Fan
Director of the Jorge-Ferreira Conservatory in Avallon since 1991, Gilles Bugnot is nonetheless a big fan of English psychedelic rock. He is none other than the saxophonist of the tribute band Encore Floyd, which has been covering Pink Floyd's biggest hits all over France for 20 years. Their last concert in Yonne took place in August, at the Champ-retard cave.
Lewis Hamilt(y)on
In an interview for Canal +, Frédéric Vasseur, general director of Scuderia Ferrari (Formula 1), talks about Yonne and Villeneuve-la-Guyard. The founder of art GP remembers with a broad smile coming to pick up his future driver Lewis Hamilton around twenty years ago, at the station in the town of Icaunaise.
Santa Claus takes the bus
Users of the Senonais urban transport network had the surprise this week of traveling in the company of Santa Claus. The man with the white beard distributed goodies and papillotes to travelers, but also hot coffee to bus drivers. Ho ho ho!
Bridge with AJA
At the public meeting on the revaluation of Batardeau-Montardoins, Crescent Marault, mayor of Auxerre, noted the need to rethink mobility between the city center and the sports plain. The idea of a footbridge connecting the Auxerrexpo car park to the AJ Auxerre arose, to relieve traffic congestion in the area. The ball is in the court of the elected officials.
The breakdown
Everything was ready for the big day. On Wednesday morning, the demolition of silo 4 was to begin in Auxerre, symbolically launching the redevelopment project for the Batardeau-Montardoins district. For this large-scale operation, the City brought in “the largest excavator in Europe” at the end of October. But on the eve of the event, the tool broke down. Due to a “broken belt”, the demolition was postponed until early January. The tile.
Health !
During an exchange with readers, in the writing of Republican Yonnethis Friday, December 20, the coach of AJ Auxerre, Christophe Pélissier, told a rather funny anecdote about his hometown. “You should know that the Get 27 was created at home, in Revel (Haute-Garonne). The Get brothers come from there. » Indeed, the botanist François Pons developed a mint liqueur in his distillery in Revel and registered the recipe in 1796.
Decay
Thursday December 19, INSEE revealed population developments in Burgundy Franche-Comté. As at the regional level, Yonne is losing inhabitants, despite some territorial disparities. “But some municipalities are happy,” assured Bertrand Kauffmann, regional director of INSEE. Because growing requires agricultural land for the construction of housing estates. » Would the concept of decline also apply demographically?
And the light was
While municipalities have to face the contraction of their budgets, several of them have considered limiting their end-of-year illuminations. This is not the case for Migennes which increased its budget for this year. “We must not fall into miserabilism,” says Mayor François Boucher. We do this for the well-being of everyone and the joy of the children.”
Grand slam
The singer Eureka led a slam writing workshop on Thursday December 19 and Friday December 20, then a concert, with 166 students from the Pierre-Larousse school complex in Toucy. Each of the six participating classes was able to compose a verse and learn about “spoken poetry to rhythmic music,” said the former journalist. A third wanted to be sure: “Does this have anything to do with the show on France 3? “. “Nothing to see,” replies Eureka, who orchestrated this Poyaudin “grand slam”.
Yellow card
During the November municipal council, Auxerre elected official Florence Loury was “tackled” by Crescent Marault who invited her “to do training on what a budget is”. Thursday, December 19 in the evening, the ecologist returned to these “derogatory remarks” by sending “a yellow card” to the mayor, inviting him to “be careful of this type of remarks which tend to think that politics is reserved for a elite” even though it comes from civil society.
Pass of arms
In Sens municipal council, Monday December 16, Ludovic Massard (RN) found it good to recall that the social center under construction had been “burned by scum”. Mathieu Bittoun (EELV) replied: “Talking about scum is interesting. But there are also some who act in other spheres and are judged for millions of embezzled euros…” a piquant allusion to the trial of FN parliamentary assistants, including the Icaunais deputy Julien Odoul.
Leading the way
Thursday evening, the agglomeration of Grand Sénonais formalized the establishment of Holberton School, a computer science school, in one direction. In addition to the arrival of the establishment's leaders, the first registrant was presented to the elected officials. This is Terence Tengue, a 19-year-old Central African. Above all, a neo-Sénonais, since the swimmer decided to stay in France after his participation in the Paris Olympic Games, in the 50 meter freestyle.
A lack of unity?
During the municipal council of Charny-Orée-de-Puisaye, Gérald Albano, deputy mayor of the Fontenouilles commune, regretted the lack of unity during the national celebrations. The councilor submitted the idea of “bringing together” these festivities in one of the fourteen villages of the new commune. “We just have to move all the war memorials to Charny, too,” laughed an opposition elected official.
Avallon on screen
On Sunday December 29, at 9 p.m., the documentary “In the footsteps of Vauban, from Morvan to Besançon” will be broadcast on France 5. A documentary from their collection “The 100 places you have to see”.
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