Harahan News

As Colonial Golf & Country Club sank deeper into debt during the past decade, public and private efforts to save it repeatedly failed.

The John Folse Culinary Institute at Nicholls State University has announced that its 15th annual Lafcadio Hearn Award and Distinguished Visiting Chef Series will honor New Orleans chef Frank Brigsten at the March 5 event.

Harahan Police arrested a New Orleans father Tuesday and booked him with child desertion after he allegedly left his daughters, ages 2 and 4, alone in a vehicle that contained drugs.

Although I'm a new resident of Harahan and not a golfer, I'm one of those lamenting the loss of Colonial Country Club.

The candidates for Harahan's open City Council seat had been fielding rather routine questions during Thursday's Alliance for Good Government forum.

Overall crime in Harahan jumped by 18 percent in 2011, according to statistics released by the Harahan Police Department.

The Alliance for Good Government, Jefferson Chapter, will hold a forum on Thursday at 7 p.m. the Harahan Gymnasium, 6601 10th St.

BOO KOO BBQ 3701 Banks St., 202-4741; www.bookoobbq.com Appetizers include deep fried truffle mac-and-cheese balls.

Last week, was just a deliciously hectic week to experience all the social/cultural events that my beloved city of New Orleans has to offer.

HARAHAN, La. -- It's the possible end of an era in Harahan as members of Colonial Golf and Country Club played their last round of golf.

Guy Huffine , 57, 421 Commerce Parkway, Jefferson, was arrested Jan. 20 at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna and booked with filing a false auto theft affidavit and filing false public records.

The St. Charles Parish public school district recently honored its top students during an awards reception at AMC Elmwood Palace 20 Cinema in Harahan.

While emphasizing that they are only requesting information, Kenner City Council members on Thursdsay asked Mayor Mike Yenni to "consider" giving city employees pay raises in the fiscal year that begins July 1. Yenni said he will consider the raises.

A proposed ordinance that would have required real estate developments in Harahan to cover the costs of a new sewage-treatment plant and other drainage infrastructure failed at Thursday night's council meeting for lack of a second.