Po-Boy Festival returns to Oak Street this weekend

 Posted by at 4:28 pm  arts, books and music, events, food and drink
Nov 122012
 

Palace Cafe’s Oyster Rockefeller po-boy at the 2011 Oak St. Po-Boy Festival. (UptownMessenger.com file photo by Sabree Hill)

The Oak Street Po-Boy Festival returns this weekend for its sixth year, inviting the city’s best restaurants to show their appreciation for the New Orleans’ signature sandwich — often by reinventing it completely. In addition to the dozens of vendors, live music, history discussions and children’s areas, the festival has again modified its layout on the street to better accommodate the thousands of po-boy enthusiasts. Continue reading »

Lower Garden District runaway with history of mental illness reported missing since last week

 Posted by at 3:12 pm  public safety
Nov 122012
 

Two photos of 14-year-old Audrey Raiford, missing from her Lower Garden District home since last week. (via NOPD)

A 14-year-old girl who lives in the Lower Garden District and has a history of mental illness has been missing since early last week, and police are now seeking the public’s help finding her. Continue reading »

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Renovations begin on Louisiana Avenue apartments for homeless and low-income renters

 Posted by at 2:49 pm  blight and demolition, city government
Nov 122012
 

The former assisted living center at 2101 Louisiana Avenue will reopen next summer as a 42-unit apartment building next summer, half of which wiil be transitional housing for the homeless with on-site case management, and the other half will be for low-income renters, reports Monica Hernandez of our partners at WWL-TV.

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Bed-and-breakfast owners upset about marketing of illegal short-term rentals

 Posted by at 2:41 pm  business, city government
Nov 122012
 

A popular travel website called Airbnb.com lists hundreds of rooms for short-term rent in private homes — including at least 150 listings around Uptown New Orleans — even though it is against city ordinance to rent rooms for less than 30 days without a license, reports Maria Clark of New Orleans City Business in an article distributed by the Associated Press.

Carrollton neighbors to confront state officials about future of Johnson School

 Posted by at 11:58 am  neighborhood groups, schools
Nov 122012
 

James Weldon Johnson Elementary School.

Concerned about a dwindling number of public-school options in the Carrollton area and the ever-shifting plans of the Recovery School District, a group of Carrollton neighbors plan to confront state officials yet again about the future of the James Weldon Johnson Elementary School and the old Priestly site on Leonidas. Continue reading »

Owen Courreges: “Cleaning up” your Constitutional rights in Jackson Square

 Posted by at 10:10 am  city government, opinion, public safety
Nov 122012
 

(Cartoon by Owen Courreges)

Owen Courreges

Last week, another salvo in the seemingly never-ending battle between New Orleans and the U.S. Constitution was lobbed by Mayor Landrieu.  This time Landrieu has proposed an ordinance with its sights on Jackson Square, the iconic public space at the heart of the city.

Now technically the target isn’t actually the square, but the surrounding streets and sidewalks (i.e., public rights of way) that the city has come to dub the “Jackson Square Pedestrian Mall.”  Through Councilwoman Palmer, whose district includes the French Quarter, Landrieu has proposed an ordinance for the mall that would:  1) mandate “clear lanes;” and, 2) provide “closing times” between  1 a.m. and 5 a.m. to persons “stopping, standing, or loitering.”

Both parts of the proposed ordinance are problematic, but the latter is blatantly unconstitutional. Continue reading »

Carrollton-area carjacking victim reunited with her Chihuahua, “Skeeter”

 Posted by at 9:28 am  crime, good works, public safety
Nov 122012
 

Two weeks after they were separated by a carjacker near Claiborne Avenue in the Carrollton area, an 11-year-old Chihuahua named Skeeter and his owner were reunited Sunday, reports Monica Hernandez of our partners at WWL-TV. Skeeter ran up to a family walking their own dog near the site of the original crime, and they are slated to receive the $4,000 reward, Hernandez reports:

A “Welcome Back Skeeter” party is planned by the victim and the Humane Society for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Bridge Lounge, 1201 Magazine Street.

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Uptown’s VFW Post is the fastest growing in Louisiana

 Posted by at 11:51 am  good works
Nov 112012
 

Larry Jones sits in the VFW Post at Lyons and Annunciation. Retired from military service after 40 years, Jones says the younger generation is reinvigorating the VFW Post. (photos by Marta Jewson for UptownMessenger.com)

Post Commander Marshall Hevron

When Marshall Hevron first walked in the door at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8973 in Uptown in 2005, only five other members were regularly attending meetings, and they had all served in World War II, decades removed from Hevron’s service in Iraq.

“The VFW and American Legion took off after World War II and built up a big infrastructure they just can’t maintain now,” said Hevron, noting the smaller size of their corner store post was a blessing in disguise. Continue reading »

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Alleged Hoffman Triangle-area gang member acquitted on 2008 murder charge after witness recants

 Posted by at 11:20 am  court, crime, public safety
Nov 112012
 

Kentrell “Black” Hickerson — said to belong to the 3-N-G street gang — had been charged as the triggerman in the June 2008 murder of Alvin Wilson, but an Orleans Parish jury acquitted him this week after the witness who originally identified Hickerson recanted his testimony, according to a report by John Simerman of the Times-Picayune.

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Craig Giesecke: Four more commercial-quality upgrades for a home kitchen (for 25 bucks or less)

 Posted by at 7:57 am  food and drink, opinion
Nov 102012
 

Craig Giesecke

Last week I put out a few ideas about commercial kitchen items that can seriously upgrade a kitchen at home, without spending a billion dollars or being stuck with something you’ll use only once or twice. I’ve been giving a lot of thought to this through the week and taking note of things at the shop, but I’m sure there are some things I’ve missed. When I find them, I’ll be sure to pass those along as well. Continue reading »

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