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Councilwoman Terry Broussard said Gibson Street is a “hot spot” for illegal dumping.

Council members want to get tougher on trash, illegal dumping in city

This afternoon, you may decide to hop in the car for a Sunday drive through the city.
After all, there is plenty of nice scenery in Abbeville. Unfortunately, as some city officials recently pointed out, there are spots where people are creating the opposite effect.
“Right now,” Councilman Brady Broussard Jr. said, “we have more garbage, more rubbish, more tall weeds, more tires in ditches and more broken windows. You name it.”

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Delcambre residents are accidentally running over the meters with their lawnmowers.

Delcambre deals with residents breaking water meters

DELCAMBRE — In the Town of Delcambre, any water meter that is damaged by no fault of the city is to be replaced at the homeowners expense.
In an effort to protect the town, Delcambre council adopted an ordinance placing the homeowner responsible for repairs or replacements of water meters and its parts.

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Vermilion Parish School Board looks at increasing substitute worker pay

Substitute support workers in Vermilion Parish School System have not received a pay raise in 16 years, which could be why the school system is having difficulty finding subs.
At Monday night’s school board committee meeting, Assistant Superintendent Paul Hebert addressed the school board looking for help to address the substitute support worker shortage problem the school district is facing.

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Members of the Rotary Club of Abbeville and the Abbeville Fire Department with the boat after Wednesday’s meeting.

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The Abbeville Rescue boat was brought to a Abbeville Rotary Club meeting recently.

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The boat features the logos for the Rotary Club and the Abbeville Fire Department.

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After a rain storm earlier this year, Abbeville Firefighter Tony Landry responds to a truck that flipped over on Coulee Kinney Road.

Rotary Club helps Abbeville Fire Department purchase boat

When you think of firefighters arriving at a scene to help, you likely picture them doing so in a truck.
However, frequent heavy rains have created some scenes over the years that are not conducive for trucks. Thanks to some help from the Rotary Club of Abbeville, the Abbeville Fire Department now has a boat.
Abbeville Assistant Fire Chief Kelly Mire told members of the Rotary Club that the idea that the department needed a boat began after the historic flooding in August of 2016.

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