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DELCAMBRE — The town of Delcambre will make a counter proposal to Coburn’s offer to replace water valves that proved to be defective, the town’s Board of Aldermen decided at Monday’s regular meeting.
Coburn’s offered to replace the valves, Mayor Pam Blakely said, but Alderwoman Sarah Trahan said she didn’t think the town should have to pay to replace the valves after it had already paid to put the valves in to begin with.

On April 17-23 Keep Abbeville Beautiful will spend the week cleaning around the city focusing on the watershed as part of Love the Boot Week, Louisiana’s largest litter cleanup effort held in conjunction with Earth Week, April 17-23, 2023. Love the Boot Week is organized by Keep Louisiana Beautiful and supported by the Office of the Lieutenant Governor.

BATON ROUGE–State officials are trying to figure out how to remedy a decline in TOPS scholarship participation throughout the state.
The Taylor Opportunity Program for Students, known as TOPS, is a merit-based scholarship funded by the state. The program offers scholarships to Louisiana residents attending public colleges, universities or vocational schools in the state.
Kim Hunter Reed, Louisiana’s commissioner on higher education, spoke to the House Committee on Appropriations Thursday about the declining participation numbers.