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DELCAMBRE — Delcambre Mayor Pam Blakely attended the recent Iberia Parish School Board meeting and came back with an agreement for the town’s planned park property on the corner of Main and Pelloat streets, she told the Board of Aldermen at its monthly meeting on Monday.
The board then voted to authorize the mayor to enter into an agreement for the property. The cooperative endeavor agreement for development of the property requires that the town send all plan specifications to the school board for approval prior to construction, town attorney Gabe Duhon said.

MAURICE — The town of Maurice is experiencing growing pains.
Maurice Police Chief Guy Nerren mailed a letter to every resident in Maurice, reminding them that it is against the law to park on the streets of Maurice.
In the letter mailed on April 18, Chief Nerren reminded all residents to park in their driveways, not on any part of the street.
Chief Nerren said accidents have happened because of improper parking on the street.

According to Sheriff Mike Couvillion, after a month long investigation, and countless hours of surveillance into a large-scale narcotics manufacturing and distribution operation, the Vermilion Municipal and Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force were able to execute several search warrants and were able to arrest Timothy Willis of Abbeville.
As a result of the search warrant, agents were able to seize the following:
• $19,352.37 in suspected drug proceed money
• 6 firearms with one being reported stolen.
• 176.36 grams of suspected crack cocaine