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🌱 Patch AM: How a long-empty Lower 9th grocery store is serving kids again

Also, don't miss Dorothy's Quest: The Trials of Oz in New Orleans on the New Orleans Patch calendar

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Hello again New Orleans! We're bringing you the latest town highlights. Don't miss out, keep going! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a long-empty Lower 9th grocery store is serving kids again
  • New Orleans man receives 30-year sentence for online child exploitation scheme

Also on today's calendar: Dorothy's Quest: The Trials of Oz in New Orleans and 6 more events.

And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, Laurel B.!

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Monday: A couple of p.m. t-storms, with a high of 86 and low of 77 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Tuesday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, temps: high: 88, low: 76.
  • Wednesday: Humid; a p.m. t-storm or two, with a high of 91 and low of 77 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Former 1930s grocery store becomes early learning academy in Lower 9th Ward (wdsu.com) — A long-vacant 1930s grocery store in New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward has been reborn as Shiloh Gardens Academy Holy Cross, an early learning center for 50 children. The owner hopes the new childcare option will ease long waiting lists and help revitalize a neighborhood still recovering from Hurricane Katrina.
   

• New Orleans man sentenced for sexually exploiting children (wgno.com) — A New Orleans man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison plus supervised release and restitution for sexually exploiting multiple children he contacted through a messaging app. Federal officials in New Orleans say the case should warn others who attempt to coerce minors online that they will be aggressively prosecuted.
   

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  • PENN Plans $195 Million New Orleans Casino Move (mychesco.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time (Thank you Kourtney Z. for sending it in!)
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