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This year’s Abbeville Christmas ornament features St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. This is the 20th in a series that highlights historic buildings in the community.

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Abbeville Main Street Manager Charlene Beckett (left) and artist Jeannie Comeaux show the new ornament that features St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.

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St. Paul’s Episcopal Church featured on new Abbeville Christmas ornament

Thu, 12/01/2022 - 10:33am

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is one of the most picturesque settings in downtown Abbeville.
This year, you can hang it on your Christmas Tree.
In correlation with the annual Christmas Stroll, the city of Abbeville has released its official 2022 Christmas ornament, featuring St. Paul’s. The church is located at the corner of East Vermilion Street and North State Street.
“We have been doing this since 2003,” Abbeville Main Street Manager Charlene Beckett said of issuing the ornaments.

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Councilman Brady Broussard Jr., Kent LeBlanc and Carol LeBlanc (L-R) hang entries for the Wreath Contest on the fence at the Depot on Wednesday. Voting will take place during tonight’s Christmas Stroll.

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Abbeville Christmas Stroll set for Thursday night

Thu, 12/01/2022 - 10:29am

Yes, it is “beginning to look a lot like Christmas.”
Everywhere you go.
That will be especially true if you go to visit downtown Abbeville this evening.
The annual Abbeville Christmas Stroll will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. It’s a tradition that is now in its 23rd year.
Abbeville Main Street will play host to the event, with nearly 20 locations in the downtown area participating.

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Grand Jury hands down true bill against Ware for molestation of juvenile

Thu, 12/01/2022 - 9:49am

According to the 15h Judicial District Attorney’s office, a Grand Jury handed down a True Bill against Alan Joseph Ware of Abbeville last week.
Ware, whose last address is 8908 Rue Elanc in Abbeville, was indicted on seven counts.
Ware was arrested and charged in June of 2022.
Two of the seven were sexual battery charges.
He was charged twice for molestation of a juvenile (victim under 17 years old but older than 13 years old) and three charges of indecent behavior with a minor.

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ExxonMobil representatives presented Ducks Unlimted funding for coastal restoration at the recent DU Pecan Island event. L-R Brandon Maxwell, ExxonMobil; Jay Owen, Ducks Unlimited; PR Burke, Vermilion Corporation; Joe Coletti, ExxonMobil; Bob Dew, Ducks Unlimited; Paloma Pareja-Fernandez, ExxonMobil , Mike Smith, ExxonMobil

ExxonMobil awards Ducks Unlimited $500,000 for Louisiana Wetland Restoration

Thu, 12/01/2022 - 9:47am

LAFAYETTE – ExxonMobil recently committed $500,000 to Ducks Unlimited (DU) to help support the Bayou Chene restoration project in Vermilion Parish.

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Wade Robinson

Abbeville native gets music wing named after him

Thu, 12/01/2022 - 9:45am

Abbeville native Wade Robinson was caught off guard when he learned why he was at a dedication program at Plaisance Middle School in St. Landry Parish.
For 34 years, Robinson drove from Abbeville to then Plaisance High School and Northwest High School.
He was the band director from 1967 to 2001 at the two schools.
Earlier this month, his wife Catherine, of 54 years, was able to get him to return to the old Plaisance High School, now Plaisance Middle School, by telling him a small lie.

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