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SUPPORT FOR COA – Breaux Bridge Mayor Ricky Calais presents a $10,000 donation to the Council on Aging. Shown are (from left) COA Chairperson Jennifer Champagne, Councilman Gary Champagne, COA board members Janet Lasseigne and Betty Guidry, executive director Shanese Lewis, Calais and council members Howard Alexander, Ernest “E.J.” Ledet, Brenda Castille Hobbs and Glenn Angelle. (Karl Jeter)

How Breaux Bridge is weathering downturn

Sales tax receipts here are down as they are throughout the area, but so far, spending controls are keeping high priority projects on schedule.

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CONTEST WINNERS – “Cleanest City” Slogan and poster contest winners received awards for their entries. Paige Broussard (left) was the first place winner in both categories. Her winning slogan is “Getting Clean in 2016.” (Karl Jeter)

Will the ’Ville become ‘Cleanest City’ again?

ith judging for the “District’s Cleanest City” just around the corner, St. Martinville schools and civic groups are asking residents to help by sprucing up their properties.

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BIG CHECK FOR PROJECT FRONT YARD – James Johnstone (left) of WoodmenLife presents a donation to Project Front Yard coordinator Holly Gilbeaux and Parish President Guy Cormier. The donation will cover the cost of supplying Project Front Yard activity books to students in parish schools. (Karl Jeter)

Project Front Yard gets boo$t from WoodmenLife

At the March 1 Parish Council meeting, the parish was presented with a donation of $4,150 from WoodmenLife to support efforts of Project Front Yard in parish schools. That amount will be used to finance the distribution of the project’s activity books to school students throughout the parish.

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