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🌱 Slidell-New Orleans Bridge To Reopen + Water Main Repair
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Rise and shine, New Orleans! Let's get this Tuesday started. Here's everything you need to know in New Orleans today.
First, today's weather:
Breezy with a stray t-storm. High: 79 Low: 67.
Here are the top three stories in New Orleans today:
- A New Orleans water main repair will affect several neighborhoods through this morning. The text closure two weeks ago was successful, but the neighborhoods of Mid-City, Gentilly, Lakeview and New Orleans Easy might experience a drop in water pressure. (WDSU New Orleans)
- After a 3-year closure, the U.S. 11 bridge that links Slidell and New Orleans is finally set to reopen this March. (NOLA.com)
- A minor altercation at MSY lead to a couple being put in airport jail after a deputy was injured intervening on Saturday night. The couple faces multiple charges relating to the incident where one fought with a woman at their gate and the other started a scuffle at the ticket counter. (WWLTV.com)
Today in New Orleans:
- Yoga with a Vue at Longue Vue House and Gardens (9:30 AM)
- Virtual Book Club Discussion: The Forest of Thieves and the Magic Garden (12:00 PM)
- Tulane University Men's Tennis vs LSU (1:00 PM)
- Down On Their Luck Orchestra in Concert (1:00 PM)
From my notebook:
- Parents and community members lament on the closure of St. Rita Catholic School in New Orleans. (NOLA.com)
- NOPD arrested a 20-year-old man on multiple firearm and narcotics violations. (WGNO New Orleans)
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— Shannon Denney