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St. Martin Parish arrests for Friday, April 25, through Sunday, April 27

Friday, April 25

Kendric Armstead, 38, Marrero; possession - Schedule II narcotics (SMSO).

Jacob Barfield, 17, 1200 block of Sawmill Hwy., Breaux Bridge; simple possession of marijuana (SMSO).

Todd Boquet, 25, Houma; attempted armed robbery (SMSO).

Graydon Gwyn, 56, Baldwin; probation violation (LPP).

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Standing behind Teche News’ “Baja St. Martin” columnist and correspondent Linda Cooke in the Belle River community center are (from left) Charlotte Ratcliff, Lynette Edwards, Phil Haney, “Dee “ Vicks, Shirley Akers and Greg Aucoin.

DA hosts luncheon for veterans in Belle River

On Friday, April 11, St. Martin Parish District Attorney Phil Haney hosted a luncheon for lower St. Martin and St. Mary Parish veterans in the new Belle River Community Meeting Room on Hwy. 70.

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An artist’s rendering of the 36,000-square-foot building that will house the Evangeline Campus of South Louisiana Community College near St. Martinville. Construction of the $9.2 million facility is slated to start this summer.

Campus almost ‘done deal’

Final approval of a St. Martinville site for the new Evangeline Campus of South Louisiana Community College (SLCC) is still nearly two months away, according to SLCC spokesperson Christine Payton.

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Members of Trinity Builders Club and Junior Knights of the Knights of Peter Claver prepare the drains for decals asking people not to dump oils and trash.(Elaine Clément)

St. Martinville cleanest city in the district

Thanks to the work of the St. Martinville Garden Club, Glenda Kately Sonnier, Parks and Recreation Director, and her staff and many local volunteers, St. Martinville placed first in the annual Cleanest City Contest for District 3.

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The 300,000-gallon tower in Commercial Park East south of Interstate 10, where one of the new lines serving the North Bridge area will be connected to the existing system .

Breaux Bridge planning $2.2 million project to improve distribution of water

The city fathers here have embarked upon an ambitious plan to improve and increase the delivery of municipal water plus other infrastructure improvements using funds from the city’s special taxing district on I-10.

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The 2016 high school football season has reached the halfway mark and the District 5-4A campaign begins Friday for the league’s five teams.

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