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RAYNE — “The New Acadia Project” is an effort to identify, investigate and preserve the original homesteads and final resting places of Acadians who settled in what is today known as Acadiana.
Warren Perrin, attorney from Erath, is spearheading the project and spoke recently to La Table Acadienne de Rayne (The Rayne French Table).
During his PowerPoint presentation, Perrin explained that in 1765, Joseph Broussard — also known as Beausoleil — led a group of about 200 men, women and children from Acadia, Canada, to the Gulf coast of Louisiana.

Edie Littlefield Sundby’s life took a turn when she was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer and lost a lung to the disease.
To help fight the depression and despair, she started walking the 1,600-mile El Camino Real de las Californias mission trail that runs from northern California into Mexico. It was a way to heal herself physically and spiritually. Now she’s walking the Old Spanish Trail from southern California to the Atlantic coast of Florida, recently passing through Broussard, New Iberia, Jeanerette, Baldwin and Franklin.

It’s no secret insuring property in Louisiana costs more at this moment in time.
With the renewal of its property insurance, the city of Abbeville discovered firsthand that the cost is increasing.
During a special meeting last Monday, the Abbeville City Council approved an insurance package for property coverage, auto physical coverage, boiler and machinery coverage, airport liability, and inland marine/equipment coverage. The renewal is effective as of March 1.
This year’s premium is $280,735, an increase of $150,083 compared to 2022.