CenLamar | Est. 2006

I Can Be Nice Too: Excellent Town Talk Op-Ed On South Alexandria, Proposed Sports Arena “Faithful readers know the location well. From 1908 to 1985, the foundry and machine shop specialized in the manufacture, fabrication and repair of iron, steel and other metals. Faithful readers also know that since the foundry closed, the 6.5-acre property has been declared an EPA Superfund site and a public health hazard. It’s been on the EPA’s national priority list since 1999. Toxic chemicals on the site and in nearby canal sediment range from arsenic to zinc…..Meanwhile, some of the nearly 6,000 people who live…

Note to the Town Talk: You’re Not a Blog (And You Shouldn’t Try To Be One) I know, I know. I’ve given the Town Talk a hard time before. I’ve called them the Clown Talk. It was just a joke, guys. I promise. But their latest foray into the blogosphere has me scratching my head. Not because I fear the competition. (Because they’re not really competing against anyone other than themselves. I don’t blog for money, and neither does WeSawThat or Cenla Antics). The reason I’m confused by this StoryChat option is that it denigrates real journalism into a sounding…

CenLamar: Ten Under Thirty: Danny Tran Danny Tran is a graduate of Alexandria Senior High School and Belmont University in Nashville, TN. He is an accomplished musician and actor, and his band, Everyday Atlas, is currently on tour throughout the American South. Lamar: You moved to Nashville after graduating high school. There seems to be a number of people from Central Louisiana who are moving to Nashville to pursue music careers. What’s so special about the scene there? The stereotype about Nashville is that it’s all gospel and country music. That can’t be true; is it? Danny: To answer your…