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🌱 Why are Vidalia-area sewer bills rising while problems still overflow?
Vidalia, Louisiana Patch AM: a 3 min readGood day Vidalia! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Why are Vidalia-area sewer bills rising while problems still overflow?
Also on today's calendar: MISS LOU JUNETEENTH BUSINESS EXPO.
Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Partly sunny and warm, with a high of 93 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 91, low: 75.
- Sunday: Humid with heavy t-storms, with a high of 88 and low of 74 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Concordia Parish residents question sewer rate hike amid dec... (natchezdemocrat.com) — Vidalia-area residents are pushing back against a new $2 monthly sewer rate hike set to start July 1, saying long-standing overflow and backup problems still aren’t fixed. At a Monday meeting, Concordia Parish Police Jurors pressed the sewer district chairman as residents described decades of sewage in yards, ditches, and homes whenever heavy rains hit. 
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JUNETEENTH RE-ENACTMENT SHOW →
Delta Music Museum Hall of Fame & Arcade Theatre, 218 Louisiana Ave, Ferriday
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Wednesday June 17
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MISS LOU JUNETEENTH BUSINESS EXPO →
Vidalia Conference & Convention Center, 112 Front St # A, Vidalia
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Saturday June 20
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Haunted Fairbanks House Paranormal Investigation →
Haunted Fairbanks House, Clayton
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Soybean Pageant →
Block High School, 300 Division St, Jonesville
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Delta Music Museum Hall of Fame & Arcade Theatre, 218 Louisiana Ave, Ferriday
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Saturday June 27
Saturday August 15
Saturday August 29
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What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Pizza Hut, Inc. posted a job opening for Team Member in Vidalia. Apply here.
- American Cruise Lines posted a job opening for Housekeeper in Vidalia. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Vidalia here.
🗞 Nearby News
Marksville
- Cenla fire chief shows why it is dangerous to leave child inside hot car (kalb.com)
- NSU Theatre and Dance students working professionally across the country this summer (klax-tv.com)
- Obituary for Sandra Cecelia Sampson (avoyellestoday.com)
Pineville
- State championship produces All-State prizes for Pineville softball (rapidesparishjournal.com)
- Save My Louisiana group to host meeting on data centers, carbon capture (thetowntalk.com)
- In-person early voting begins Friday (rapidesparishjournal.com)
Ok Vidalia! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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