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A political rally set for Thursday, September 5 at 6 p.m. at the Marthaville school gym promises to be the biggest and best chance to meet political candidates west of the Red River.

It stands to be the best chance to meet all local candidates including those hoping to represent you in local districts of Natchitoches and Sabine Parishes, state representatives, state senate, judges, state commissioner of agriculture, state commissioner or insurance, lieutenant governor, and governor of Louisiana.

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The Many High School Band has been selected to represent Louisiana in the National Memorial Parade in Washington D.C. in May 2020.

When the band received the invitation to attend both the students and band leader Scott De-Bose were surprised.

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The historic Smith-Middleton house in Many will receive new life after being purchased by the family of Rachel Puryear.

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Many Mayor Ken Freeman has announced that the Town of Many will not roll forward property tax millages.

Mayor Freeman said, “I know that with the new property assessments in Many and Sabine Parish, our citizens are very concerned and will have a hard time paying their new property taxes for 2019. I am also concerned about these increases.”

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Movies is Many is giving a big party on Saturday, Sept. 7, at the Many Community Center, and everyone is invited.

It’s the 30th Anniversary Celebration of the ‘Steel Magnolias’ movie. A reception (just like Shelby’s wedding reception) with armadillo cake and punch, door prizes, a guest speaker and then the movie itself will all be part of the big celebration.

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District and school level student growth data was recently released by the Louisiana Department of Education (LDE). This data is indicative of how students in grades 4-12 are progressing toward fully mastering the standards in English Language Arts (ELA) and math each year. According to the LDE, academic achievement indicates whether students are prepared for the next level of study while student progress indicates whether students are improving from one year to the next.

The renovation and restoration of The Sabine Parish Historic Depot Museum in Many is finally complete, and The Town of Many, The Cultural District Committee, along with the Sabine Historical Society, are now seeking items to exhibit in the museum.

Many Mayor Ken Freeman said the first stage of renovating the depot began in 2016 with a new roof.  The second stage started in November 2018. "Now that's all done, and we can move on to making it a museum," the mayor said.

Many now has a flagpole at the Many Depot and a large, brightly lit American flag will be flying there soon.

The best news? It didn’t cost the town a penny. MidSouth Bank donated the flagpole, Crittenden’s Garage is donating the flag, and Hurd Electric is donating the nighttime lighting.

Many’s Alderman at Large Mary Brocato is thrilled about how donors stepped up to make the patriotic display possible. Brocato said, “We’ve worked so hard to restore the historic old depot, and we wanted a flag flying in front of it so badly. It was going to be expensive, but our donors took care of that problem and gave us everything we need. Our city street crew, under the supervision of Mike Moore, worked hard to remove the flagpole at Florien’s MidSouth branch, bring it to Many, and then installed it last week. The heat was terrible, but they never stopped until that flagpole was standing tall.”