The National Fried Chicken Festival really is moving to the Gentilly lakefront. Plans for the popular festival to move to the Lake Pontchartrain shore were announced in 2021, only to be scuttled in August 2021 as Covid-19 raged. This year,...
Propeller announces the 19 participants selected for its nationally recognized 2022 Impact Accelerator. This program catalyzes transformative social impact by supporting startup and growth entrepreneurs working to narrow disparities in community economic development, education, food, health and water. Our entrepreneurial...
The New Orleans Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect wanted in connection with reckless driving and aggravated flight. The offense occurred on Sunday (Aug. 7) at the intersection of Almonaster Boulevard and Louisa Street. According...
City Government / Land Use & Development
by Gentilly Messenger · Published August 2, 2022 · Last modified August 3, 2022
A new Scottish Rite Masonic Temple is planned for the vacant lot on St. Bernard Avenue near Interstate-610. It will be home to the Supreme Council of the 33rd and Last Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of...
The National Fried Chicken Festival really is moving to the Gentilly lakefront. Plans for the popular festival to move to the Lake Pontchartrain shore were announced in 2021, only to be scuttled in August 2021 as Covid-19 raged. This year,...
Propeller announces the 19 participants selected for its nationally recognized 2022 Impact Accelerator. This program catalyzes transformative social impact by supporting startup and growth entrepreneurs working to narrow disparities in community economic development, education, food, health and water. Our entrepreneurial...
The New Orleans Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect wanted in connection with reckless driving and aggravated flight. The offense occurred on Sunday (Aug. 7) at the intersection of Almonaster Boulevard and Louisa Street. According...
City Government / Land Use & Development
by Gentilly Messenger · Published August 2, 2022 · Last modified August 3, 2022
A new Scottish Rite Masonic Temple is planned for the vacant lot on St. Bernard Avenue near Interstate-610. It will be home to the Supreme Council of the 33rd and Last Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of...
It took two weeks and two city departments, but the illegal garbage dump under the Danziger Bridge has been cleared away and cleaned up, for the time being anyway. The District D City Council office helped organize the cleanup with...
by Gentilly Messenger · Published July 31, 2022 · Last modified August 3, 2022
Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon will provide information and answer questions related to the steep rise in homeowner insurance due to insolvent carriers on Wednesday (Aug. 3) at the University of New Orleans. The Insurance Town Hall is hosted by District...
The NOPD arrested Bryan Spears, 18, Wednesday (July 27) in the investigation of an auto theft that occurred on July 19 in the 4300 block of Louisa Street. Just after midnight on July 19, the victims had parked their truck...
by Gentilly Messenger · Published July 25, 2022 · Last modified July 26, 2022
By Marielle Songy, Mid-City Messenger Addis Nola will soon be serving authentic Ethiopian dishes from a new home. The family-run restaurant is planning to move from South Broad to Bayou Road in the fall. Addis Nola was opened in 2019...
Twice over the past weekend, people were robbed by strangers at gunpoint while inside a Gentilly home, according to the New Orleans Police Department. And on Monday (July 25), a man was injured in a shooting. The shooting occurred at...
The New Orleans Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying a vehicle wanted in connection with multiple auto burglaries that occurred on Saturday (July 23). According to investigators, the pictured vehicle was seen at the intersection of Prentiss...
The New Orleans Police Department is seeking assistance in identifying and locating a suspect, shown at left, in the theft of a pickup truck and three pet dogs. The incident occurred on July 19 on Louisa near Chef Menteur Highway....
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist There were few surprises Wednesday (July 20) during the first day of qualifying for Louisiana’s mid-term elections, which will be held Nov. 8. As expected, U.S. Sen. John Kennedy led the pack in his run...
