Violent crimes in the Freret area since mid-April, according to NOPD crime maps, include a teen being shot, a dispute in which a gun was fired, a fracas at a now-closed high school and a charge of illegal carrying of a weapon. (via NOPD.com)
The murder of a prominent Freret Street bakery owner 25 years ago is still regarded as the seminal moment in the commercial corridor’s long period of neglect. Now, even amid the street’s current renaissance, some residents still feel that they are living just on the edge of the next violent crime.
Several Freret residents and business owners have recently begun discussing the possibility of hiring private security patrols similar to those in other neighborhoods around the city, and Tuesday night, began what they see as a long conversation with their neighbors about whether to move forward. Continue reading »
After the Freret Market took the summer off — then canceled its planned return in September to make way for Hurricane Isaac — the event will return Saturday afternoon at the corner of Freret and Napoleon with its usual array of vendors, food and pets, as well as music by Claude Bryant’s All Stars, Jayna Morgan and the Sazerac Swing Band and the Upstarts.