Several blocks of Richard, Annunciation and Constance in the Lower Garden District will be closed for filming from Thursday morning through Monday evening, city officials announced. Continue reading »
Jun 062012
Jun 062012
Diana Bajoie (via wwltv.com)
Jun 062012
Tulane University is providing free parking in a lot on Claiborne Avenue for tonight’s community forum about its proposed on-campus stadium and shuttle service to the meeting location on the opposite end of campus, officials said. Continue reading »
Jun 062012
Jean-Paul Villere
“Does that include my discount?” barked the patron from across the empty room at Blue Dot Donuts in MidCity early and just after opening this past Sunday morning. Continue reading »
Jun 052012
Two proposed developments — the conversion of the historic LaSalle School on Perrier Street into upscale condos and the creation of a Jimmy Johns sandwich shop on Maple Street — could receive long-awaited decisions when the City Council reconvenes Thursday after its recent hiatus. Continue reading »
Jun 052012
The New Orleans Mission on Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard will close Friday until mid-September for lack of money, according to our partners at WWL-TV. “The mission houses between 160 to 180 people per night, and serves roughly 12,000 meals — breakfast, lunch and dinner — per month,” the station reports.
Jun 052012
Brianna Allen, the 5-year-old girl who was killed last week when three men opened fire on two others at a child’s birthday party on Simon Bolivar Avenue, was remembered at a Tuesday morning funeral that included Archbishop Gregory Aymond among the mourners, according to our reporting partners at WWL-TV.
Jun 052012
A still image from the robbery of Nemo's Carwash on South Claiborne Avenue. (via NOPD)
Brandon Collins (via opcso.org)
Jun 052012
Mayor Mitch Landrieu has not said whom he will choose to serve in the District B seat, but he sent council members a letter Monday saying that the city attorney has determined George does not fit the legal requirements of having held a primary residence in District B for two years, and thus will not appoint him, reports Gambit’s Clancy Dubos. The person Landrieu selects will serve until this fall, when District B voters elect a representative to finish out Stacy Head’s term to 2014.
Jun 052012
A man whose body was found in the backyard of his home in the 4100 block of Baronne Street on Sunday died of natural causes, the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office told our partners at WWL-TV.
Jun 042012
Eric Strachan (submitted photo)
As the residents of District B wait to learn whom Mayor Mitch Landrieu will appoint to represent them until a special election in November, the man who has been running the office unofficially for the last month is “strongly considering” his own bid for the seat in the fall. Continue reading »
Jun 042012
Owen Courreges
It appears that Louisianans will get the chance to vote on a significant revision to the state’s right to keep and bear arms this November.
Presently, La. Const. Art. I, Sec. 11 reads as follows:
“The right of each citizen to keep and bear arms shall not be abridged, but this provision shall not prevent the passage of laws to prohibit the carrying of weapons concealed on the person.”
Jun 032012
An investigation into the unexplained death of a 61-year-old man on Baronne Street that began on Sunday is still awaiting the results of an autopsy, authorities said. Continue reading »
Jun 032012
Dozens of police officers gather Saturday night on South Rendon Street after an officer shot a robbery suspect. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
Prior to leading the officer on a chase from the robbery scene, 23-year-old Brandon Collins and at least one accomplice tied his victims up, police also said Sunday afternoon. Continue reading »
Jun 032012
Errol George, Stacy Head's nominee to fill her former District B seat on a temporary basis, appearing in a video during her campaign for the At-Large seat. (via vimeo.com)
With the 30-day deadline expiring last week for the City Council to choose a temporary successor to Stacy Head for the District B seat, the job falls to Mayor Mitch Landrieu. Who should he pick?
- Head’s nominee was urban planner Errol George, and she and the other three council members who supported him have urged Landrieu to honor the council’s choice.
- Amid the council standoff, however, The Lens reported that Landrieu’s preference is former state Sen. Diana Bajoie, who unsuccessfully sought the interim at-large seat last fall.
- In more recent days, speculation has focused on attorney Jason Williams, described as a “Michael Jordan” of the courtroom during his unsuccessful run for District Attorney in 2008.
- The name of former Orleans Parish Civil Sheriff Paul Valteau has also been mentioned several times, and The Times-Picayune has compiled a list of other possibilities.
Diana Bajoie
Express your own choice in our survey, and add your thoughts in the comments.
Jun 032012
A 24-year-old man was fatally shot early Sunday morning on Third Street in Central City, police said. Continue reading »
Jun 022012
A car stolen in a robbery on South Claiborne Avenue sits with its door open in the 1600 block of South Rendon Street, where the suspect abandoned it to flee from police. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
A suspect in an armed robbery was shot by a police officer as he attempted to flee on foot following a chase Saturday evening through Uptown New Orleans, authorities said. Continue reading »
Jun 022012
The purple icon shows the location the car was stolen from, and the blue shows the location of the subsequent armed robbery. (map via NOPD.com)
Jun 022012
Craig Giesecke
At pretty much any food place I’ve worked, the kitchen staff sometimes gets into a game of “predict the food,” in which we size up incoming customers and predict what they’ll order. The servers do the same thing about customer behavior and would-be tip.
As customers, all of us take a look at the physical set-up of a restaurant/bar and the staff. Is the place clean? Are the servers heavily tattooed? In general, does this seem like my kinda place or not? It works both ways. But sometimes, this personal stereotyping is more difficult than a left turn on Tulane Avenue. Continue reading »
Jun 012012
In an effort to move past the uncertainty and controversy of the last month, the governing board of Lycée Français de la Nouvelle Orléans gave a permanent appointment to its popular school leader and accepted the resignation of an embattled board member on Friday night.
Board president Jean Montes also proposed engaging an outside firm to train the board in better school governance, and described a new committee structure that he said will bring a new level of community involvement to the board’s decisions. Continue reading »
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