Jul 1, 2018
JEAN LAFITTE, La. –After nearly twenty years, pirogue racing returns to the Town of Jean Lafitte on Saturday, July, 21, 2018, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 920 Jean Lafitte Blvd., Jean Lafitte. “Everyone who has lived on Bayou Barataria remembers the summer pirogue races...
Sep 16, 2017
FIRST JEAN LAFITTE TOWN MARKET TAKES PLACE THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2017 JEAN LAFITTE, La. –The Town of Jean Lafitte hosts its first town market this Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 920 Jean Lafitte...
Jul 12, 2017
TOWN OF JEAN LAFITTE HOLDS RIBBON CUTTING AND DEDICATION CEREMONY FOR OPENING OF THE NUNEZ SEAFOOD PAVILION AND AJ & SHERON FABRE MARKET JEAN LAFITTE, La –The Town of Jean Lafitte will celebrate the grand opening of Lafitte’s Seafood Pavilion and Market on...
Jan 28, 2017
At one time, Lafitte had its own auditorium. A place for the community to come together for celebratory events, where many happy occurrences took place and memories were made. However, after being flooded by numerous hurricanes and storms, the toll had been taken on...
Mar 6, 2015
Jean Lafitte, La. – The town of Jean Lafitte encourages residents and tourists alike to take advantage of cooler, fall weather by walking the newly added section of the Wetland Trace nature trail. “We live in such a unique and beautiful part of the state, and I want...
Nov 17, 2014
Just off urban doorsteps, Lafitte is a dive into wild Louisiana By Ian Mcnulty Imcnulty, The Advocate, Nov. 17, 2014 If it’s true that nature abhors a vacuum, then it doesn’t seem to have much use for straight lines either, at least not in the alluvial sprawl of...
Sep 14, 2014
BY JEFF ADELSON, The Advocate, Sept. 9, 2014 Officials kicked off the first phase of the project Friday, breaking ground on an $8.5 million tidal levee that will protect much of the town from storm surge even as plans move forward for levees that would ring the rest...
Jul 16, 2014
LAFITTE, La. – The town of Jean Lafitte now has its place firmly etched in history, with the unveiling of a historical marker Saturday by the Jefferson Parish Historical Commission. Lafitte Mayor Tim Kerner attended the unveiling ceremony at the Jean Lafitte...
Dec 6, 2013
Santa Claus stops by the town of Jean Lafitte amidst holiday lights and decorations on Dec. 7, 13, 14, 20 and 21 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at 4917 City Park Dr. in Lafitte. Tour the new Barataria Museum & Wetland Trace, experience a walking adventure into a festive...
Apr 15, 2013
Talking alligators and ghostly pirates give Lafitte’s new Barataria Museum and Wetland Trace a sense of the character and charm of the town itself. In a town named for the infamous pirate who once used its waterways as a backdoor to New Orleans, a museum certainly...
