Owen Courreges
Economic rights are largely considered passe these days. The concept of a natural right to contract (or trade) is not typically invoked with any genuine authority. The end of the “Lochner Era” in American jurisprudence, which lasted from the turn of the last century to the 1930′s, has seen unchecked expansion of government intrusion into Americans’ personal economic dealings. Continue reading »
A 21-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly robbing two taxis in quick succession early Thursday morning around the Irish Channel, police said. Continue reading »
Audubon Charter School's Carrollton campus. (Photo by Alysha Jordan, flickr.com/photos/neworleanslady)
Craig Giesecke
I have an old black T-shirt, which says, “Trust me. I’m a reporter.” I love this old shirt, which I picked up years ago at a convention of the Radio-TV News Directors Association. Its ludicrousness never fails to make people smile. Continue reading »
Audubon Charter School will discuss its plans for the Carrollton campus renovations at a meeting of the school’s governing board on Saturday, and its plans for the renovation and expansion of the Broadway campus at a neighborhood meeting Thursday, officials said. Continue reading »
Dale Benjamin Sr. (via opcso.org)
An architect's rendering of the new civil rights memorial on South Claiborne.
A new memorial honoring nine slain civil rights activists, palm-lined walkways and better lighting are all among improvements to a mile-long stretch of South Claiborne Avenue included in a $2 million upgrade slated to start in June, officials announced. Continue reading »
A suspect in a series of theft cases escaped from the NOPD Second District station on Magazine Street but was recaptured afterward, police said. Continue reading »
A rendering of the proposed football stadium on Tulane's Uptown campus. (via TulaneStadium.com)
By Nick Kindel
Perhaps it is inevitable that there will be tensions – and even friction – when a major institution is located in a residential area. But is it really necessary for this to rise to the level of acrimony and divisiveness that currently characterizes the Tulane University stadium proposal? Continue reading »
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Police have obtained an photograph of a woman believed to have committed two of early Thursday morning’s three brazen taxi cab robberies around the Irish Channel, and are seeking the public’s help in identifying her. Continue reading »
An image of Mariah Woods from a vigil held in January in her memory. (UptownMessenger.com file photo by Sabree Hill)
Edward Augustine (via NOPD)
The increase in foot traffic along Freret has dramatically reduced crime, neighbors said during the Second District’s monthly anti-crime walk Wednesday evening, but they worry that blighted buildings such as the Barreca family’s former steak house continue to attract criminals, according to a report by Monica Hernandez and our partners at WWL-TV.
“Everybody on this street knows everybody,” High Hat owner Chip Apperson tells Eater.com in an interview with his partners about the Freret restaurant’s first year. The varied offerings on Freret let everyone benefit from the exposure other establishments bring, he says, and the owners and staff all eat at each other’s restaurants.
Two guns were stolen from the 1000 block of State, and one was stolen from the 1100 block of Jena in recent weeks -- all from unlocked cars, police say. (map via NOPD.com)
Three guns were reported stolen from unlocked vehicles around Uptown New Orleans in recent weeks — the same number that police were able to confiscate in criminal cases — and two of the gun thefts were from the same block of State Street. Continue reading »
A map of locations of taxi-cab robberies around the Irish Channel. The numbered icons represent the three reported early Thursday morning, and the two blue icons represent two reported earlier in the month. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
A woman ambushed and robbed three cab drivers in different locations around the Irish Channel early Thursday morning, police said, in a series of attacks that in some ways repeats a pattern shown in two other cases earlier this month. Continue reading »
Allan Katz and Danae Columbus
BREAKING NEWS: Allan and Danae wrote this great column (below) about Bobby Jindal today but have to say something about the Times Picayune’s decision to lay off much of their staff and reduce print publication to only several times a week. Did we move to the country and not know it?
This decision is the Newhouse family’s way of continuing the profitability of the paper that has been around since 1837. Allan was a reporter and columnist for the TP during its golden years. His heart goes out to all the staff, especially those who will be layed off, and to the readers who don’t have access to computers and will have to rely primarily on television to get their news. We have always been readers and will miss holding that paper in our hands. Thank goodness we subscribe to the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal so we can still get the real news every day.
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When Louisiana’s voters were believing Gov. Bobby Jindal’s spin during the last election that he loved his job and pledged to stay four more years, who would have thought that Bobby would emerge at the very top of Mitt Romney’s list for vice president? Many national columnists have opined for Jindal and are urging him on; others have placed him in the middle of the pack. Continue reading »
Turn off your A/C and leave the fans in the corner: there’s a new way to beat the heat this summer. Bee Sweet Cupcakes is now offering homemade popsicles in a variety of flavors to tickle your taste buds. Featuring flavors such as strawberry lemonade, pina colada, grape pomegranate, and strawberry basil, these delicious popsicles are available for just $2 each, tax included! Also available are homemade lemon ice for $2, and Dippin’ Dots ice cream for $3 — so come in and cool down today!
Bee Sweet Cupcakes is located at 5706 Magazine Street, and is open Monday-Saturday from 11-6. Or call ahead to reserve your order at 504.891.8333.
The International School of Louisiana'a Camp Street campus.
The special offered at an Uptown eatery, with creative spelling and use of quotations. (photo by Jean-Paul Villere for UptownMessenger.com)
Jean-Paul Villere
I have no problem with the language skills of the average New Orleanian. If anything I fully embrace it, however I have to confess it often leaves me scratching my head if only because more often than not the word, syntax, and otherwise grammar choices made seem to be born out of sheer whim rather than deference to text. Mostly I might chalk this up to New Orleanians’ frequent disregard for accuracy (and this might include driving habits, but another column for another day). Generally, we all understand one another well enough, so what’s the difference, right? For example, do quotation marks “really” have to be placed appropriately? If it’s me, then “yes,” they do; but if it’s your favorite po-boy spot’s menu “board” detailing specials, “then” no, not so much. Continue reading »