Abita Springs News

The Grand Opening of the St. Francis Animal Sanctuary adoption center in Covington starts Thursday, Nov.

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An Abita Springs-area man is accused of stealing more than $110,000 from his 65-year-old girlfriend this year, possibly to buy drugs, authorities said.

Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Clean Plate Charlie will select one craft or import beer and give you the lowdown on it: How does it taste? What should you drink it with? Where can you find it? But mostly, it's all about the love of the brew.

The Abita Springs Board of Aldermen on Tuesday evening agreed to lower the town's taxes by one mill, saving the owner of a $200,000 house about $20 a year.

It's election day in St. Tammany Parish, with a school volunteer and a former justice of the peace squaring off in a special School Board race and five propositions affecting several communities.

St. Tammany Parish voters decided several tax renewals and a bond issues Saturday night.

Tammany Parish Democrats will host the third annual DemFest on Oct. 17 at the Abita Springs Trailhead Plaza, with political speeches, music and food all free to the public.

Supriya Jindal, right, wife of Gov. Bobby Jindal, joined Habitat for Humanity-St. Tammany West volunteers and staff on Tuesday to help build two homes on Jasmine Strreet near Abita Springs.

Abita Springs officials are asking residents to approve an Oct. 17 ballot measure that would allow money from 3 mills, already approved for bond debt, to be reallocated during the next 10 years to provide and maintain public parks and lighting.

This company practices many methods of conservation and encourage their employees to do the same at home.

Several St. Tammany Parish leaders are leaving for Washington this morning to meet with congressional delegates and federal agencies to discuss hurricane protection for the parish and forgiveness for post-Hurricane Katrina community disaster loans.

Tenor Casey Candebat and soprano Sheila McDermott get into the spirit of 'The Barber of Seville' with an audience member at a recent Opera on Tap event at the Rusty Nail.

The roast beef poor boy comes on a French bread loaf. Where: 12344 Barker Cypress Rd., 281-246-1496. Details: Hours: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays; 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

"Since the storm, I was relocated Uptown for four years. I'm just moving back," said Volores Holmes, who has lived in New Orleans for 27 years.

Carol Rausch and Sarah Jane McMahon perform at the Rusty Nail, which serve as the home base for Opera on Tap concert series.

The St. Tammany Parish Council adopted new zoning maps for the parish's southeastern and southwestern regions this week, with officials hoping that the process to rezone the unincorporated areas throughout the entire parish could be complete by early next year.

St. Tammany Parish officials are hoping to create a regional retention pond on 261 acres near the St.

The St. Tammany Parish Council is poised to adopt new zoning regulations for the parish's southwestern region Thursday night, nearly a year after officials first presented the proposed changes and following work in the ensuing months to tweak the document to the council's -- and the public's -- specifications.

The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office will not increase its tax rate this year, Sheriff Jack Strain announced at a public meeting Wednesday morning.