by Gentilly Messenger · Published September 23, 2021 · Last modified September 24, 2021
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist Many members of the legal community are aggressively marketing their services in the wake of Hurricane Ida to assist businesses or homeowners and renters with getting the money they deserve from insurance companies. After all,...
The NOPD’s Traffic Division will conduct sobriety checkpoints late Thursday (Sept. 23) through early Friday (Sept. 24). Checkpoints will be also conducted from Sept. 30 to Oct. 1. The checkpoints will operate between 9 p.m. on Thursday through 5 a.m....
City Government / public safety / recovery
by Gentilly Messenger · Published September 19, 2021 · Last modified September 20, 2021
By Katherine Hart, Gentilly Messenger As 70 city employees took to the streets to help contractors clear away bags of garbage from outside homes, the City Council met with administration officials and the city’s solid waste contractors Friday (Sept. 17)...
The election originally scheduled for Oct. 9, which includes an open primary for all City Council seats, has been rescheduled for Nov. 13 due to Hurricane Ida. To give voters a chance to learn the policies, platforms and personal attributes...
by Gentilly Messenger · Published September 23, 2021 · Last modified September 24, 2021
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist Many members of the legal community are aggressively marketing their services in the wake of Hurricane Ida to assist businesses or homeowners and renters with getting the money they deserve from insurance companies. After all,...
The NOPD’s Traffic Division will conduct sobriety checkpoints late Thursday (Sept. 23) through early Friday (Sept. 24). Checkpoints will be also conducted from Sept. 30 to Oct. 1. The checkpoints will operate between 9 p.m. on Thursday through 5 a.m....
City Government / public safety / recovery
by Gentilly Messenger · Published September 19, 2021 · Last modified September 20, 2021
By Katherine Hart, Gentilly Messenger As 70 city employees took to the streets to help contractors clear away bags of garbage from outside homes, the City Council met with administration officials and the city’s solid waste contractors Friday (Sept. 17)...
The election originally scheduled for Oct. 9, which includes an open primary for all City Council seats, has been rescheduled for Nov. 13 due to Hurricane Ida. To give voters a chance to learn the policies, platforms and personal attributes...
The New Orleans Police Department is seeking to locate and identify the suspect in an aggravated assault with a firearm incident reported Wednesday (Sept. 15) in the 6300 block of Elysian Fields Avenue. At 10:48 a.m., the pictured suspect reportedly...
by Gentilly Messenger · Published September 15, 2021 · Last modified September 16, 2021
Beginning today (Sept. 15) at 11 a.m., the New Orleans Department of Sanitation will allow residents to dispose of bagged household garbage at the Elysian Fields Transfer Station free of charge. The free drop-off is temporarily available while the city...
The New Orleans Police Department is seeking assistance in locating and identifying a person-of-interest, shown in both photos above, for questioning in the ongoing investigation of an aggravated battery by shooting on Aug. 27 at St. Bernard Avenue and Milton...
Two shootings were reported eight hours apart in Gentilly neighborhoods. The first took place Monday (Sept. 13) at about 5 p.m. A woman was inside her home in the 5700 block of Wickfield Drive, in the St. Anthony area, when...
Hurricane Ida significantly impacted City Park’s celebrated tree canopy, according to park officials. Two weeks after the Category 4 storm made landfall, the park reports strides in addressing fallen trees and removing tons of debris. “Much more work remains,” park...
As residents learn of power restoration in their neighborhoods, and businesses start to reopen, city agencies and public safety officials continue to assess damages sustained during the storm and partner with organizations to offer residential resources. The city and Entergy...
Now that refrigerators are operating again in New Orleans, a group is helping New Orleanians fill them. Culture Aid NOLA will host a 70,000+ pound free food giveaway beginning at 2 p.m. today (Sept. 8) at Tad Gormley Stadium, 5400...
More than a week without garbage pickup, combined with mass refrigerator-emptying as evacuees return home, has made for some very stinky streets and sidewalks across the city. As regular trash pickup drags along, the city will begin to remove storm...
