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Langston Hughes Academy tops $60,000 with Jazz Fest fundraiser

Posted by Marta Jewson at 3:02 pm Featured, festivals, good works, schools

May 072013

Langston Hughes Academy advertises Jazz Fest parking

Langston Hughes Academy far exceeded its fundraising goal topping $60,000 by offering parking to Jazz Fest drivers, Firstline Schools announced Tuesday. Continue reading »

Intruder dies after home invasion shooting on North Broad Street Sunday afternoon

Posted by Marta Jewson at 4:07 pm crime, Featured

Apr 282013

Police investigate a shooting on North Broad Street

The suspect in Sunday’s home invasion and self-defense shooting died Sunday evening, police say.

New Orleans police are still investigating the Sunday afternoon shooting, which occurred on the 1500 block of North Broad Street as Jazz Fest carried on blocks away. Continue reading »

Mid-City triple shooting leaves two adults dead, 8-year-old boy in stable condition

Posted by Marta Jewson at 7:50 pm crime, Featured

Apr 232013

Police are investigating a double homicide on the 4000 block of Baudin Street which New Orleans Police chief Ronal Serpas said left two men dead and injured a young boy. There were groups of over 50 people at both ends of Baudin Street watching police work the crime scene Tuesday evening. Continue reading »

Police investigate shooting on North Galvez Street

Posted by Marta Jewson at 10:48 am crime, Featured

Apr 192013

Police blocked off North Galvez Street as they investigate a shooting

New Orleans Police are investigating a shooting near the intersection of North Galvez Street and Columbus Street. According to initial police reports a man was shot in the chest and possibly the neck. Continue reading »

Mid-City Security District to upgrade vehicle radios

Posted by Marta Jewson at 10:41 am city government, crime, Featured, neighborhood groups, public safety

Apr 192013

Map via Mid-City Security District

In an effort to improve response times the Mid-City Security District will add additional radios to district police cruisers. The vehicles are currently outfitted with radios which only allow for one police district frequency to be broadcast at a time, an issue as the security district splits two police districts.

The security district overlaps both the first and third districts, split by Carrollton Avenue, of the New Orleans Police Department. Continue reading »

Entergy’s $3.4 million construction project in Mid-City frustrates last remaining neighbors

Posted by Marta Jewson at 12:37 pm business, Featured, land use

Apr 112013

Construction entrance near the intersection of Gravier Street and Genois Street

Entergy is in the throes of a multimillion-dollar project rebuilding its Midtown sub-station to meet the energy needs of the Veterans Affairs and Louisiana State University hospitals currently under construction, but residents say they were never made aware of the heavy construction that would be taking place. Continue reading »

Developer has high hopes for blighted apartment complex on North Scott Street

Posted by Marta Jewson at 11:36 am blight and demolition, Featured, land use

Apr 102013

635 N. Scott St. (photo by Marta Jewson for MidCityMessenger.com)

Rendering provided by Downtown Development Group

The U-shaped apartment complex tucked behind the American Can Company near Orleans and Carrollton Avenues may sit empty now, with plywood-covered windows and graffiti scribbled on its brick exterior, but Joshua Bruno is set on redeveloping 635 N. Scott St. into a modern energy-efficient “luxury building”. Continue reading »