Honoring the 63rd year of the current drawbridge’s existence, the Breaux Bridge Area Chamber of Commerce on Friday made a $6,300 donation to the Paint the Bridge Fund which was organized to raise money to restore and repair the downtown landmark.
Ominous weather did not put a dampener on the ribbon cutting for two new subdivisions on the Atchafalaya River Highway (La. 105) north of I-10 near the Butte La Rose exit.
Shelia Landry of St. Martin Parish Safe Community, a program of the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission, reminds you to “keep the party off the road” this holiday season.
A poboy sale will be held on Saturday, Dec. 14, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Henry Guidry Memorial Park in Henderson for cancer patient Marcie Dauphine.
With the Nov. 15 kickoff of the “Paint the Bridge” initiative, funds are being sought to restore and repaint a landmark dear to the heart of Breaux Bridge citizens – the historic drawbridge situated on, aptly named, Bridge Street, in the downtown area.