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The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) has sworn in Capt. Melanie Montroll as the new chief of its Harbor Police Department (HPD). In doing so, Montroll became the department’s first woman and first African American woman chief. Montroll succeeds Chief Robert Hecker, who retired after leading HPD for more than 26 years.
The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) has named Assistant Chief Melanie Montroll as Chief of its Harbor Police Department (HPD)…
For Sonny Lee, success isn’t just a goal, it’s a mission. It has to be when you start a nonprofit organization from the ground up and celebrate its 10th
This week, FEMA began rolling out "Risk Rating 2.0"- a bureaucratic scrim for higher flood insurance premiums. Like most buzzwords, Risk Rating 2.0 hides an awful truth: FEMA, at the direction of Congress, has taken virtually all of the subsidies out of subsidized flood insurance. Like all seasoned bureaucrats, FEMA touted the 2.0 rollout in benign, almost glowing...
March 1, 2021 By Frank McCormack Global Maritime Ministries (GMM), a New Orleans-based organization that serves seafarers and inland mariners who call on ports in southeast Louisiana, along with the region’s broader maritime community, typically presents a pair of awards to local maritime leaders during its annual gala event. With ongoing restrictions due to COVID-19, though, Global Maritime Ministries Executive Director Philip Vandercook took the awards to the recipients’ places of work, bringing a personal touch to a season...