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MAURICE — As the Village of Maurice moves closer to becoming the Town of Maurice, officials are continuing discussion of what the representation of the town will look like.
Maurice will exceed the threshold of at least 1,000 to be a town when the 2020 Census is finalized. Maurice had 964 residents for the ‘10 Census. That number is expected to be more than 2,000 this time around.

This year hasn’t presented many easy decisions.
While it wasn’t an easy one, Abbeville Mayor Mark Piazza said the decision to cancel the 2020 Abbeville Christmas Stroll was the right decision. The event would have taken place this Thursday.
“It was a difficult decision to make,” Piazza said. “We feel like the businesses, especially at this time, need all the exposure that they can get. That was the whole point in starting the stroll years ago.
“The origin of the stroll was to bring business to downtown Abbeville.”

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette will confer undergraduate and graduate degrees during several Fall 2020 Commencement ceremonies that will be held over two days at Cajun Field and Lamson and Russo parks.
Individual ceremonies for six of UL Lafayette’s eight academic colleges are set for Tuesday, Dec. 8; ceremonies for two academic colleges and the Graduate School will be held the next day.