Press Releases
JEFFERSON PARISH LIBRARY PATRONS WILL LEARN HOW TO MAKE SAZERACS AND HURRICANES
Elizabeth Pearce, founder and owner of Drink & Learn, will teach participants how to make Sazeracs and Hurricanes at two library presentations – one on the East Bank and one on the West Bank.
CYRIL M. LAGVANEC TALKS ON RUSSIAN-UKRANIAN RELATIONS AT EAST BANK REGIONAL LIBRARY
Cyril M. Lagvanec, PhD, the newly appointed curator of the American-Italian Research Library inside the East Bank Regional Library, will give a lecture titled “100 years of Russian-Ukrainian Relations” at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 9.
JEFFERSON PARISH OFFICES CLOSED ON MONDAY, FEB. 20 AND TUESDAY, FEB. 21, 2023, IN OBSERVANCE OF LUNDI GRAS AND MARDI GRAS
All Jefferson Parish Government offices will be closed on Monday, Feb. 20 and Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, in observance of the Lundi Gras and Mardi Gras holiday.
JEFFERSON PARISH LIBRARY DEMONSTRATIONS FOCUS ON CUCCIDATI COOKIES
Nancy Wilson, author of Mémère’s Country Creole Cookbook: Recipes and Memories from Louisiana’s German Coast, will conduct two sessions for those who want to make cuccidata cookies.
ROAD CLOSURE: CLEARY AVENUE BETWEEN 25TH STREET AND 27TH STREET
Starting Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 7 a.m., the right lane of Cleary Avenue between 25th Street and 27th Street will be closed.
JEFFERSON PARISH LAUNCHES NEW, CLOUD-BASED ONLINE RECORDS MANAGEMENT PORTAL
The Jefferson Parish Attorney’s Office has launched a new open records management portal to improve the efficiency and transparency in responding to requests for documents and other public materials.
ROAD CLOSURE: SOUTHBOUND CLEARVIEW PARKWAY AT WEST NAPOLEON AVENUE
Starting Monday, February 13, 2023 at 7 p.m., the right and middle lanes of southbound Clearview Parkway at West Napoleon Avenue will be closed.
JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL PASSES RESOLUTION CALLING FOR BOND COMMISSION SUPPORT OF PORT OF SOUTH LOUISIANA’S AVONDALE ACQUISITION
Today, the Jefferson Parish Council unanimously passed a resolution calling on the State Bond Commission to support a bond request from the Port of South Louisiana to purchase Avondale Global Gateway.
ROAD CLOSURE: WEST METAIRIE AVENUE BETWEEN ROOSEVELT BOULEVARD AND HUDSON STREET
Starting Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 9 a.m., the lane closest to the canal on eastbound West Metairie Avenue between Roosevelt Boulevard and Hudson Street will be closed daily from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
JEFFERSON PARISH LIBRARY AND SOFAB JOIN TO HONOR A GIANT OF CULINARY HISTORY
The Jefferson Parish Library and the Southern Food and Beverage Museum are calling all cooks, pastry chefs, and other food artists to create present Edible Book Day on April 1, in which participants create books that are exhibited, documented, and then consumed on the same day.