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By Jeanne D’Arcy, Uptown Messenger Once again, the queen of ghostly puns has pulled off a Halloween extravaganza on St. Charles Avenue. Crowds gather and a line of cars slows down to see the Skeleton House at 6000 St. Charles Ave., the creation of homeowner Louellen Berger.  The skeleton krewe is an established fixture on […]

By Jeanne D’Arcy, Uptown Messenger Once again, the queen of ghostly puns has pulled off a Halloween extravaganza on St. Charles Avenue. Crowds gather and a line of cars slows down to see the Skeleton House at 6000 St. Charles Ave., the creation of homeowner Louellen Berger.  The skeleton krewe is an established fixture on […]

Sauna season is here, and A/C is the place to be.

Efforts are being made to restore the historic St. Thomas Primitive Baptist Church building in Summit in time for its 100th anniversary in 2023.

BATON ROUGE — Amid lifted mask mandates, businesses re-openings and a barrage of economic recovery proposals in the Legislature, Louisianans may soon find some new changes to the history of the state itself.  The House Judiciary Committee passed bills Thursday to establish a new state motto and to name “Southern Nights,” a song written by the late New Orleans music legend Allen Toussaint, as the fifth state song.  Rep. Richard Nelson, R-Mandeville, brought up HB17, which proposes to cha...

BATON ROUGE — Amid lifted mask mandates, businesses re-openings and a barrage of economic recovery proposals in the Legislature, Louisianans may soon find some new changes to the history of the state itself.  The House Judiciary Committee passed bills Thursday to establish a new state motto and to name “Southern Nights,” a song written by the late New Orleans music legend Allen Toussaint, as the fifth state song.  Rep. Richard Nelson, R-Mandeville, brought up HB17, which proposes to cha...

River Rouge officials are facing criticism over the proposed rezoning of land belonging to city officials and employees to permit marijuana businesses. The Planning Commission has been asked to consider rezoning parcels at 150 East Great Lakes, 152 East Great Lakes and 154 East Great Lakes to include the Green Overlay Zoning District, which allows for light industrial uses, including marijuana facilities. According to city property records, 150 East Great Lakes and 154 East Great Lakes are ow...

Today its building the next generation, the next erma thomas or trombone shorty or the next dr. john. thats a marcellus kid in here somewhere. i saw it in the young men i met earlier, who was a part of nola for life, focused on reducing the number of murders in the city of new orleans. theres a program that works where with my brothers keepers initiative to make sure that all young people, and particularly our boys and young men of color who are so disproportionately impacted by crimes and viole...