Dec 122011
 

The boundary between the NOPD Second and Sixth Districts will move from Louisiana Avenue to Napoleon Avenue between Freret Street and the Mississippi River after the first of the year. (map via WWL-TV)

A swath of central Uptown with some of the most active neighborhood groups in the city will be patrolled by a completely different set of police officers after the first of the year, when the New Orleans Police Department shifts part of the boundary line between the Sixth and Second districts from Louisiana Avenue to Napoleon Avenue. Continue reading »

Dec 102011
 

Lusher Charter School is at the forefront of the effort to develop new educational standards that will be implemented in public schools across the country over the next three years, officials said.

“It’s the largest movement that has come to schools since No Child Left Behind,” said Patty Glaser, the assistant Head of School at Lusher Charter School, introducing the concept during a meeting of the school’s governing board Saturday. Continue reading »

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Dec 092011
 

Jonathan Wilson (via opcso.org)

Police have arrested a man suspected of abducting a McMain High School student at gunpoint from Nashville Avenue and raping her in his car, authorities announced Friday evening.

Jonathan Edward Wilson, 27, has been charged with two counts of rape, kidnapping and armed robbery, according to an NOPD news release. He was picked up Friday evening on Tchoupitoulas and Fourth streets based on a CrimeStoppers tip, police said. Continue reading »

Dec 092011
 

Three guns seized in a raid at 3210 Second Street. (via NOPD)

Gie Z. Preston (via opcso.org)

A rare, expensive gun specifically designed to pierce body armor was seized during a drug arrest Thursday and may be linked to a number of recent shootings, police said after making a series of gun arrests in Central City this week. Continue reading »

Christy Lorio: iAddict

 Posted by at 12:19 pm  opinion
Dec 092011
 

I’m not really a gadget girl, I don’t need to rush out and buy the latest, fanciest phone, and I certainly don’t need to schlep around a camera, phone, e-reader, iPad, GPS, and whatever other portable thingamajigs are the must-have item according to the Sunday circulars.  The newest fad to suddenly make my life so much less of a burden always seems somewhat, well, burdensome to me. However, I’ll be the first one to admit that I am kind of obsessed with my iPhone. I was a late adopter, if you will, only having just purchased one last year (and a 3G at that!). Continue reading »

Dec 082011
 

A rendering of the proposed football stadium on Tulane's Uptown campus. (via TulaneStadium.com)

The stadium will be located behind the baseball field, about a block off South Claiborne Avenue. (via TulaneStadium.com)

Tulane University plans to open a $60 million football stadium in 2014 on its Uptown campus, about a block off South Claiborne Avenue behind the baseball field, officials announced Thursday. Continue reading »

Dec 082011
 

“Trumpeter Nicholas Payton, the 2011-2012 Jazz Artist-in-Residence at Tulane University, will perform with his trio featuring Vicente Archer on bass and Marcus Gilmore on drums on Thursday, Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. in Dixon Hall on Tulane’s uptown campus,” according to a news release from the university. “The Tulane University Big Band, directed by Jesse McBride, will support the trio. The concert is free and open to the public.” Continue reading »

Dec 082011
 

Kara Morgan, president of the Irish Channel Neighborhood Association, smiles during the association's 2010 holiday party at Tracey's. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)

The Irish Channel Neighborhood Association will hold its annual holiday party at Tracey’s on Magazine Street from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight. Children are invited, and the association will be collecting toys or cash donations for the NOPD Sixth District’s Christmas Toy and Bike drive. Continue reading »

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