A couple was attacked Wednesday morning by a stranger who stole a wallet from them at their home in the 2300 block of Chippewa, police said. Continue reading »
Jul 152011
Jul 152011
The NOPD Second District leadership will hold its July monthly meeting with community members at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 20 (a day later than its usual date), in the Coliseum Room on the second floor of Touro Infirmary, 1401 Foucher.
Jul 152011
Redeemer Presbyterian Church is sponsoring a blood drive with Ochsner Blood Bank this Sunday, which will give a soldier a 20-minute, prepaid phone call home.
“Redeemer is involved in this because even in our small church we’ve had a couple of cases where some of our parishioners needed blood so I figured there is a need,” said Pastor Shane Gibson.
Jul 152011
Dressed in costume Paris Cocke, 16, and Madeleine Dixon, 17, wait for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 to begin shortly before midnight at Prytania Theater. "This is the most important part of our lives next to our weddings," said Dixon. Both Cocke and Dixon said it felt like their childhood was coming to an end. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
Jul 142011
The old Priestley campus, photographed in January (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
For decades an eyesore, the old Priestley school site on Leonidas now represents the neighborhood’s best hope for a community school, and the Carrollton-Riverbend Neighborhood Association is preparing to fight to be heard by state officials who currently plan to sell it. Continue reading »
Jul 142011
The Sojourner Truth Academy community was stunned this week to learn that the school may not be returning to its current building on Freret Street next year, and on Thursday discovered its fate is entangled with a post-Katrina realignment of federal education money between the state and Orleans Parish. Continue reading »
Jul 142011
The Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans will hold three of the six kindergarten classes it is opening this fall in classrooms at Audubon Zoo, officials said.
The school’s two 3-year-old pre-kindergarten classes and one 4-year-old pre-kindergarten class will still be held at the First Presbyterian Church on South Claiborne Avenue, but a second 4-year-old pre-kindergarten class and two kindergarten classes for 5-year-olds will be held at the Audubon Nature Institute space at the zoo, according to an email sent to parents this week. Continue reading »
Jul 142011
It’s hot, and so is this sale! NOLA Til Ya Die is perfect for anyone who wants to show their local pride with a range of products – shirts, hats, water bottles, flasks, coozies, flags, and can coolers – with the iconic Hurricane Head logo (with the river in his grin). Don’t head out without stopping at NolaTilYaDie.com first.
See below for details of the July blowout sale.
Jul 132011
A black car sits in the bushes outside the Magnolia Discount store where it was abandoned Wednesday night after a traffic stop that led to an officer firing on a suspect, police said. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
A New Orleans police officer fired at a man who pulled a gun out during a traffic stop and threatened him with it Wednesday night, leading to a large search for the suspect just off South Carrollton in Gert Town, police said. Continue reading »
Jul 132011
This screen shot shows a white SUV believed to be a newer model Dodge Durango linked to several robberies around New Orleans, including at least one Uptown. (via NOPD)
New Orleans police have released surveillance video imagery of a white SUV they believe may have been used in four recent armed robberies from Uptown to the French Quarter. Continue reading »
Jul 132011
Barman Nick Detrich of Cure. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
If you have a pulse and you live in New Orleans, you are probably well aware that in the last little while cocktail couture has experienced a celebrated return. ”And why?” you may wonder to yourself. I’m glad you asked. I myself am a curious type of fellow so I enquired with some one in the know. Going straight to the source, I recently exchanged pleasantries with of the local players in the business.
This is what transpired:
JP: So who are you? Where do you work? What’s your title? And how long have you been doing this?
ND: My name is Nick Detrich, and I’ve been a barman at Cure for a year and a half now. Continue reading »
Jul 122011
This design, labeled "Option 3," represents the direction that developers said they are heading for the new Walgreens on Magazine.
Developers of a new Walgreens proposed for the old American Legion Hall on Magazine Street presented three renovation designs concepts to a crowd of Uptown residents Tuesday evening, saying that they are moving away from the more modern storefront design that initially bothered some neighbors. Continue reading »
Jul 122011
Now that Walgreens has decided to move forward with plans to renovate the old American Legion Hall on Magazine Street into a new store, the developers are holding a town-hall meeting to discuss the design at 6 p.m. tonight inside the building, 5518 Magazine Street.
Jul 122011
The old Priestley campus, photographed in January (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
Like parents, educators and community members at so many schools around the city, supporters of James Weldon Johnson Elementary in Carrollton are increasingly frustrated with the latest plans for their campus.
The public school system is embarking on a $2 billion three-phase to improve school facilities across New Orleans, and over the next month will be finalizing plans on how to distribute the money across the city. On Saturday, the latest version of these plans were presented at a public meeting at Xavier University, and among the new information was that renovations are no longer planned at the long-vacant Priestley High School site. Continue reading »
Jul 112011
The July meeting of the Lycée Français de la Nouvelle Orléans originally scheduled for tonight has been canceled, school officials said.
“We held our last meeting only two weeks ago, and there simply isn’t enough new business to conduct to warrant holding another meeting so soon,” interim board president Tom Klingler explained in an email.
The board’s June meeting was primarily focused on reports from staff members about their efforts to prepare for the Aug. 15 first day of school.
The board’s meetings are held on the second Monday of the month, and the next is set for 6:30 p.m. Aug. 8 at the school campus, 5401 S. Claiborne (the First Presbyterian Church).
Jul 112011
Similar to New Orleans Music, St. Jude Community Center embodies a passion for the people, from the people, touching the lives and hearts of thousands every year. The center serves breakfast and lunch on weekdays; houses homeless working women; provides adult basic education; works with Second Harvest Food Bank to distibute food; houses volunteers staying in the city to help re-build post-Katrina; collaborates with Responsibility House in serving addicts, and so much more. This Saturday, July 16, 2011 Sounds of New Orleans presents a benefit concert for the St. Jude Community Center featuring Irma Thomas, Gina Brown, Michael Baptiste, Jo “Cool” Davis, Judy Spellman, Chris Billiot and Random Access, The Passion Band, Naydja Cole, Ceasar Elloie, Sharon Martin, Clark Knighten, Brass-A_Holics Brass Band, The Mystics, Miles Berry Quartet (Students from NOCCA). The Master of Ceremonies is News Anchor Karen Swenson.
Jul 112011
Owen Courrèges
A Wal-Mart in the French Quarter. There, I said it.
Don’t fret, dear readers. To my knowledge, Wal-Mart has no designs on the French Quarter, and perhaps never will. In fact, it stands to reason that Wal-Mart is content with its hard-fought Tchoupitoulas location in the Lower Garden District. Honestly, why would Wal-Mart pick such a fight? Continue reading »
Jul 102011
The school board removed years of overgrowth from an old caretaker's cottage at Annunciation and Arabella this week after neighbors complained about it. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
For at least a decade, Harris Martinez has watched from his home every night as the rats scurry out from under the dense foilage shrouding the crumbling cottage across Arabella Street. When cats and dogs get involved, the melee can become such a nuisance that Martinez has to call animal-control officers.
Long an eyesore, the cottage’s condition was aired Tuesday night at a meeting of the Audubon-Riverside Neighborhood Association and reported on UptownMessenger.com, followed by a story Wednesday by WWL-TV. On Thursday, for the first time since Martinez can remember, a phalanx of workers descended on the house and removed all the trees and overgrowth where the possums nest. Continue reading »
Jul 092011
Priests, supporters of St. Henry's and community members gather for the 22nd Annual Feast of St. Henry Mass and Reunion on General Pershing Saturday afternoon. "Our reunions are for anyone who went to St. Henry's School, lived in St. Henry's Parish, attended St. Henry's Church, knew someone named Henry, or can spell Henry," according to a Friends of St. Henry flyer. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
Jul 082011
The 14th Annual New Orleans French Film Festival begins tonight at the Prytania Theatre with a 7:30 p.m. showing of “Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life,” equal parts biography of the singer Serge Gainsbourg and “a quintessential time capsule to ‘60’s Paris.” Continue reading »
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