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May 13, 2021 KEARSARGE — Vernon Lawrence Leblanc, 89, a resident of Kearsarge, died on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, following a long and healthy life. He was born in Lake Linden (Bootjack) on January 6, 1932, the son of the late Peter and Clara Fournier LeBlanc. He attended the St. Joseph Elementary and the lake Linden Public School. He was preceded in death by both sons, Peter (Barbara) LeBlanc, and Bruce (Lorry) LeBlanc; his siblings, Isabelle (Roland) LaCasse, Anne (Peter) Cencich, Clarence (Betty) LeBlanc, and Ransom (Joanna) LeBlanc. On October 3, 1952, he married Susan Lehto and they enjoye...

My New Orleans New Orleans’ Busiest Musical Ambassadors Find Frustration, Inspiration During Pandemic Year 04/01/2021 Arriona “Tank” Ball  After a lavish musical introduction by her backing band, Tarriona “Tank” Ball – lead singer of Tank and the Bangas – playfully danced onto the stage to perform her song “Spaceships” to a rocking crowd. Or perhaps it’s more accurate to say the fans were mildly heaving, swaying, rolling, pitching and/or “yawing,” since they were perched on the deck of a giant cruise ship. The date was Jan. 9, 2020. The setting was a performance on an...

Mar 11, 2021 FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2020 file photo, David Shaw, foreground, frontman for the band The Revivalists, performs with actor Harry Shearer, co-author and character in the movie "This Is Spinal Tap," as they record a video stream concert with the band Galactic, inside an empty Tipitina's music club, in New Orleans. Entertainment venues in New Orleans have been given permission to start hosting live music again starting this weekend, but under strict regulations. Mayor LaToya Cantrell and city health director Jennifer Avegno announced the change Wednesday, March 10, 2021. (AP Photo...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Live indoor music can resume in New Orleans beginning this weekend,...

Andrei Codrescu calls Everette Maddox the Christ of New Orleans. Editor Ralph Adamo has brought his critical eye to bear on the work and selected the best from the published collections as well as many poems uncollected to date. This is Maddox's first publication by a major press. Adamo's interesting selection and thematic ordering of the poems puts them in a new light; even the most famous of them acquire new dimensions from his innovative arrangement. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. About the Author: Everette Maddox was a poet, who in 1979 co-founded the longest-runn...