Residents gather during the 2010 march against crime in the Milan neighborhood. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
Jan 262012
Jan 262012
Allan Katz and Danae Columbus
Political punditry has been turned into a hazardous occupation by the ups and downs of the Republican presidential primaries.
Just a month ago, it seemed pretty safe to speculate that Mitt Romney was on his way to locking up the Republican Presidential nomination and that Newt Gingrich was toast. Now, after the South Carolina primary, a victorious Gingrich is riding a wave of momentum while Romney is struggling to regain his credibility. Continue reading »
Jan 252012
The International School of Lousiana's Olivier Street campus in Algiers. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
But amid so much growth, the prospect of a second attempt to take over a failing New Orleans school in 2013 provoked rare dissension within the International School’s governing board. Continue reading »
Jan 252012
Tulane will add six NOPD patrols and expand the area they cover, Tulane University Police Superintendent John Barnwell told Meg Farris of our reporting partners at WWL-TV.
Jan 252012
Craig Giesecke and his wife, Kimmie, closed the kitchen of J’Anitas at the Rendon Inn for the last time Tuesday, he wrote in a post on his personal blog.
Jan 252012
Someone staking a false claim to the neutral ground in the 2300 block of Napoleon on Mardi Gras Day 2011. (photo by Jean-Paul Villere for UptownMessenger.com)
Each Carnival I approach parade routes with glee and caution. As such please find the below pointers, tips, alerts, and otherwise whacks to the back of heads as the 2012 Mardi Gras season kicks off. We all want to embrace the revelry, so let’s all do our best to help each other enjoy, shall we? Let’s! Continue reading »
Jan 252012
The budget for repairs to major structural issues at Lusher Charter School’s two campuses has been reduced by more than $7 million from what was originally planned, based on an Orleans Parish School Board vote on Tuesday, leaving officials wondering how the cuts will affect the scope of the renovations. Continue reading »
Jan 242012
Connie Uddo, KaTREEna Director briefs the volunteers. (photo courtesy of Ed Vail)
Freret Neighbors United’s most recent service project was its third neighborhood tree planting, held Jan. 21, according to volunteer Ed Vail.
Jan 242012
Mose Percy
Police are seeking the public’s help finding three people they’d like to question about the 2010 shooting death of a 77-year-old man whose body was found in a car on Toledano Street. Continue reading »
Jan 242012
Cecile Tebo
My last call for service before leaving my post with the NOPD Crisis Unit was a 24-year-old hanging from the rafters of his apartment, a clear and tragic sign that my advocacy work with the mentally ill was far from over. In my 10 years with the crisis unit, I was exposed to a large world of chronically mentally ill who live in our city, and their needs continue to be great, as witnessed in this last call. Continue reading »
Jan 232012
In its first public hearing on a plan to effectively double water and sewer rates over the next five years, the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans faced an audience skeptical about the agency’s efficiency and worried about the impact of such a large increase on residents with fixed incomes. Continue reading »
Jan 232012
Owen Courreges
Things at Whole Foods are starting to get real.
Last week, on January 11th, a man met his wife for lunch at Whole Foods on Magazine Street. Apparently, he committed the grand, obscene offense of parking over the yellow line. As a result, when he returned he was confronted by a watchful Samaritan who proceeded to engage him in a calm, fruitful discussion on the subject of proper parking etiquette and its role in civil society. Continue reading »
Jan 232012
Police have made two recent gun arrests in the Lower Garden Distict, including one during a repast for the victim of a recent homicide at Jackson and Tchoupitoulas.
A man was found with a stolen gun last week at a repast for the victim of this month’s fatal shooting at Jackson and Tchoupitoulas, and he was arrested after a brief pursuit down Chippewa Street, police said. Continue reading »
Jan 222012
Volunteers build a new playground at Lusher Charter School's Willow Street campus on Saturday, January 21, 2012. The playground was designed by students, and features a combination of adventure-style elements, such as a zipline, with more exercise-oriented activities. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
Jan 222012
Benjamin Morris
Empires rise and fall. Nations abide with the tides. Even glaciers and mountains shift their positions over time. In the grand scheme of things, there are certain forms of change about which we can do little, and which we must learn to accept. But then – sometimes – there are presences whose passage is worthy of our closest attention. After a brief break for the holidays, one of those has returned.
His name is Wheels.
Jan 212012
The fifth grade class of Audubon Charter School held a garage-sale fundraiser at their Carrollton campus, which is now line for a $2.2 million renovation. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
Jan 212012
A Tulane student was robbed of her cellphone Thursday night on Willow Street near State by a man with what appeared to be a gun, police said. Continue reading »
Jan 202012
The route starts at the Turning Point bar on Washington Avenue, heads into Milan, up Toledano, and back down Claiborne and Martin Luther King Boulevard to finish a few blocks away from the starting point.
The Ladies and Men of Unity second line will roll through Central City and Milan starting at noon Sunday at the Turning Point Lounge on Washington Avenue, according to Gambit’s Red Cotton, who also provides turn-by-turn directions and a video from 2010.
Jan 202012
Robberies reported in the Uptown area since Friday, Jan. 13. (via NOPD.com)
At least 20 teenagers have been arrested on robbery charges in the last two weeks, but the surge in Uptown robberies has continued unabated, police officials said Thursday.
One case alone yielded the arrest of a gang of nine teens who were allegedly involved in stealing a man’s laptop as he walked on Prytania Street. In another, a group of teens suspected in a series of Carrollton-area muggings were caught breaking into a house in the Milan area. Other cases involved cross-town car chases and block-by-block manhunts, almost always involving teens not much older than 16 or 17. Continue reading »
Jan 202012
Christy Lorio (photo by Leslie Almeida)
All-Star Marching Band, summer of 1997: We were out there sweltering in the heat on LSU’s practice field, memorizing music, remembering to mark time while staying in formation. We’d literally practice from when the sun came up to well after dusk, just like the All-Star Football Team. Except instead of running laps we were working on getting syncopated rhythms right. Our reward? Donning our school marching band uniforms in 90-degree humidity to keep the game watchers entertained, and earning a coveted patch for our letterman jackets. Continue reading »
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