February 18th, 2010 | Posted in Local Issues, NOPD by bloom | No Comments »
By Brendan McCarthy, The Times-Picayune
February 17, 2010, 7:00PM
With a Super Bowl victory immediately followed by the final week of Carnival, New Orleans has resembled a moveable feast of late.
Amid all the revelry and goodwill, violence took a little vacation too.
February 18th, 2010 | Posted in Local Issues, NOPD by bloom | No Comments »
By Ramon Antonio Vargas, The Times-Picayune
February 18, 2010, 7:14AM
sherwood-solomon.jpgMurder suspect Sherwood Solomon, 26A man accused of fatally shooting 43-year-old Braddock Chambliss just blocks from the Krewe of Endymion’s parade route Saturday night was arrested Wednesday evening.
Sherwood Solomon, 26, was booked into Orleans Parish Prison about 8:20 p.m. with one count of second-degree murder, Criminal District Court records showed. He remained jailed early Thursday and was expected to make his first appearance before a judge later in the morning. Continue Reading »
February 16th, 2010 | Posted in Local Issues, Personal Injury by bloom | No Comments »
By Times-Picayune Staff
February 16, 2010, 1:00AM
Uptown Mardi Gras parades:
Zulu, 8:15 a.m., Central City to Downtown
* mardi_gras_zulu.JPGELLIS LUCIA / THE TIMES-PICAYUNEA Zulu float rider prepares to launch a plush toy on St. Charles Av. Mardi Gras Day, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009. The hand-decorated Zulu coconut or “Golden Nugget” is considered one of the most sought after of all Carnival throws. Continue Reading »
February 14th, 2010 | Posted in Local Issues, Sports by bloom | No Comments »
By R. Stephanie Bruno
February 14, 2010, 6:20AM
Valentine’s Day usually ushers in a flurry of chocolate, flower and jewelry sales. But this year the holiday comes in the midst of a citywide love affair with the New Orleans Saints and at the height of the Mardi Gras season, forcing local retailers to resort to creative tactices to keep consumers interested.
harkins.jpgJohn McCusker/The Times-PicayuneSabrina Burns assembles a floral arrangement at Harkins the Florist in New Orleans.”It’s the most challenging Valentine’s Day in 30 years,” said John Harkins of Harkins the Florist on Magazine Street. “But once the Super Bowl game was over, it seems like our newsletter started working and sales began to pick up.” Continue Reading »
February 14th, 2010 | Posted in Local Issues, Sports by bloom | No Comments »
By Mark Lorando, The Times-Picayune
February 13, 2010, 11:38PM
st saints parade 0182Scott Threlkeld / The Times-PicayuneThe Saints Super Bowl parade last week was just a warm-up for Saints quarterback Drew Brees, who will reign Sunday night as Bacchus.
This is what he will hear:
“DREWWWWWW!!! OHMYGOD!!! OHMYGOD!!! RIGHT HERE, DREW!!! I’M OPEN!!! THROW ME SOMETHING, DREW!!! I LOVE YOU, DREWWWWWW!!! WHO DAT, BABY!!! WILL YOU MARRY ME, DREW?!?!?!? I KNOW YOU’RE MARRIED, SO AM I, WE CAN WORK THAT OUT!!! REALLY!!! MY HUSBAND WON’T MIND, HE’S GOT A CRUSH ON YOU, TOO!!! DREWWWWWW!!! DREWWWWWW!!! OHMYGOD, DID YOU SEE THAT?!?!?!? HE THREW IT RIGHT TO ME!!! YOU DA MAN, DREWWWWWW!!!” Continue Reading »
February 14th, 2010 | Posted in Local Issues by bloom | No Comments »
By Times-Picayune Staff
February 14, 2010, 1:00AM
Uptown Mardi Gras parades:
Ted Jackson / The Times-PicayuneSuper Bowl XLIV MVP Drew Brees will reign as Bacchus. Babylon, 10:15 a.m.
Iconic local designer Henri Schindler envisions Babylon’s classic papier mache floats. Continue Reading »
February 13th, 2010 | Posted in Local Issues by bloom | No Comments »
By Ramon Antonio Vargas, The Times-Picayune
February 13, 2010, 1:44PM
Endymion ParadeAdriana Gomez of Pensacola screams as she catches a huge bag of beads with friend Rachel Chapman (R) as they watch the 2,430 riders of the Krewe of Endymion turn off Orleans Avenue onto Carrollton Ave. during the 2009 parade.For a moment, Terry and Paul Theriot feared that New Orleans’ residents had perhaps been paraded out.
Late this morning, with only five hours to go before the Carnival superkrewe of Endymion rolled its parade, the Theriots, who were manning a booth outside Mandina’s Restaurant on Canal Street, had served lunch plates to almost no one. Continue Reading »
February 13th, 2010 | Posted in Local Issues, NOPD by bloom | No Comments »
By The Times-Picayune
February 13, 2010, 9:45AM
By Brendan McCarthy and Laura Maggi, staff writers
and A.C. Thompson, ProPublica
Henry Glover’s burned remains were found weeks after Hurricane Katrina inside an abandoned, nearly incinerated car on the Algiers levee.
A former New Orleans police officer is under investigation for shooting Henry Glover outside an Algiers strip mall four days after Hurricane Katrina, the first act in a bizarre chain of events that has led to a massive federal probe into the city’s Police Department. Continue Reading »
February 13th, 2010 | Posted in Local Issues, Sports by bloom | No Comments »
By Keith Spera, The Times-Picayune
February 13, 2010, 9:05AM
drew brees parade square pass boyd.jpgG. Andrew Boyd / The Times-PicayuneDrew Brees tosses a Bacchus football during the Saints’ victory parade in New Orleans on Feb. 9, 2010.When the Krewe of Bacchus rolls Sunday during the final weekend of Mardi Gras, the specially designed king’s float bearing Drew Brees will be stocked with 10,000 commemorative black and gold foam footballs.
That’s not nearly enough. Continue Reading »
February 13th, 2010 | Posted in Local Issues by bloom | No Comments »
By Times-Picayune Staff
February 13, 2010, 1:00AM
Uptown Mardi Gras parades:
The Times-PicayuneHands reach out for beads during the Krewe of Iris parade. Iris, 11 a.m. Continue Reading »
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