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Maurice City Hall

Village of Maurice prepares to be Town of Maurice

Wed, 12/02/2020 - 12:11pm

MAURICE — As the Village of Maurice moves closer to becoming the Town of Maurice, officials are continuing discussion of what the representation of the town will look like.
Maurice will exceed the threshold of at least 1,000 to be a town when the 2020 Census is finalized. Maurice had 964 residents for the ‘10 Census. That number is expected to be more than 2,000 this time around.

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No Abbeville Christmas Stroll this year

Wed, 12/02/2020 - 8:22am

This year hasn’t presented many easy decisions.
While it wasn’t an easy one, Abbeville Mayor Mark Piazza said the decision to cancel the 2020 Abbeville Christmas Stroll was the right decision. The event would have taken place this Thursday.
“It was a difficult decision to make,” Piazza said. “We feel like the businesses, especially at this time, need all the exposure that they can get. That was the whole point in starting the stroll years ago.
“The origin of the stroll was to bring business to downtown Abbeville.”

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Photo credit: Brian Tran / University of Louisiana at Lafayette

UL Lafayette Commencement ceremonies set for Tuesday, Dec. 8, Wednesday, Dec. 9

Tue, 12/01/2020 - 12:34pm

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette will confer undergraduate and graduate degrees during several Fall 2020 Commencement ceremonies that will be held over two days at Cajun Field and Lamson and Russo parks.
Individual ceremonies for six of UL Lafayette’s eight academic colleges are set for Tuesday, Dec. 8; ceremonies for two academic colleges and the Graduate School will be held the next day.

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From left are Evangeline Parish Assistant Superintendent of Schools Michael Lombas, Linzy Landreneau, Evangeline Parish Superintendent of Schools Darwan Lazard, Doctor Chuck Aswell, and Evangeline Parish School Board Supervisor Kelli LaFleur. (Gazette photo by Nancy Duplechain)

PILOTING A TESTING MISSION

Tue, 12/01/2020 - 9:32am

NANCY DUPLECHAIN
LSN Associate Editor

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Abbeville High’s halls were empty on Monday. They will be empty again today, as students operate on a distancing learning model.

Abbeville High distance learning through Tuesday

Tue, 12/01/2020 - 7:46am

Members of the Abbeville High administration, faculty and staff returned to campus on Monday after the Thanksgiving break.
However, they were the only people on campus.
Vermilion Parish Superintendent Tommy Byler announced on Sunday that Abbeville High students would be operating virtually during the first two days of this week.
“Abbeville High will not be in session for the students,” Byler said in a social media post. “Abbeville High will be in a distance-learning model on Monday and Tuesday.
“No students will be at school through Tuesday.”

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