City Government / COVID-19 / Health and Wellness
by Gentilly Messenger · Published September 8, 2020
High-capacity drive-thru COVID-19 testing continues this week at UNO Lakefront Arena and Dillard University in Gentilly. Pre-registration is available but is not required. Individuals who preregister here for UNO or here for Dillard will be directed to an express lane. Those...
High-capacity drive-thru testing will be held throughout the city this week, including multiple sites in the Gentilly area. Drive-thru testing is set to end next week. You do not need to show symptoms or have a history of exposure to...
City Government / Health and Wellness / Land Use & Development
by Gentilly Messenger · Published June 20, 2020
The Council approved a legislative grouping requesting a conditional use and zoning change to permit the proposed veterans’ wellness facility on Mirabeau Avenue. The proposed facility, adjacent to the Bastion Community of Resilience, a residential center, would provide holistic care...
Free COVID-19 testing will be available in the St. Bernard area on Tuesday (May 19) and Wednesday (May 20). Ochsner Health has expanded its community COVID-19 testing efforts in Orleans Parish beginning this week. Tests will be performed at the...
City Government / COVID-19 / Health and Wellness / Parks & Recreation / transportation
by Gentilly Messenger · Published May 18, 2020
New Orleans is embarking on the first week of Phase 1 in reopening the city as part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed nearly 500 lives in the city and more than 2,000 deaths statewide. If...
From the Krewe of Red Beans Krewe of Red Beans, Rouses Markets, the Preservation Hall Foundation, Market Umbrella and the New Orleans Musicians Clinic & Assistance Foundation are partnering for a new effort to ease the pain of the pandemic,...
Food and Drink / Health and Wellness / public safety
by Gentilly Messenger · Published April 8, 2020 · Last modified April 9, 2020
Food, family and holidays are intrinsically linked, particularly in New Orleans where traditions run deep. With Passover starting today (Wednesday, April 8) and Holy Thursday (April 9) leading up to Easter Sunday, more families are planning their feast around these...
business / COVID-19 / Health and Wellness / Opinion / public safety
by Gentilly Messenger · Published April 3, 2020 · Last modified April 15, 2020
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist Joe Sobol Sr. was born with an entrepreneurial spirit. The Riccobonos, his mother’s family, came to New Orleans after Sicily’s devastating famine in the 1880s. They first sold produce and then macaroni in the French...
COVID-19 / Health and Wellness / public safety / transportation
by Gentilly Messenger · Published March 29, 2020 · Last modified April 15, 2020
In response to COVID-19 pandemic, the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority is further reducing its service beginning Sunday (March 29). Some routes will remain on a Saturday schedule, other lines will run less frequently and some routes will be eliminated...
business / City Government / COVID-19 / Food and Drink / Health and Wellness / Opinion
by Gentilly Messenger · Published March 27, 2020 · Last modified April 15, 2020
By Kristine Froeba, opinion columnist COVID-19 can live up to eight hours on cardboard take-out boxes and up to 72 on Styrofoam containers, straws, cups and plastic bags, says a study published by the New England Journal of Medicine. Airborne...
Health and Wellness / public safety
by Gentilly Messenger · Published March 22, 2020 · Last modified March 23, 2020
Gov. John Bel Edwards issued a statewide stay-at-home order today that goes into effect at 5 p.m. Monday (March 23) to further fight the spread of COVID-19 in Louisiana, as the number of confirmed cases have topped 800 and spread...
COVID-19 / Health and Wellness / public safety
by Gentilly Messenger · Published March 21, 2020 · Last modified April 15, 2020
The New Orleans Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness and the New Orleans Health Department announced Saturday that, beginning Sunday (March 22), drive-thru COVID-19 testing will be available to anyone with a fever and other symptoms. The two drive-thru...
