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This is the first in a series of articles profiling the five men who will be ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Boston at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on May 22.
BRIGHTON Even though he spent his childhood in Libertyville, a town north of Chicago, Deacon Robert LeBlanc has always considered Boston his home.
His parents were from Newton, and when he was halfway through college, his family moved back to the East Coast. Boston s always really been home for me. It s where my family s all from, so I had spent a lot of time in the Boston area, Deacon LeBlanc said in a March 24 interview.
Last Call: New Orleans bars and restaurants can now open until 1 AM WWL Staff
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: The video above is from previous coverage of the restrictions put on Louisiana s bars where bar owners called for hours to be extended.
New Orleans bars and restaurants are getting a big boost this weekend.
The City of New Orleans is easing COVID restrictions and allowing bars and restaurants to serve alcohol until 1 a.m.
Until recently, the 11 p.m. curfew on alcoholic beverage sales was a state-wide mandate. Gov. John Bel Edwards lifted that rule at the end of March as the COVID-19 vaccine became widely available and the number of new coronavirus cases and deaths dropped.
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White people are more likely to work in front-of-house positions and have senior management positions. Author: Sheba Turk / Eyewitness News Published: 7:20 AM CDT April 1, 2021 Updated: 7:51 AM CDT April 1, 2021
NEW ORLEANS Restaurant owner Robert LeBlanc always had a diverse group of friends so he never really thought of race as an issue in his life. I was always open-minded. I don t ever think I considered myself to be racist. My parents did a good job of not seeing color and that was the goal, explains LeBlanc.
After the death of George Floyd, LeBlanc looked around at the world and his world, the hospitality industry, and realized that not seeing color wasn t enough.
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