News & Updates for Tangipahoa Parish

NEW ORLEANS—After almost 55 years, the Tangipahoa Parish School System in cooperation with plaintiff’s negotiation counsel reached a judicially-approved mutual agreement in the longstanding Joyce Marie Moore federal desegregation case.

On Tuesday, U.S. Federal District Court Judge Ivan Lemelle approved the mutual consent agreement. He has asked for slight modifications which will be submitted to the court within the next 30 days.

Tangipahoa Parish School Superintendent Melissa Stilley called the ruling a “historic” opportunity and “a win for all children in Tangipahoa Parish. “

Congratulations Stephen Walker! Stephen, an employee of the Tangipahoa Parish Landfill, passed the exam for Certified Solid Waste Operators in the State of Louisiana.  

Pictured with Stephen is Suzanne Bordelon, an employee of LDEQ and the test administrator.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Tangipahoa Parish President Robby Miller
(985) 748-3211

AMITE—Tangipahoa Parish President Robby Miller announced today that the parish will kick off 2020 with a special recycling day this Saturday, Jan. 4.

“Due to the various holiday closures through the New Year, our offices wanted to open our recycling centers for an extra weekend this month to help residents who are cleaning up their homes and businesses,” Miller said.

Items may be brought to either of the parish’s two recycling collection locations:

Hammond: 44512 W. Pleasant Ridge Road
Roseland: 63101 Commercial Street

Recycling items are collected from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. For a list of the materials that are accepted at these two locations, check out the recycling page on the parish website at https://tangipahoa.org/government/landfill/recycling.

In addition to this Saturday, Tangipahoa Parish offers recycling every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month from 9 a.m. until noon at the above-listed locations.

Tonya Mabry has been elected to serve a two-year term as president of the Southwest Regional Council of NAHRO (National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials) which begun October 13, 2019.

A vaccination clinic will be held on November 21st at the Florida Parishes Arena in Amite, LA. The event will take place from 2pm - 5pm.

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