The assailants in a fatal shooting were in a red, four-door Camry with a sunroof similar to this model, police said. (image via NOPD)
Mar 312012
Mar 312012
Craig Giesecke
The other day, I inadvertently got into a conversation with a guy I’ll call The Haughty Culinary School Graduate. I say “inadvertently” because I was prattling on about what I’ve been doing lately and suddenly I’m hit with all kinds of questions about where I studied and where I’ve worked. I’m answering and could feel the guy stifling a sniff at my lack of real “training.” Continue reading »
Mar 302012
Walt Leger
Mar 302012
(Photo by Meghan Wright)
There’s been a lot of buzz about the small yet growing fashion industry in New Orleans. From local designers, manufacturing facilities, and two fashion weeks, the future is bright for fashion in the Crescent City. What’s that? Two fashion weeks? Yup, you heard that right. The names are similar, if not near identical — New Orleans Fashion Week and Fashion Week New Orleans — but each group aims to distinctly define itself. Continue reading »
Mar 302012
The proposed Upper Marleyville Security District would run along both sides of the street along Vendome Place, State Street Drive, Walmsley and Fontainbleau. (map via google.com)
A second meeting to discuss creating a new tax on homes along several Fontainebleau-area streets to hire additional security patrols did little Thursday night to bridge the divide between the idea’s strongly committed supporters and opponents.
Most of the 30 or so residents who attended seemed to leave the meeting with the same opinions they brought. Some see a security district as an obvious safety measure for crime-weary residents, while others view it as an expensive burden with no measurable results. Continue reading »
Mar 292012
With guns drawn, the NOPD SWAT team preparees to enter a house where a mentally ill man had locked himself inside Thursday afternoon. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
A young man suffering from mental problems and initially believed to be waving a sword kept police at bay for nearly six hours outside his Upperline Street home on Thursday afternoon before surrendering.
The man’s weapon turned out not to be a sword, but a long wooden object, said Officer Frank Robertson. No other weapons were found on the man or in his home, and no one was harmed in the confrontation, Robertson said, though police did deploy tear gas into the home in an attempt to force the man out. Continue reading »
Mar 292012
Dogs and cats can be vaccinated for $15 at area fire houses Sunday afternoon, including the Engine 1 Fire House on Magazine Street in the Garden District and the Engine 25 Fire House at 2430 S. Carrollton Ave. Continue reading »
Mar 292012
Reviving an old tradition, a group of citizens who support the efforts of the NOPD Second District publicly awarded a number of officers for their crime-fighting efforts this month. Continue reading »
Mar 292012
A group of Maple Street and Carrollton-area residents who oppose an iron fence blocking traffic from entering Newcomb Boulevard at Freret Street won an initial round of their court battle this week, when a Civil District Court judge ruled that the street was closed improperly. Continue reading »
Mar 292012
Allan Katz and Danae Columbus
U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., is up for reelection to her fourth term in the U.S. Senate in 2014. She has won often in her political career when it wasn’t thought likely, but her upcoming race – should she choose to run – could be the toughest of her career. Continue reading »
Mar 282012
Rather than moving into one of the campuses entangled in a protracted school-closing process, the International School of Louisiana may launch its Jefferson Parish expansion in an administrative building in Metairie for the first year, officials said. Continue reading »
Mar 282012
The New Orleans Jazz Institute will hold its annual “BubbleQ” fundraiser, combining barbecue and champagne, Sunday evening on the great lawn at Latter Library. Continue reading »
Mar 282012
A business burglary in the Fontainebleau area from last summer has been solved by DNA analysis, police said. Continue reading »
Mar 282012
With time running out for any major construction projects before Encore Academy opens its doors in August, school leaders are exploring the idea of sharing space with an existing school for their first year. Continue reading »
Mar 282012
A 31-year-old man was found with a fatal gunshot wound to the head around 5:30 a.m. this morning in the 3800 block of Cambronne Street, police said.
Police and neighbors were surprised by the violence in what is normally a quiet area of the community, they told Bill Capo of our reporting partners at WWL-TV.
Mar 282012
My first home purchase was a shotgun in the Riverbend on Dublin St. It faced west, sat in the middle of the block, and was a stone’s throw to the streetcar and not much further from all the other things a 23-year-old finds indispensable (read: Cooter Brown’s). At the time, I didn’t think much of my new residence. I clearly liked it enough to buy it, but frankly I was mostly happy not to be paying rent any longer. Continue reading »
Mar 282012
Lucas Diaz (via NOPD)
Mar 272012
What had been a respite of several weeks from Uptown armed robberies apparently came to an end this weekend, as detectives from the NOPD Second District are investigating two muggings, one just off Tchoupitoulas and the other near South Claiborne. Continue reading »
Mar 272012
A rendering of the LaSalle school on Perrier Street, renovated into condo units with outside balconies. (image via nola.gov)
Exterior balconies and additional living space proposed as part of the redevelopment of the century-old LaSalle school into luxury condominiums have drawn the opposition of nearby neighbors, so city officials have ordered a historical review of the plans before any decision is made on the project. Continue reading »
Mar 272012
African culture and music will be the theme of this weekend’s Arts Market of New Orleans at Palmer Park in Carrollton, through a new partnership between the Arts Council of New Orleans and AfricaNola. Continue reading »
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