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Live Coverage: First District Police NONPACC meeting

Posted by Marta Jewson at 6:25 pm city government, crime, neighborhood groups, public safety

May 212013

<a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=6b685072e7" >First District NONPACC</a>

Mid-City Neighborhood Organization meets Monday night

Posted by Marta Jewson at 8:48 am neighborhood groups

May 132013

The Mid-City Neighborhood Organization will meet Monday night at 6:30 p.m. at Warren Easton High School.

Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell hopes to bring District B together

Posted by Marta Jewson at 8:36 am city government, neighborhood groups, politics

May 022013

Councilmember LaToya Cantrell delivered a state of the district address Tuesday, one week prior to Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s state of the city address. Continue reading »

Jazz Fest drivers can help send a kid to Washington D.C. by parking at Langston Hughes

Posted by Marta Jewson at 7:50 am festivals, good works, neighborhood groups, schools

Apr 262013

Langston Hughes Academy advertises Jazz Fest parking

Nestled in the Desaix neighborhood, within sight of a Fair Grounds entrance, Langston Hughes Academy charter school hopes to collect a cool $50,000 by offering parking to Jazz Fest attendees.

The next two weekends will be busy for school staff and volunteers, or ‘Dream-keepers’ as they call themselves, a tribute to the school’s namesake poet, as they work to raise money for the school. 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 »

NOLA Trash Mob aims Sunday effots at Bayou St. John

Posted by Marta Jewson at 8:54 am blight and demolition, events, good works, neighborhood groups

Apr 192013

The newly formed NOLA Trash Mob will meet again this Sunday, the group’s clean-up efforts will begin at North Jefferson Davis Parkway and Conti Street. Continue reading »

Bayou St. John preps for Fortier Fest Saturday

Posted by Marta Jewson at 2:12 pm arts, books and music, neighborhood groups

Apr 182013

Bayou St. John residents eagerly await Fortier Festival, the festival with perhaps the smallest footprint, held on a tiny triangular block along Esplanade Avenue, reports NOLA Defender.

Mid-City Security District to meet Thursday

Posted by Marta Jewson at 10:56 pm neighborhood groups, public safety

Apr 172013

The Mid-City Security District will meet Thursday evening. MCSD commissioners have recently been discussing the development of a Virtual Neighborhood Watch, a network of surveillance cameras they would like to develop to enhance security in Mid-City. Continue reading »

Entergy meets with Mid-City neighbors but questions linger about $3.4 million substation

Posted by Marta Jewson at 10:59 am city government, land use, neighborhood groups

Apr 172013

Councilmember LaToya Cantrell, far left, looks on as community members speak with Entergy representative Amy Davis.

Entergy officials took questions from concerned Mid-City residents and City Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell about a $3.4 million substation project on Tuesday night, but many who attended said their questions remain unanswered. Continue reading »

NOLA Trash Mob will tackle Fairgrounds streets Sunday

Posted by Marta Jewson at 9:02 am good works, neighborhood groups

Apr 122013

The newly formed NOLA Trash Mob will be out again this weekend, walking and cleaning the streets in Fairgrounds, and they are looking for volunteers. Continue reading »

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