The Pigeontown Steppers and the Stooges Brass Band second line through Carrollton in 2012. (UptownMessenger.com file photo by Sabree Hill)
Green represents the start, yellow are stops along the way and the red marker is at the end. (map via Google.)
A 24-year-old man was fatally Friday evening on LaSalle Street in Central City, authorities said. Continue reading »
Cokie Roberts
Craig Giesecke
One of the main issues faced by any budding restaurant operation can be the most challenging, controversial and oft-criticized or loved aspect of the entire business. It is the pride or bane of the place, often within the same day, and it is the post on which the entire hat of the business rests.
It is, of course, The Menu. Continue reading »
The Alliance Française of New Orleans spring session of French-language classes begins April 8. Continue reading »
Surveillance-camera image of the suspect in a fatal shooting at Washington and Broad. (via NOPD)
Police have released surveillance-camera photos of the alleged gunman in a fatal shooting at Washington and Broad in hopes that the public can help identify him. Continue reading »
The Audubon Riverside Neighborhood Association Easter Egg hunt in 2012. (UptownMessenger.com file photo)
Allan Katz and Danae Columbus
UNO’s tortuous ties to LSU in Baton Rouge have been severed. A new University of New Orleans President is in place. He is Dr. Peter Fos, a 1972 graduate of UNO. The university at the lakefront is now part of the University of Louisiana system which will likely be a more agreeable relationship than the old one with Baton Rouge where the Tiger bosses tended to see UNO as a threat rather than as a promising protégé. Continue reading »
Police officers responding to criminal activity in the River Gardens area with increased patrols found a man wanted on charges related to a shooting in Texas, authorities said. Continue reading »
Lafayette Academy band members led a march against crime through the streets of Broadmoor on Wednesday evening, stopping on Washington Avenue where three people have been killed in the past two years, according to a report by Monica Hernandez of our partners at WWL-TV.
Dreams, climate change, the Mississippi River, American exceptionalism and Shakespeare are all among the topics to be explored starting next week in classes held in various locations along the St. Charles Avenue corridor as part of the Chautauqua New Orleans series. Continue reading »
Eight children, ages 3 to 5, were rescued from a burning shotgun home on Josephine Street on Wednesday morning after one of the boys started the fire by setting fire to a mattress, authorities said. Continue reading »
Lauren Hightower, a former accountant at Lusher Charter School accused of writing herself $25,000 in fraudulent checks, will is likely to face a forgery charge rather than embezzlement or theft since she returned the money immediately upon being questioned about it, NOPD Detective Michael Riley told Tom Gogola of The Lens.
Costco officials expect 5,000 applications for the 200 jobs that their first Louisiana store on South Carrollton Avenue will create when it opens in mid-August, reports Tania Dall of our partners at WWL-TV.
Chad Forest (via NOPD)
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I have the education, background and experience to reform our Juvenile Justice System and to make sure that all of our children are given the opportunity to succeed in life and become productive citizens.
That is why I have received the overwhelming support of so many of our community organizations and elected officials.
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With rising test scores and strong finances, the International School of Louisiana stands to fare well when its charter comes back up for renewal in two years, a state official told the school board Wednesday evening. Continue reading »
Jean-Paul Villere
I’m no newshound, but of late I’ve noticed more than a few comments on pieces detailing the present tense of some older, and until recently, largely overlooked New Orleans neighborhoods. Some call it a white tea pot effect, and others have expounded on this, even hyping it up with modified phrasing like re-gentrification or super-gentrification. But the tone often leans toward a woeful finger wagging on that whispery word unto itself: gentrification.
And all I keep coming back to is, do we not live in a free market society? Are the choices made by the citizenry not their own? To live somewhere or not. To embrace risk versus reward in prospecting or strict investment, whether as an owner occupant or out and out landlord? Yes, incentive can come in the form of local, state, and federal tax incentives, and yes, re-zoning has been known to kickstart a movement. But these benefits are not exclusive to any one demographic, and they never will be. Quite simply, population migrations happen. Continue reading »
An early version of the plan for the O.C. Haley Boulevard streetscape project. An updated version is slated for release in April. (Click to enlarge.)
The latest delay in long-awaited plans for a $1 million upgrade to the appearance of O.C. Haley Boulevard sparked frustration among a group of residents and merchants Tuesday night about the prolonged uncertainty around the project’s scope after six years of discussion. Continue reading »
Attorney Morris Bart, left, NOPD Superintendent Ronal Serpas and NOPD Second District Commander Paul Noel tour locker rooms at the NOPD Second District station that were recently renovated based on a donation from Bart. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
Attorney Morris Bart, center, smiles as he accepts a statuette from NOPD Superintendent Ronal Serpas in thanks for his donation. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
The floors may still have soft spots and the roof may still leak, but at least the officers at the century-old Second District police station now have a decent place to change clothes or use the restroom, thanks to a donation from prominent New Orleans attorney Morris Bart.
“They put their lives on the line,” Bart said. “If what I can do makes their lives a little easier and shows that, ‘Yes, we do appreciate what they do for us and for the people of New Orleans,’ then it’s my pleasure.” Continue reading »