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Park Avenue improvement project to begin on Monday

Staff Report
Friday, October 22, 2021
Reconstruction work on Park Avenue from 12th to Jake is scheduled to begin Monday to be followed by seven other streets in a $1.3 million city street improvement program.
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Myra Miller
Thursday, October 21, 2021
CDA leads Rosary daily in October Every day during the month of October, Court Eunice 208 Catholic Daughters of the Americas will be leading a rosary at 5:30 p.m. in the rosary garden at St. Anthony’s Church. The public is invited. St.

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Acadia Parish School Board OKs mobile STEM labs

Lisa Soileaux / Rayne Acadian-Tribune
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
A short, but productive committee meeting of the Acadia Parish School Board saw a number of subjects heard, discussed and approved.

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Acadia Parish Police Jury adopts culvert installation policy

Steve Bandy / Crowley Post-Signal
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
An new ordinance regulating the installation of culverts along parish roads allows residents to contract with the Police Jury for the labor involved in the installation. The property owner is responsible for the cost of the culverts and the cover.
Angelia Guillory, community service supervisor, and Mayor Scott Fontenot by a flower box in front of the Eunice Municipal Complex. (Photo by Myra Miller)

Angelia Guillory, community service supervisor, and Mayor Scott Fontenot by a flower box in front of the Eunice Municipal Complex. (Photo by Myra Miller)

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Beautification project at City Hall and 2nd Street

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Angelia Guillory, community service supervisor for the City of Eunice, has started a beautification project. The project is by the municipal complex near the grounds and parking. Guillory said she began the flowering project in July and is now working on downtown 2nd Street.
The Eunice Chamber of Commerce held a Business over Breakfast Tuesday morning where Eunice business people met and enjoyed coffee and a light breakfast.

The Eunice Chamber of Commerce held a Business over Breakfast Tuesday morning where Eunice business people met and enjoyed coffee and a light breakfast.

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Business over Breakfast at Eunice Chamber

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
The Eunice Chamber of Commerce held a Business Over Breakfast from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Tuesday at their building on CC Duson. The public was invited to attend and enjoy coffee and a light breakfast.

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St. Landry Parish may get $6M from opioid settlement is $6M

Tony Marks / Ville Platte Gazette
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
A $325 million settlement between the State of Louisiana and the nation’s largest distributors of opioids has been announced and, according to Attorney General Jeff Landry, is part of a broader settlement reached between the opioid companies and other attorneys general across the country. St.
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Music to return to downtown Eunice

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Live music returns to downtown Eunice when Fall Into Downtown begins at 5:30 p.m. Thursday on 2nd Street featuring Three Thirty Seven, and Horace Trahan and the Ossun Express. The event is focused on bringing the community together, said Alicia Mire, the city’s Main Street director.
Eunice Fire Chief Mike Arnold, left, and firefighter Robert Avery work with the department’s new 75-foot ladder truck behind the Central Fire Station. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan)

Eunice Fire Chief Mike Arnold, left, and firefighter Robert Avery work with the department’s new 75-foot ladder truck behind the Central Fire Station. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan)

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New ladder truck enhances city firefighting capabilities

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Most people probably don’t think about city services such as fire protection because they believe it will be there when needed. But if you live or work in the taller or larger structures in Eunice, your fire protection has been enhanced this year.