…
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The 10 Best Places to Hide Valuables in Your Home
by Nick Gromicko and Kate Tarasenko Burglary is a crime of opportunity. And burglars don’t want to spend a lot of time looking through a home to find things of value to steal, which is why there are obvious locations that they always check. That means that there are ways to outsmart them by hiding…
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NOT an everyday sight: Mandeville-area house loaded onto barge for move via Lake Pontchartrain
It’s not every day you see a 200,000-pound house loaded onto rollers and moved. And it’s really not every day that move takes place on the water. So residents of the quiet Lewisburg neighborhood near Mandeville anxiously watched Friday morning as movers began loading a huge house from the rollers onto a barge in Lake…
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Services for special needs children is topic before St. Tammany Commission on Families June 10
Services for children with special needs will be topic of discussion at the June 10 meeting of the St. Tammany Commission on Families near Covington. The meeting, featuring representatives of five agencies, will be held from 10 a.m. to noon at First Baptist Church of Covington at 16333 Louisiana 1085. Scheduled to speak are: Wanda…
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St. Tammany Fishing Pier to host grand re-opening ceremony and fishing rodeo June 7.
St. Tammany Parish will formally mark the reopening of its public fishing pier over Lake Pontchartrain with a June 7 grand reopening celebration and family fishing rodeo. Sign-in for the fishing rodeo starts at 6 a.m. with final weigh-in at 1:45 p.m. The pier, south of Slidell, opens at 6 a.m. The event celebrates the…
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Citizens should make plans now for hurricane season, St. Tammany Parish President Pat Brister says
St. Tammany Parish government is fully prepared for the 2014 hurricane season and citizens need to be equally ready, Parish President Pat Brister said Tuesday (May 27). Brister advised residents not to wait until a storm enters the Gulf of Mexico to begin preparations to ride out the storm or evacuate. “We encourage everyone to…
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Home prices in New Orleans metro area continue steady climb, report says
By Katherine Sayre, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune The Times-Picayune Email the author | Follow on Twitter on February 03, 2014 at 2:45 PM, updated February 03, 2014 at 10:39 PM Home prices in the New Orleans metro area continued to climb last year as more buyers leapt into a heated market and prices in some…
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Buying and Selling a Home at the Same Time
In today’s market, it can be hard enough to just sell or buy a home. There’s a lot to think about if you’re trying to do both at once. Plan ahead, keep detailed notes, and make sure you’re familiar with all the options before you start. Here are a few tips to help you ensure…