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Tuesday Jul 7 | NOLA,com

Continue reading "More Metairie rezonings expected from Jefferson Parish Council"

Jefferson Parish Planning Director Ed Durabb said proposed rezonings in Metairie will correct rezoning inconsistencies from the 1960s.

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Tuesday Jul 7 | NOLA.com

Ex-con turned around his life until bullet cut it short

Derek LeBlanc used to say that a stint in Orleans Parish Prison saved his life. During the two-year stay, which ended in January, the 29-year-old earned his high school diploma.

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Sun Jul 05, 2009

NOLA.com

Old Jefferson early morning shooting leaves one dead, another wounded

Jefferson Parish authorities are investigating an early morning shooting in Old Jefferson that left one man dead and another wounded.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

Times-Picayune

Jefferson Politics: John Young, Elton Lagasse, Gretna's inauguration, ...

Tim Whitmer , chief administrative officer for Jefferson Parish government since 1998, received a lifetime achievement award from the Bureau of Governmental Research last week.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

Times-Picayune

Three New Orleans men indicted in Jefferson Parish homicide and shootings

Three New Orleans men were indicted by a Jefferson Parish grand jury this morning with a February homicide and two attempted murders that happened in Old Jefferson hours after a shooting in Mid City.

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Thu Jun 18, 2009

Times-Picayune

Clerk grabs robber's gun, chases him from store

Figuring the gun was empty, a clerk at a Metairie convenience store stripped a revolver from a robber's hands and chased him away.

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Fri Jun 05, 2009

Times-Picayune

Friends, relatives shocked by drug story

Friends and family of a Metairie man killed in a double shooting in Old Jefferson expressed shock Thursday when authorities blamed it on a drug deal gone bad.

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Fri May 29, 2009

Times-Picayune

School shuffle stirs up loyalties

About 200 people turned out Thursday night for a town hall meeting on rearranging grades at four Jefferson Parish public schools, a plan enmeshed with issues of finances, facility shortcomings, dwindling enrollment in some schools, waiting lists in others and strong emotions about the cultures and traditions of the different campuses.

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Wed May 20, 2009

NOLA.com

First class graduates from first magnet school in Jefferson Parish

Since early April, seniors at Patrick F. Taylor Science & Technology Academy have been immersed in special activities, from senior prom and senior skip day to senior picnic and senior class carnival.

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NOLA.com

Rezonings in Jefferson and Old Metairie are approved

The Jefferson Parish Council on Wednesday approved sweeping rezonings in Old Jefferson and Old Metairie where the land classifications had fallen out of alignment with the existing neighborhoods.

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Mon May 18, 2009

Times-Picayune

Supervisor named for east bank Jeff schools

Jefferson Parish public schools Superintendent Diane Roussel has appointed Jeffery Helmstetter as her acting regional supervisor for east bank schools.

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Sat May 16, 2009

Times-Picayune

Haynes Academy grade shuffle sought

Faced with the possibility of having to triple the parking capacity at Haynes Academy for Advanced Studies, the Jefferson Parish School Board is revisiting the idea of moving part of the Old Metairie school to another campus.

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Thu May 14, 2009

NOLA.com

Old Jefferson school to show off its International Baccalaureate program

Riverdale Middle School will host an open house Monday to introduce prospective students and their parents to the Old Jefferson school's International Baccalaureate program.

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Sat May 09, 2009

Times-Picayune

2 brothers accused of '07 kidnap

A pair of Metairie brothers charged almost two years ago with an Old Jefferson home invasion during an attempt to steal 15 pounds of marijuana now face charges of aggravated kidnapping, according to an indictment prosecutors unsealed this week.

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Fri May 01, 2009

NOLA.com

Jefferson Parish official seeks change in Central Avenue corridor

A request to rezone a Metairie house as an office has prompted Councilman Elton Lagasse to take a broader view of the entire Central Avenue corridor from Jefferson Highway to Airline Drive, which he says is badly in need of revitalization.

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Times-Picayune

Part of Old Metairie may be rezoned

Jefferson Parish planners propose to reclassify hundreds of properties in three pockets of Old Metairie where the land is dominated by single-family houses, but the zoning allows doubles.

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Thu Apr 30, 2009

Times-Picayune

Arabi resident arrested in Old Jefferson rape

An Arabi man was arrested in the Valentine's Day rape of an acquaintance in Old Jefferson, according to a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office arrest report.

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Wed Apr 29, 2009

Times-Picayune

Riverdale student gets gig with blues guitarist Cranston Clements

Riverdale High School senior Rebecca Gaffney hugs her producer, blues guitarist Cranston Clements, at a performance Wednesday at the Old Jefferson school.

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Fri Apr 24, 2009

Times-Picayune

Jefferson Parish moves to reorder zoning on Coolidge Street corridor

The Coolidge Street corridor north of Jefferson Highway offers one of the most disparate developments possible on a single street: Houses mingle with light-industrial businesses.

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Fri Apr 17, 2009

WWL-TV New Orleans

N.O. lawmaker wants to ban most assault weapons

There's nothing like a debate over assault weapons to get the Louisiana Legislature fired up.

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