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		<title>City Putt&#8217;s grand opening Friday in City Park</title>
		<link>http://midcitymessenger.com/2013/05/22/city-putts-grand-opening-friday-in-city-park/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 17:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marta Jewson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The grand opening of City Putt, City Park&#8217;s miniature golf course, is just in time for Memorial Day weekend. The course opens Friday after a 10:30 a.m. ribbon cutting ceremony. For more information see the following press release: Grand Opening of City Park’s City Putt Miniature Golf Returns to New Orleans Just in Time for <a href='http://midcitymessenger.com/2013/05/22/city-putts-grand-opening-friday-in-city-park/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New owner will restore historic Mid-City firehouse</title>
		<link>http://midcitymessenger.com/2013/05/22/new-owner-will-restore-historic-mid-city-firehouse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 16:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marta Jewson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The firehouse will need roof work and mold remediation, windows will have to be replaced and graffiti scrubbed from its brick facade, according to its new owner Wade Tornyos. Tornyos said he and his wife recently moved back to New Orleans, after their careers took them out of state. They placed the winning bid on <a href='http://midcitymessenger.com/2013/05/22/new-owner-will-restore-historic-mid-city-firehouse/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Victim left with only a box to wear after violent robbery at gunpoint</title>
		<link>http://midcitymessenger.com/2013/05/22/man-robbed-of-clothing-at-gunpoint-on-jeff-davis-parkway-early-wednesday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 16:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marta Jewson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The man who initially fought his attacker early Wednesday morning was left wearing only a box after being robbed of his clothing and shoes at gunpoint, police say. At about 1:50 a.m. Wednesday (May 22) a 32-year-old man was approached by a man with a handgun on the 400 block of South Jefferson Davis Parkway. <a href='http://midcitymessenger.com/2013/05/22/man-robbed-of-clothing-at-gunpoint-on-jeff-davis-parkway-early-wednesday/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Residents meet new first district commander at NONPACC Tuesday</title>
		<link>http://midcitymessenger.com/2013/05/21/live-coverage-first-district-police-nonpacc-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 23:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marta Jewson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First District community members were introduced to their new district commander, Otha Sandifer at the community NONPACC meeting Tuesday night. Sandifer has been with the police department for 20 years, he&#8217;s moving to the first district from academy. For complete coverage of Tuesday night&#8217;s NONPACC meeting see live coverage below: First District NONPACC]]></description>
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		<title>Woman carjacked at gunpoint Sunday afternoon in Mid-City</title>
		<link>http://midcitymessenger.com/2013/05/20/woman-carjacked-at-gunpoint-sunday-afternoon-in-mid-city/</link>
		<comments>http://midcitymessenger.com/2013/05/20/woman-carjacked-at-gunpoint-sunday-afternoon-in-mid-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marta Jewson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A woman was carjacked at gunpoint just blocks from the lively Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo Sunday afternoon. A 49-year-old woman was approached by a man wielding a handgun at about 2:30 Sunday afternoon, according to an initial police report. The man demanded the woman&#8217;s car keys and she complied. The man then fled the scene in <a href='http://midcitymessenger.com/2013/05/20/woman-carjacked-at-gunpoint-sunday-afternoon-in-mid-city/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bicycle Second Line finishes at Bayou Boogaloo</title>
		<link>http://midcitymessenger.com/2013/05/18/bicycle-second-line-finishes-with-bayou-boogaloo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 15:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marta Jewson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday morning&#8217;s bicycle second line will begin in Mid-City and after tracing 11-miles through the city, end at Bayou Boogaloo on the banks of Bayou St. John. For more information visit Bike Easy&#8217;s event page.]]></description>
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		<title>Morris Jeff Community School educators unionize</title>
		<link>http://midcitymessenger.com/2013/05/17/morris-jeff-community-school-educators-unionize/</link>
		<comments>http://midcitymessenger.com/2013/05/17/morris-jeff-community-school-educators-unionize/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marta Jewson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Morris Jeff Community School&#8217;s board unanimously voted to recognize a union formed by the school&#8217;s educators, the first to organize in Orleans Parish after Hurricane Katrina according to a report by Jessica Williams and Della Hasselle of The Lens.]]></description>
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		<title>$367,000 bid claims historic fire house in Mid-City</title>
		<link>http://midcitymessenger.com/2013/05/17/highest-bid-claims-historic-fire-house-in-mid-city-for-368000/</link>
		<comments>http://midcitymessenger.com/2013/05/17/highest-bid-claims-historic-fire-house-in-mid-city-for-368000/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marta Jewson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The winning bid for the old fire house at 200 North Alexander Street came in at $367,000 at an auction for six city properties held Friday morning at City Hall. A $200,000 appraisal price kicked off the race to secure the historic fire house and there were multiple people bidding. In the end, with two <a href='http://midcitymessenger.com/2013/05/17/highest-bid-claims-historic-fire-house-in-mid-city-for-368000/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>City to auction six properties Friday, two in Mid-City</title>
		<link>http://midcitymessenger.com/2013/05/16/city-to-auction-six-properties-friday-two-in-mid-city/</link>
		<comments>http://midcitymessenger.com/2013/05/16/city-to-auction-six-properties-friday-two-in-mid-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marta Jewson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The city of New Orleans will auction six city-owned properties Friday morning in the City Hall council chambers, two of which are in Mid-City&#8211;200 North Alexander Street and 2552 St. Philip Street. For more information see the following press release from the city: CITY OF NEW ORLEANS TO AUCTION SIX PROPERTIES Open House to be <a href='http://midcitymessenger.com/2013/05/16/city-to-auction-six-properties-friday-two-in-mid-city/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo gears up for 8th annual festival</title>
		<link>http://midcitymessenger.com/2013/05/16/mid-city-bayou-boogaloo-gears-up-for-8th-annual-festival/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marta Jewson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 8th Annual Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo will echo throughout Mid-City this weekend, as stages, food vendors and artists pop up along Bayou St. John. &#8220;We&#8217;re excited about our talent line-up,&#8221; said Jared Zeller, President of the Mothership Foundation which organizes Bayou Boogaloo. He said with more sponsors the organization has been able to bring in <a href='http://midcitymessenger.com/2013/05/16/mid-city-bayou-boogaloo-gears-up-for-8th-annual-festival/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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