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Williams Scholar Academy will have townhall meeting on Feb. 22

Mon, 02/22/2021 - 10:36am

Williams Scholar Academy and Bethal’s Place will have a town hall meeting on Monday at Comeaux Recreation Center in Abbeville.
The meeting will begin at 5:45 p.m.
The meeting is part of an ongoing effort to allow community-wide participation related to the school and to provide transparency related to the Bethel-Herod Development.
On-site student registration for August 2021 will also be available.
Student registration and teacher applications can also be submitted at wsascholar.com

President Biden approves Gov. Edwards’ request for Federal Emergency Declaration due to impact of historic winter storms

Fri, 02/19/2021 - 10:20am

BATON ROUGE — President Joseph R. Biden has approved Governor John Bel Edwards’ request for a federal emergency declaration for all 64 Louisiana parishes impacted by the severe and historic winter weather. Specifically, FEMA will provide emergency protective measures (Category B) for mass care and sheltering and direct federal assistance from federal agencies.

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Good Real Estate Year

Fri, 02/19/2021 - 9:32am

For the second year in a row, the real estate business in Vermilion Parish is strong, based on the Realtors Association of Acadiana Multiple Listing Services (MLS) data.
James Noel Jr. of Sunrise Realty, LLC in Abbeville provided the Abbeville Meridional with numbers of 2019 and 2020 real estate market in Vermilion Parish.
The sale of single-family detached dwellings (not counting mobile homes) stayed about the same from 2019.
According to MLS, 359 homes were sold in Vermilion Parish in 2019. In 2020, there were 354, which is five less than a year ago.

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John Andrus

Andrus inducted into state 4-H Hall of Fame

Fri, 02/19/2021 - 9:27am

John Andrus has served the Vermilion Parish 4-H Program for 29 years as a dedicated volunteer.
John serves on the Parish 4-H Advisory Committee and on the Livestock Committee. He is a Master Cattleman Graduate; Master Horseman Graduate; and Master Farmer Graduate. In the early 90’s, John was instrumental in working with Dr. John Sullivan and staff at LSU in implementing the first commercial heifer program and later implemented the F-1 Braford classes into the LSU livestock program.

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