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Members of the American Legion will be in front of the Legion Hall in Abbeville, selling
watermelons until the last one is gone.

Sweet fundraiser: American Legion selling watermelons to support scholarship

Mon, 07/09/2018 - 10:31am

The American Legion have been selling Sugar Town Watermelons since Sunday to raise money for their Scholarship Fund.
The Scholarship fund is something the Legion does annually, which this is one of many ways the public could help in creating this fund.
The Scholarship fund raises $2,000 and any extra money raised goes into the maintenance fund. If you would like to, you can do so by buying a watermelon or two at the American Legion Vermilion Post 29 building.

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Debris pick up in Abbeville questioned, process explained

Mon, 07/09/2018 - 10:06am

When Councilman Francis Touchet Jr. brought up trash and debris pickup during Tuesday’s Abbeville City Council meeting, the concern didn’t center around whether items placed by the side of the road would eventually get picked up.
Instead, Touchet said his question, one that he has received from several of his constituents, is about the pickup schedule.

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Nicholas Marquis Wilson

New Iberia man arrested after stabbing death in Abbeville

Fri, 07/06/2018 - 10:31am

A man wanted in connection to a stabbing death in Abbeville Thursday afternoon is now behind bars.
Abbeville Chief of Police Bill Spearman said officers arrested Nicholas Marquis Wilson, 36, of New Iberia, after locating him in Jeanerette around 10 p.m. on Thursday. Members of the Jeanerette Police Department, New Iberia Sheriff’s Office and Louisiana State Police assisted in the case.
Officers booked Wilson into to Vermilion Parish Correction Center just before noon on Friday. Wilson faces a Second-degree Murder Charge. His bond has been set at $250,000.

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Beth B. Melebeck

Beth B. Melebeck named as President of Bank of Erath

Tue, 07/03/2018 - 9:13am

Beth B. Melebeck has been named as President of the Bank of Erath and Bank of Erath Holding Company effective July 1, 2018. The announcement was made by Paul G. Moresi, Jr., the Bank’s Chief Executive Officer.
A lifelong native of Abbeville and an employee of the Bank for over 35 years, she has served with distinction as Executive Vice President for the last 17 years, and has served on the Board of Directors of the Bank since 2002.

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