Major housing development in Edgewood up in the air [Video]
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Major housing development in Edgewood up in the air [Video]

MORNING WHILE EDGEWOOD RESIDENTS AND TOWN OFFICIALS ARE AT ODDS OVER A DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL, JULIAN PEREZ IS IN EDGEWOOD, WHERE SOME BELIEVE MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF PLANNING MAY BE COMING TO A HEAD. THIS MASSIVE PIECE OF LAND BEHIND ME IS WHATS BEING TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT. ITS OFF OF HIGHWAY 14, NORTHWEST OF EDGEWOOD. TOWN OFFICIALS SAY TONIGHTS ZONING MEETING HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MAJOR PROJECT DEVELOPMENT. BUT RESIDENTS TELL US THEYRE NOT CONVINCED. YOU HAVE POTENTIALLY 4000 WELLS, DENNIS KELLOGG WITH THE EAST MOUNTAINS PROTECTION ACTION COALITION AND OTHERS ARE WORRIED MAJOR CHANGE IS COMING TO EDGEWOOD. THEY BELIEVE A DECADES OLD DEVELOPMENT IS ABOUT TO MOVE FORWARD, A PLAN HE SAYS COULD DAMAGE THE EDGEWOOD COMMUNITY. THE COMMUNITY ARE IMPACTED. THE ENVIRONMENT. THERES WILDLIFE IN THIS AREA. KELLOGG ARGUES THIS IS PART OF A PLAN FROM CAMPBELL FARMING CORPORATION TO BUILD 4000 HOMES. TWO GOLF COURSES AND A HOTEL IN EDGEWOOD. A PETITION ON CHANGE.ORG HAS ALREADY GARNERED ATTENTION FROM MORE THAN 1600 PEOPLE TO REJECT ANY POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT, BUT EDGEWOOD OFFICIALS SAY PEOPLE ARE BEING MISINFORMED. THIS FACEBOOK POST REFERENCES TONIGHTS MEETING WILL ONLY DISCUSS SUBDIVIDING LAND AND NOT DEVELOPMENT. KELLOGG SAYS HES NOT BUYING IT. HE BELIEVES THE DEVELOPMENT, IF IT WERE TO HAPPEN, WOULD CAUSE ISSUES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE HEALTH OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE AREA. IN ADDITION, HE SAYS, THE TOWN DOES NOT HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A PROJECT THIS BIG. MORE CONS AND PROS AND WERE IN A RURAL SETTING. WEVE ALWAYS BEEN A RURAL SETTING. THE COUNTYS BELIEVE THAT THATS WHAT THIS SHOULD BE. THAT MEETING WILL BE TAKING PLACE STARTING AT 6 P.M. TONIGHT AT EDGEWOOD TOWN HALL IN EDGEWOOD. JULIAN ROSS KOAT. ACTION SEVEN NEWS. CAMPBELL FARMING CORPORATI

Hush Lounge set to close after Five Points South mass shooting [Video]
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Hush Lounge set to close after Five Points South mass shooting [Video]

JOHN? YEAH, GUY WE PULLED ABOUT EIGHT DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS IN THE FIVE POINTS SOUTH DISTRICT, ONE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SHOOTING, THEIR SALES ACTUALLY DROPPED ABOUT 80%. ANOTHER SAID THAT THEIR NIGHTLY NUMBERS WENT FROM ABOUT $1,000 DOWN TO 300. BUT SINCE THEN, THINGS HAVE STARTED TO PICK UP. THE SHOCKWAVES CREATED BY THE SEPTEMBER 21ST MASS SHOOTING WERE UNDENIABLE. FOUR PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 17 OTHERS HURT. THAT WAS EXACTLY TWO MONTHS AGO. 62 DAYS LATER, FIVE POINTS BUSINESS OWNER ACE GRAHAM HAS NOTICED A SHIFT. I THINK ITS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PLACE FROM WHAT IT WAS TWO MONTHS AGO. I THINK NOW SO MANY THINGS HAVE HAPPENED. THE SEASON HAS CHANGED. WHILE MOST RESTAURANTS WE POLLED SAW A DROP IN DINERS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE TRAGEDY, THEY ARE NOW SEEING SALES TREND UP. GRAHAM BELIEVES THE UPCOMING SEASON OF SPENDING WILL HELP THE HOLIDAY SEASON ENJOYING THE AREA. SPENDING TIME HERE, EATING OUT, SHOPPING WITH US AS WELL TO OUR COMMUNITY, RUNNING HASNT STOPPED. WEVE ACTUALLY BEEN GROWING SINCE THEN. BUT WITH THAT GROWTH COMES A LOSS. TODAY WE CONFIRMED THE HUSH LOUNGE, THE NIGHTCLUB NEAREST TO THE SHOOTING, WILL SHUT ITS DOORS IN TEN DAYS. I THINK ITS REALLY TOUGH FOR ANYONE TO OPERATE A SMALL BUSINESS RIGHT NOW. SO WITH SO MANY THINGS HAPPENING AND SO MANY THINGS CAUSING ISSUES FOR PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT WAYS, IM NOT SURPRISED WHEN I SEE ANY BUSINESS CLOSING. THE OWNER DID NOT GIVE A REASON FOR CLOSING HIS DOORS AND STILL RUNS THE SLEEK NIGHTCLUB IN THE SAME BLOCK. GRAHAM BELIEVES AS MORE TIME PASSES, THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT WHERE HE WORKS AND LIVES WILL ONLY GROW STRONGER. CONTINUE TO FIND WAYS TO PUSH THE THE COMMUNITY FORWARD. JUST ACTIVATING EVENTS IN THIS COMMUNITY CONTINUOUSLY SUPPORTING PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND DOING EVERYTHING THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO DO AS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND AS PATRONS. DAMIEN MCDANIEL WAS CHARGED IN THE MASS SHOOTING OF 21 PEOPLE, WHICH BIRMINGHAM POLICE CLAIM IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. NOW, GRAHAM SAYS HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO PLANNING THE FIVE POINTS SOUTH SAINT PATRICKS DAY PARADE IN MARCH, WHICH HE HOPES WILL BE THE FOURTH THAT HE HOPES THE 41ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE EVENT WILL BE ITS BIGGEST EVER. LI

New Orleans homeowner without water for months receives water bill [Video]
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New Orleans homeowner without water for months receives water bill [Video]

A West Bank homeowner has been dealing with ongoing challenges getting water services restored to her property after extensive renovations.”I have no water,” said Darryl Lumpkins. “It’s uninhabitable.”Lumpkins says she has been waiting for basic water service at her home on Wagner Street for months.”When I opened my account, the plumber realized there was no water going to the house,” said Lumpkins. Lumpkins said the issue began in May when she first purchased and renovated the property.”When my plumber went to connect the new plumbing to the street side, he realized that the plumbing that they have in the street is corroded, has holes in it,” said Lumpkins. For months, Lumpkins has dealt with an empty home, a dug-up yard, and a large, smelly hole in the road.”Yes, it’s a bill. $154,” said Lumpkins. Despite the lack of water service, Lumpkins received a bill from the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans.”It didn’t make sense. If we’re having these issues, then nobody addressed it, but they keep telling me I have to have an account. I open an account, and now I have a bill for $159.49.”Lumpkins just wants one of the most basic utilities every property needs: water service.”Yes, this house has been completed since June. I still have a mortgage that I have to pay for and I can’t get a tenant in here because there’s no water,” said Lumpkins. We first talked to Lumpkins last week, and since then, there has been some work on the property, including Sewerage and Water Board employees and heavy machinery.The Sewerage and Water Board says this is a complicated location and it requires a number of different investigations. Crews were on site Wednesday for repairs to the sewer house connection.