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🌱 Recycling Services To Return + Former JJIC Director Investigated

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Shannon Denney, Neighbor
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Hey, neighbors! It's me, Shannon Denney, your host of the Daily. Follow along for everything you need to know about what's happening in town these days, including updates on:

  • DA's office requests funding increase
  • Investigation into former Juvenile Justice Intervention Center director
  • Curbside recycling services

But first, today's weather:

Nice with plenty of sunshine. High: 80 Low: 66.

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Here are the top stories in New Orleans today:

  1. Jason Williams, the Orleans Parish District Attorney, requested the City Council to increase his 2023 budget by $4.4 million at the City Council budget hearings. Williams cited the case backlog created by the pandemic as well as an all-around need for more employees and pay raises to help the office run smoothly. (FOX 8 Local First)
  2. The former director of the Juvenile Justice Intervention Center, Dr. Kyshun Webster, has been investigated by the New Orleans Office of the Inspector General for misuse of property, funding and neglect of duty. Webster reportable only swiped into the facility 13 times over a 12-month period and used staffing and resources from the JJIC to take care of his aging dog. (WGNO New Orleans)
  3. After over a year of curbside recycling services being suspended, the service will finally return to parts of New Orleans, specifically Areas 2 and 3, next week. On Nov. 7, neighborhoods west of the industrial canal, Lakeview, Gentilly, parts of Bywater, Mid-City, Marigny, the Lower Ninth Ward and New Orleans East will all have recycling and trash pickups on consistent days of the week. (WWLTV.com)

Today in New Orleans:

  • Yoga with a Vue at Longue Vue House and Gardens (9:30 AM)
  • Johnette Downing Family Music Series at The French Marketplace (11:00 AM)
  • Japan Club of New Orleans at the Harahan Branch Library (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

  • New Orleans Jazz Museum's Best of The Beat™ Music Awards is finally returning after an almost three-year hiatus from the pandemic. Get tickets for Nov. 10 for a night of food, celebration and music! (New Orleans Jazz Museum via Instagram)
  • Tis nearly the season! New Orleans Dance Collective is hosting Holiday Pictures with Gentilly Santa on Nov. 20! (New Orleans Dance Collective via Facebook)
  • You can still get tickets for the New Orleans Film Festival's Opening Night festivities, which is today at Second Line Stages! Go check out some films in person or virtually! (New Orleans Film Festival via Facebook)

You're officially in the loop for today! I'll see you soon.

— Shannon Denney

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