long with the gumbo pots, the fall brings out our culturally rich music and dance steps shared by locals and visitors celebrating our season of festivals. To enhance our culturally rich experiences in 2022 the children of Vermilion Parish now have a folk roots music project spearheaded by the Fine Arts and French Immersion Supervisor, […]
You could call it a surprise Christmas gift. It certainly came as a surprise. Work began this week on the new walking trail that will be featured at Abbeville’s Lafitte Drive-in Park. The park is located at 105 John Hardy Dr. Originally, the schedule didn’t have that happening until early in the new year. “I was […]
Bridget Campbell Winters waited behind a large wooden table to field questions from members of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in October. “One common factor guiding all of us as board members together is our commitment to help the children of Vermilion Parish receive the best possible education in the best possible […]
The Port of Delcambre has been awarded a $2 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation to improve an industrial fabrication yard and rebuild its commercial fishing docks. Wendell R. Verret, port director, said the hope is expanding the fabrication yard will lead to additional jobs at Bagwell Energy Services. Bagwell could add up to 450 jobs over […]
Last week the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration announced first-year airport funding awards, including $35,689,010 – of $2.89 billion nationally – which is set to be divvied up between airports in Louisiana. The funding comes from the recently passed $1 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Joe Biden in November. The money […]
The Vermilion Parish Police Jury took the first step to allow the Lafayette Utility System’s LUS Fiber to place its fiber lines in Vermilion Parish. Ryan Meche, the LUS Fiber director, made a sales pitch to the Vermilion Parish Police Jury as to why LUS Fiber, which provides underground fiber for TV, Internet, and telephones, wants to locate […]
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette has achieved the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Learning’s elite R1 designation. That places UL Lafayette among the nation’s top tier of public and private research institutions, those with “very high research activity,” according to Carnegie. About 3%, or 137, of the nation’s colleges and universities have R1 […]
Kaplan will now have its own preschool that is suitable for almost any budget. Lola Thomas, Supervisor for Vermilion Parish Early Childhood, spoke to the board in excitement about the program that she is proud to be a part of. With the state’s restructure of the face of early childhood for the state of Louisiana, […]
New $22 million facility to be built adjacent to Chris Crusta Memorial Airport There are plans to build a new headquarters for the Louisiana National Guard 256 Infantry, which is currently located in Abbeville. The good news is that the new facility will still be in Abbeville. During Tuesday night’s regular meeting, the Abbeville City […]
Any serious discussion about Acadiana’s oyster eating history has to start at Dupuy’s Seafood and Steak in Abbeville. Located inside a one-story building that sits at a location with the Vermilion River flowing behind it and the western entrance into the city’s downtown, the mollusk is revered. Oyster half-shells have been placed along one of […]