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🌱 Baby Orangutan Named + Parade Offers Spaces For Sober Revelers
The quickest way to get caught up on the most important things happening today in New Orleans.
Good morning, New Orleans! Here's everything you need to know to get this Saturday started off right.
First, today's weather:
Mostly sunny. High: 59 Low: 48.
Here are the top three stories today in New Orleans:
- The New Orleans parade routes will have safe space for sober revelers provided by Avenues.
- Audubon Zoo's infant orangutan has officially been named. After over 10k votes, the endangered Sumatran will be called Roux. (My New Orleans)
- The St. Tammy's Sheriff's Office has added a mobile command center and drone equipment to a new crime-fighting arsenal. (NOLA.com)
Today in New Orleans:
- Tulane University Sailing at USF Women's Team Race (12:00 AM)
- Tulane University Sailing vs Nelson Roltsch Team Race (12:00 AM)
- Tulane University Women's Beach Volleyball vs Tulane University (12:00 AM)
- Tai Chi in the Sculpture Garden at New Orleans Museum of Arts (9:00 AM)
- Yoga with a Vue at Longue Vue House and Gardens (9:30 AM)
- Arrowhead Jazz Band at the New Orleans Jazz National Park (11:00 AM)
- Tulane University Men's Tennis vs Rice (1:00 PM)
- Tulane University Baseball vs UMass Lowell (2:00 PM)
From my notebook:
- The Regional Transit Authority has extended ferry service along the Algiers Point – Canal Street route to accommodate increased ridership due to Mardi Gras festivities downtown. (Facebook)
- In just one month, Lark returns to the Park. Join the New Orleans City Park Friday, March 18 for the 40th anniversary of the springtime gala! (Facebook)
- According to the Parish President Mike Cooper of St. Tammany Parish Government, the U.S. 11 Bridge is scheduled to open by the end of March! (Nextdoor)
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That's it for today! See you all tomorrow for your next update.
— Shannon Denney