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After complete failure, "Bird Island" shows signs of life
Fox8Live.com News
Mar 28New Orleans, La -- Consider them pioneers, or perhaps refugees, returning to the roost. Along the Audubon Park walking trail, a few Great Egrets have gathered on a small, roughly acre-sized island in the park lagoon. For a number of years, hundreds of ... »
Suspended Officer Resigns After 'Thug' Comments Over Trayvon Martin
WDSU Local News
Mar 27NEW ORLEANS --A New Orleans police officer resigned on Tuesday amid a controversy surrounding online comments over Trayvon Martin. Officer Jason Giroir resigned from the NOPD on Tuesday, the department said. At 3 p.m. Tuesday, Public Integrity Bureau C... »
Officer Involved In Deadly Shootout Suspended For 'Thug' Comments
WDSU Local News
Mar 26Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas on Monday suspended without pay an officer suspected of posting abrasive comments on a local website less than a month after the officer was involved in a deadly shootout that is still under investigation. "To say tha... »
Power Restored After Bird Flies Into Entergy Substation
WDSU Local News
Mar 16Entergy crews restored power to thousands of customers on Friday morning after a bird flew into a substation. According to Entergy's website at about 10:30 a.m., 10,000 were without power. The outage bordered Audubon Park and part of Uptown, Broadmoor,... »
Whistling ducks flocking to Audubon Park
nola.com News
Mar 11--One of the most fascinating and valuable things about wildlife is that it serves as environmental monitors for us human residents as it constantly adapts to changes in the natural world that we may not notice. Audubon Park's changing bird... »
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Whistling ducks flocking to Audubon Park
nola.com News
Mar 11--One of the most fascinating and valuable things about wildlife is that it serves as environmental monitors for us human residents as it constantly adapts to changes in the natural world that we may not notice. Audubon Park's changing bird... »
Football and Mardi Gras: A Fan’s Comparison
New Orleans Saints News
Feb 24Football and festivals: these are my passions, and Mardi Gras merges the two together perfectly. Obviously, Mardi Gras provides a festival atmosphere with its beads, bands, floats, and costumes, but plenty of carry-over traditions from the recently com... »
Coyote Chic
ProjectNOLA.com
Jan 17Coyote Ugly Founder Lil Lovell Works a Look That's Rooted In The Rock 'n' Roll Aesthetic of Her World-Famous Bars by Lee Cutrone In summer 2010, a coyote made news when it migrated Uptown near Audubon Park. But, there's another "coyote" in that area wh... »
Gun-wielding woman holed up in home near Audubon
ProjectNOLA.com
Dec 29New Orleans -- Police converged on the scene around an Uptown home where a woman was holed up with a gun.NOPD first received a call around 7:00 p.m. Wednesday night from a man who said his wife had barricaded herself inside the home in the 600 block of... »
Hey, Mr. Mayor: Looking for a quick half-million?
The Lens
Nov 15By Keith Hardie, The Lens contributing opinion writer | If you thought you could finally take a breath following the deluge of revelations of mismanagement under the Nagin administration, hold it for a bit longer. Here’s another raid on the public till... »