Congratulations to all the winners at the annual East St. Tammany Chamber awards night, held last Friday at the Northshore Harbor Center. Major honors went to Keesler Federal Credit Union as the “Large Business of the Year,” Home Instead as the “Small Business of the Year” and Camellia Flour Bakery with owner Donna Henderson as the “New Business of the Year.”
Read MoreSLIDELL – Technology may have changed many things from the way they were done hundreds of years ago, but the passed down tradition of quilting is one thing that is only beginning to be affected by the computers of today. Quilting, a hobby that has been taught from one generation to the next for hundreds of years, was on full display at the Northshore Harbor Center this past weekend, where the Gulf States Quilting Association held its convention that comes to Slidell every other year.
Read MoreSLIDELL – “Honored, humbled and so happy.” That was the reaction of Ellen Lamarque, who was named the 2018 Athena Award winner at the Northshore Harbor Center when the annual luncheon was held to honor an outstanding local woman who had contributed in a big way to the community.
Read MoreSLIDELL – Teachers provide the motivation to greatness for more students than we will ever know. For Carrie Calvin the motivation came in a very different way than from most teachers, and it led her to becoming an outstanding young business woman who was named the 2018 Young Athena winner at the annual luncheon held at the Northshore Harbor Center.
Read MoreSLIDELL – The East St. Tammany Habitat for Humanity 11th annual Fall Gala will be held on Friday night, Nov. 16 at the Northshore Harbor Center with another great night of food, fun and art planned to raise funds for the next year.
Read MoreI wrote an editorial a few weeks ago to say thanks to the Board of Commissioners for the Northshore Harbor Center. It focused on the fact the board is already doing a great job finding ways for the center to bring in more revenue to ensure we do not lose our eastern St. Tammany events center.
Read MoreMost of us are pretty familiar with a long list of fundraisers, festivals and special events that are held during the year by many of our non-profits, business organizations and charity groups. The vast majority are welcome events since it gives us great family outings, opportunities to have an evening or day out with friends and support a lot of great organizations. This Saturday, Dec. 1 at the Northshore Harbor Center you will be able to find something new and different when the first annual Northshore Food Truck Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with free admission.
Read MoreSLIDELL – When voters rejected a millage renewal in 2016 for the Northshore Harbor Center that provided over $1.3 million of its annual funding there were quiet rumblings in eastern St. Tammany about whether the events center would keep its doors open. Two years later the Board of Commissioners is making it clear they have taken on the challenge to not only survive, but make the Harbor Center bigger and better.
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For more than 40 years, a community celebration has been held to culminate a yearlong series of parties, teas, and special events held in honor of Slidell debutantes. The 41st Le Cotillion Presentation Ball was held Saturday (Jan. 6) at the Northshore Harbor Center, with 10 debutantes earning applause in Slidell.
Read MoreI come naturally by my love of all things quilted. My great-grandmother, Madie Robeson Smith, was a quilter. She stashed away every scrap of material she could get her hands on - shirts, dresses, ties, even old cotton boxer drawers - to transform them into functional works of art. Her quilt pieces were cut by hand, sewn into intricately-patterned squares using a pedal-powered Singer sewing machine, then painstakingly quilted by hand.
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