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Mayoral Forum Thursday

This Thursday, March 11, there will be a mayoral forum between the two candidates running for Mayor of Central. Jr. Shelton and Mac Watts will both be speaking at the forum in the Central High School theater. The forum will run from 7 to 8 PM. Doors will open at 6; however, due to the size of [...]

Robbery Friday Evening

Last Friday, there was a robbery at AAS on Monterrey. “Lil Mac” Watts was loading shirts into a suburban when he was held up at gun point. The robber took Mac’s wallet and the suburban. Thankfully, Mac was able to get inside the building, lock the doors, and call the police before anyone was harmed. The [...]

First Central Candidate Forum Held

The Indian Mound Civic Association held a public candidate’s forum this evening, 3/2/10, at the Indian Mound Baptist Church.  Beginning at about 7:00 PM and lasting until after 9:00 PM, there were candidate statements followed by a question and answer period. Each candidate running for Mayor, City Council, and Police Chief took 2 to 5 minutes [...]

Kelsey Lieux Will Be Deeply Missed

Kelsey Lieux, a senior at Central High School, has passed away after being injured in a car accident months ago. Our city has stepped forward in a big way over the past few months to offer support for the Kelsey and her family through visits, fundraisers, and prayers. Let’s continue to offer this support and keep [...]

Candidate Bios

Central Speaks does not endorse any specific candidates for election. Candidates have been contacted and asked to submit bios for the Central community to view on this site. The following candidates have submitted bios, and the remaining bios will be posted as they are received. MAYORAL CANDIDATES Jr. Shelton Mac Watts CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES Louis DeJohn Charles Lee Hinton Joan Lansing Dr. Tony LoBue Mike Mannino Wayne Messina Aaron [...]

Six Questions for the Candidates

05 March 2010

These six questions were sent in with the request that the questions be made available for the candidates to read and answer. We invite the candidates for the March 27 election to take a moment to respond to these quetions in the comments section at the bottome of the article, as we would like to encourage [...]

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Wildcat Baseball Defeats Ponchatoula

04 March 2010

The Central Wildcat baseball team played this week against Ponchatoula. The Wildcats won with a final score of 10-3. One of the highlights of the game was Landon Thibodeaux’s first inning home run. Chet Myer also had a big game with four RBIs. Kelby Blalock gave up just 3 earned runs when he pitched a little over five [...]

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Food Drive at St. Alphonsus

04 March 2010

St. Alphonsus is holding their monthly food drive next weekend, March 13 and 14. St. Alphonsus supplies the local St. Vincent de Paul food bank with non-perishable food and toiletry items. Collection barrells will be located in the gathering space at St. Alphonsus. Members of the community can also contribute non-perishable food, toiletry items, and [...]

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2010 Census

04 March 2010

During the next two weeks, Centra residents will be receiving census forms to fill out. Please do your part and participate in the census. Please fill in your city as “City of Central.” This is very important. Our census count affects the taxes we pay, the funds we receive, and redistricting for parish, state, and [...]

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Weekly City Update

04 March 2010

There will be a Master Plan workshop at the Central Fire Station this morning (Thursday) at 9:30 AM. (A previous post gave the time as 9:00. This was an error.) The public is welcome to attend. 33 tickets for seatbelt violations were issued Monday morning, March 1, in front of Central High school as part of Teen [...]

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Notice To Comment Posters

03 March 2010

Due to a high volume spam attack from overseas, and only until a fix is installed this weekend, all comments will require moderator approval before they appear on the post.   We will check comments every hour or so, so please do post.  Things should be back to normal before Monday. Thanks, Dave

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Crystal Place Connections for March

03 March 2010

Crystal Place is a neighborhood off of Denham Road, and they publish a monthly newsletter “as a means to help ensure the livability of our subdivision.”  Each month’s newsletter will be made available as a service to the residents of Crystal Place.  Initiatives like the Crystal Place Newsletter are one reason that Central is such a great place to live.  [...]

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Easter Eggstravaganza at Victory Harvest

03 March 2010

Victory Harvest Church will be hosting our 2nd annual Easter Eggstravaganza March 27th from 11-2 on the church grounds. Last year we had an amazing turn out and expecting an ever bigger crowd this year. We will have exciting games, candy, prizes, over 20,000 eggs, Easter Bunny, food, fun and much more. Contact the church at [...]

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Lenten Fish Dinners at Magnolia

03 March 2010

Magnolia United Methodist Church is selling fish dinners every Friday during Lent from 11 AM until 6 PM. Dinners are $6.50 each and include fried fish, hush puppies, and french fries. Magnolia is located at 16024 Greenwell Springs Road. Please call the church office ahead of time at 261-2789 if you would like to purchase [...]

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