A major underground drainage project will reduce traffic to two lanes for the next two years on a three-quarter mile stretch of South Claiborne Avenue through the Carrollton area, authorities said this week. Continue reading »
Sep 132012
Sep 132012
Starting with a gala screening of “probably the most popular Irish film in history” Friday night, and continuing Saturday and Sunday with acclaimed dramas and even an Oscar-nominated animated feature, the Prytania Theatre will host the inaugural New Orleans Irish Film Festival all weekend. Continue reading »
Sep 132012
Several Uptown neighborhood groups, including the Irish Channel and Upper Hurstville associations, are holding meetings tonight (Thursday, Sept. 13) to plan their coming year, their leaders announced this week. Continue reading »
Sep 132012
Firefighters look for hot spots after bring a fire in the 2200 block of South Robertson under control Thursday morning. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
Sep 132012
Allan Katz and Danae Columbus
The tragedy of the American ambassador to Libya having been murdered and three other Americans having also been killed there is sad indeed.
Of course, the politics of the murders is that eight weeks before the Presidential election, both sides are spinning the tragedy either for the benefit of President Barack Obama or his opponent, Mitt Romney as fast as they can. Continue reading »
Sep 132012
Petit Pet Care is a professional pet sitting and dog walking business based in Uptown New Orleans. We are “petit” because we care for small animals: dogs under 40 pounds, cats, birds, fish, and other small, furry critters. Cats are our “specialty” but we love and care for all sorts of pets.
We understand how stressful it can be to leave your furry friends when you work long hours or go out of town. Continue reading »
Sep 122012
(computer sketch via NOPD)
Sep 122012
LaToya Cantrell, right, answers a question while Eric Strachan and Dana Kaplan listen at Freret Neighbors United meeting on Tuesday evening. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
What was initially billed as political “speed dating” — a chance to meet with individual candidates for the District B race one-on-one — grew into a full-blown debate at a Freret community meeting Thursday night, with three City Council hopefuls trading their ideas on blight, crime, education and other issues in the first such event of the race. Continue reading »
Sep 122012
In what police are describing as a possible over-reaction to recent robberies at the McDonald’s on South Claiborne, an employee there is wanted on an assault charge after he chased a would-be customer away from the store with a gun, authorities said.
“I understand that people at McDonald’s may be a little on-guard,” said Lt. Frank Young of the NOPD Sixth District investigative unit. “We tried very hard to see things through the eyes of the employee, but the facts just didn’t add up.” Continue reading »
Sep 122012
2505 Napoleon, in March and again in June.
Jean-Paul Villere
Sep 112012
The Knowledge Garden at 1700 Josephine Street had its license revoked by the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services for “chronic failure to provide officials with criminal background checks on its employees,” according to a report by Jessica Williams of The Lens, but federal auditors have said that the nonprofit that owns it, Operation REACH, “can’t account for nearly $900,000 in grant funds,” Williams reported.
Sep 112012
Vizard’s restaurant on Magazine Street has relaunched itself as a casual eatery called “Hevin,” while Upperline restaurant hopes to reopen Thursday after Hurricane Isaac tore off part of its roof. Continue reading »
Sep 112012
Three of the four candidates for the District B race for City Council have confirmed that they will attend tonight’s Freret Neighbors United meeting to answer residents’ questions, the group said. Continue reading »
Sep 112012
The new Lycée Français de la Nouvelle Orléans sign at the Patton Street campus.
“It’s been two weeks of school,” said board chair Jean Montes about running the new campus. “We’re very new at the process, but we’re happy with it.” Continue reading »
Sep 112012
The one-story single-family home at the corner of Hollygrove Street and Earhart Boulevard caught fire shortly before 4 a.m., and was brought under control by 43 firefighters less than an hour later, according to our partners at WWL-TV. One firefighter injured his back but remained on duty.
Sep 102012
A piece of plywood covers a hole in the cement at the corner of Freret and Jefferson. City officials are debating whether this “bumpout” installed during the streetscape project impedes traffic and should be removed, said leaders of The New Freret business association. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
City officials remain unsatisfied with the quality of the work done to the sidewalks at corners along the Freret corridor, but they have yet to decide what exactly they will fix or how long the repairs will take. Continue reading »
Sep 102012
Owen Courreges
What follows is one big “I told you so.”
Last month, at the August 20th meeting of the Neighborhood Conservation District Committee, a proposal to demolish the mansion located at 4706 St. Charles Avenue was denied. The mansion, built in 1887, appears to be in sound condition and could easily be returned to commerce.
Typically, when a well-funded party wants to bulldoze a historic mansion on New Orleans’ signature avenue, they succeed. As I noted in my previous column, “How to Tear Down Anything in Three Simple Steps,” the key to destroying the fabric of this city’s history is getting the neighborhood association on your side. For those with money and influence, this should be a relatively simple task. Continue reading »
Sep 102012
The Lycée Français de la Nouvelle Orléans governing board will introduce its new members to the public tonight at a meeting at the school’s new campus at 5951 Patton Street. Continue reading »
Sep 102012
A 19-year-old man was killed Sunday night in a shooting in Hollygrove near the Jefferson Parish line, police said. Continue reading »
Sep 082012
Craig Giesecke
If your house is like ours, there are still a few items in your cupboard or maybe your fridge that appeared during our recent storm and now you’re looking at them and wondering, “Why?”
At one point, our Irish Channel house hosted seven adults and two little girls. Our friends arrived with bedding and toys, along with the usual we-might-need-extra items such as flashlights, ice, toilet paper, bottled water and batteries. Of course, there being seven adults, there was an adequate supply of alcoholic beverages. Or at least you think it’s adequate until the kids are asleep and everyone else is setting around with no power and nothing to do but drink. Continue reading »
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