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City to lease property to brewery Slidell’s special election for mayor expected to be a two-candidate race BY KIM CHATELAIN Contributing writer
Qualifying for the Oct. 11 ballot is this week
Slidell mayor’s race begin signing up on Wednesday, it won’t likely take long for the ballot to fill up. At this point, it appears the Oct. 11 election will be between two wellBY BOB WARREN known candidates: Bill Borchert, an Staff writer at-large Slidell City Council memWhen candidates for the special ber who became mayor when Greg
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Cromer resigned in January, and Slidell Police Chief Randy Fandal, who is term limited and wants to continue a line of police chiefs moving into the mayor’s office. Cromer, who had served as Slidell’s
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If all goes as planned, Slidell could have its first production brewery by the end of 2025. The City Council has authorized Mayor Bill Borchert to enter into a lease agreement with a local company that plans to brew beer in a decommissioned
public building near Bayou Bonfouca. On June 24, the council unanimously approved an ordinance outlining the terms of the lease. It stipulates that the building at 2275 Bayou Lane will be leased to Dirty Dell Brewing Company, LLC, which will do business as Wicked
ä See BREWERY, page 4A
PHOTO BY MATT DOBBINS
Ah, the confidence of youth is front and center as Livvy Ray, Mary-Preston Walker, Baylor Hingle and Ellie Grace Ray feel the music and entertain onlookers at the Abita Springs’ Fourth of July celebration.
INSIDE ä Abita Springs turns out for celebration. Page 2A ä Madisonville parties in red, white and blue. Page 3A ä Runners take off in Covington’s 4 on the Fourth. Page 3A
Madisonville proud: LSU’s Kade Anderson ready to make history in MLB draft BY DARREN COOPER Contributing writer
When Karena and Eric Anderson were looking to settle in Madisonville, they had an important question for the real estate agent. “One of the first things we asked was, “Where is the park here?’ ” Karena remembered. “She said absolutely, there was a park a few miles away called Coquille and some (ball) fields at Pine Street. We just wanted to make sure there was something over there.” Over there on the grass and dirt of Madisonville’s scenic Coquille Park, Kade Anderson first established his routines as a baseball
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LSU left-handed pitcher Kade Anderson is awarded the John D. Diesing Sr. award for most outstanding player June 22, following ä See ANDERSON, page 4A game two of the the College World Series finals in Omaha, Neb.
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