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Vermilion Parish School System halfway done hiring for 150 teacher/support personnel positions

Mon, 05/23/2022 - 2:41pm

It is that time of the school year when the hiring begins for the Vermilion Parish Public School system.
While teachers and students are counting down the days before the school year ends, there are those in the central office who kicked into the hiring mode.
Assistant Superintendent Paul Hebert, who is retiring in January, and his staff is busy trying to find people to fill 160 open positions. The positions range from teachers, secretaries, principals, assistant principals, lunchroom operators, and janitors.

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The Erath Police will be on the look out for adults not wearing their seat belts, along with children being buckled up properly.

‘Click It Or Ticket’ underway in Erath

Mon, 05/23/2022 - 2:38pm

Erath police officers are stepping up seat belt enforcement ahead of the upcoming Memorial Day weekend.
The Erath Police Department for the next few weeks will be on the look out for drivers and passengers 15 and younger who don’t wear their seat belts.
The annual “Click It Or Ticket” campaign comes just before the start one of the most active travel weekends of the year.
It will be held starting May 23 and runs through June 5.
A ticket in Erath for not wearing a seat belt is $52.

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Mark Shirley introduces third graders to a live alligator during a recent Wetland Days event.

Sea Grant Agent Mark Shirley Named Alumnus of the Year

Fri, 05/20/2022 - 9:27am

Louisiana Sea Grant and LSU AgCenter marine extension agent Mark Shirley has been inducted into the Louisiana State University School of Renewable Natural Resources/Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries Hall of Fame as Alumnus of the Year for 2022.
Nominations must be made by School of Renewable Natural Resources (RNR) faculty members, and all 28 RNR faculty members vote on the nominations. The Hall of Fame was re-established in 2007, and Shirley makes the 30th inductee since that time.

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Twin Parish Port Commission Director Wendell Verret (center) introduces Dwight’s Restaurant owner Dwight Breaux (right) and general manager Brandy Mitchell (left) to the Delcambre Board of Aldermen on Monday. Breaux and his daughter, Mitchell, are planning to build a Dwight’s on the Bayou restaurant at Bayou Carlin Cove, and plan to have a music stage as well as volleyball and cornhole tournaments at the site, as well as fishing tournaments based there.

New restaurant planned at Bayou Carlin Cove

Thu, 05/19/2022 - 1:43pm

DELCAMBRE — A proposal to bring a Dwight’s on the Bayou restaurant to Bayou Carlin Cove is an exciting prospect for the town of Delcambre, Mayor Pam Blakely said at Monday’s meeting of the Board of Aldermen, but the board opted to table the annexation of Bayou Carlin Cove until next month’s board meeting while costs and lease issues are looked into.
“We’re ready to move forward,” Blakely said. “We’re excited. We want this.”
“We are, too,” said Brandy Mitchell, general manager of Dwight’s Restaurant located on Johnston Street in Lafayette.

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Alison Miller

Vermilion Parish tourism figures are on the rise

Thu, 05/19/2022 - 1:40pm

Each year, the Vermilion Parish Tourist Commission (VPTC) compiles tourism figures and compares these numbers to previous years to measure how tourism is doing in the parish. After being down for a couple of years, tourism is beginning to pick up in the parish. Although not yet back to pre-COVID visitation, the Tourist Commission is noticing more people coming into the Center on a daily basis, including a few international visitors.

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