Events / flood protection and drainage / New Orleans East
by Jamal Melancon · Published October 18, 2017
Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s Neighborhood Engagement Office will hold a New Orleans East District E catch basin cleaning day this Saturday, Oct. 21. The meeting place is the Lake Forest Charter...
The New Orleans East Hospital is opening a detoxification unit on Monday, Oct. 9 and later a diabetes center. The New Orleans East Hospital, which opened last week on Sept....
The Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) and Recovery School District (RSD) announced on Thursday, Aug. 31 that public schools in New Orleans have opened enrollment opportunities for any students displaced...
As Tropical Storm Cindy continues and puts the city of New Orleans on a tornado watch until 7 p.m. (June 21), Lakeshore Drive westbound between Leon C. Simon Boulevard and...
Craft brewing business comes to New Orleans East through Royal Brewery, which held a ribbon cutting to kick off its grand opening weekend filled with beer, food, and live music....
flood protection and drainage / New Orleans East / Traffic & Construction
by Tyree Worthy · Published March 20, 2017
Residents, businesses, and motorists are advised that several streets and intersections in the Plum Orchard Area will have full street closures for several days beginning Monday, March 20 through Friday, March...
Arts, books, and music / Featured / Land Use & Development / New Orleans East
by Jamal Melancon · Published March 13, 2017 · Last modified March 31, 2017
The owners of Tipitina’s and the Orpheum Theater plan to open a multipurpose facility for all walks of life at the South Shore Harbor on Lake Pontchartrain. The site will...
New Orleans East residents reassured one another that they will be there for each other to rebuild, after a tornado touched down in the area on Feb. 7. Story by...
Featured / New Orleans East / public safety
by Jamal Melancon · Published February 8, 2017 · Last modified February 17, 2017
Following the seven tornadoes that affected Louisiana parishes on Tuesday (Feb. 7), community members in New Orleans East came together, in the wake of the natural disaster. By Osama Ayyad...
The new Gentilly Retail Strip Center is currently in development, but businesses rue 21, rue+, and Dollar Tree opened earlier this August and are providing both more variety and affordable...
On Saturday, August 20, the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission (NORDC) will host the 2016 NOLA Kicks Exchange in New Orleans East in collaboration with Red Bull and Uber. People attending...
