Muggy, Study, Monday – Lake Ponchartrain

by admin on 2012/01/23

Monday was an unseasonably warm in New Orleans, with temperatures in the mid-70s and humid.  Some UNO students took the opportunity to study by Lake Ponchartrain.

The University of New Orleans is on the southern shore of Lake Ponchartrain.

A Long Way From Home

Below is seen Maja, a film student from Poland, who came to Louisiana to study in August.  On this muggy, humid day, the opaque horizon is barely visible.

Maja said that she came to UNO because of the film program, and she was studying for a film class on the shore this afternoon.

James A. Robichaux

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2011 MLK Day Parade In New Orleans

by admin on 2012/01/15

In January 2011, the NOLA Post covered the 2011 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade in New Orleans in 2 parts:

Part 1

Part 2

Below are two sample pictures, but much more, including an interview with a paradegoer and several pictures, can be found in the two parts.

The pictures were taken near Claiborne Avenue.

James A. Robichaux

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Kira Orange Jones Visits Supporters Before Winning Education Position

20 November 2011

Saturday was run-off election day in Louisiana.  One of the candidates vying for an elected position was Kira Orange Jones, candidate for the local district seat in the state’s Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.  Orange Jones won, defeating eight-year incumbent Louella Givens in an election that signifies major changes that could soon take effect [...]

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Prep Football: Jesuit Defeats Sulphur in Playoffs, Advances

19 November 2011

In high school football action on the night of Friday 18 November, the Jesuit Blue Jays came from behind and defeated East Saint John in the second-round of the playoffs.  A week before that, on Saturday 12 November,  Jesuit defeated Sulphur High School at Tad Gormley Stadium in the first round, and here are some [...]

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Raceland Raw Sugars At Night

12 November 2011

Grinding seasons is fully underway in bayou country west of New Orleans, as the annual sugar harvest season is busy as usual.  This is the scene at Raceland Raw Sugars 40 miles west-southwest of New Orleans on November 5. Raceland Raw Sugars was recently a feature on the NOLA Post for a different reason. The [...]

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Photos: Prep Football – Jesuit Trounces Frankinton – Part 2 of 2

19 October 2011

This is Part 2 of 2 of the NOLA Post‘s coverage of the prep football game between Franklinton and Jesuit on Friday 14 October 2011 at Tad Gormley Stadium in New Orleans.  Part 1 started with pregame activities and ended with Franklinton punting after failing to make a first down on its opening drive. The [...]

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Photos: Prep Football – Jesuit Trounces Frankinton – Part 1 of 2

17 October 2011

These pictures, presented in chronological order, are of pregame activities and the first half of the first quarter of the prep football match between Jesuit High School in New Orleans and Franklinton High School. The Jesuit cheerleaders pose before the game at Tad Gormley Stadium. The school’s marching band prepared. While the dancers prepared on [...]

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Undefeated Belle Chasse Holds Off Shaw – Part 2 of 2

12 October 2011

This is Part 2 of 2 of the NOLA Post‘s coverage of the high school football game Saturday 8 October between the undefeated Cardinals of Belle Chasse High School and the Eagles of Archbishop Shaw High School. The second half started with Shaw kicking off, trailing by six, having failed to put any points on [...]

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Undefeated Belle Chasse Holds Off Shaw – Part 1 of 2

10 October 2011

This is Part 1 of 2 of the NOLA Post‘s coverage of the high school football game Saturday 8 October between the undefeated Cardinals of Belle Chasse High School and the Eagles of Archbishop Shaw High School. Above, two Shaw defenders are seen between plays.  Below, Belle Chasse defenders take down a Shaw runner. Below, [...]

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Overturned Sugarcane Truck at Raceland Raw Sugars

9 October 2011

Sugarcane grinding season is here, and Raceland Raw Sugars, like many other sugar mills in southern Louisiana is grinding cane, taking delivery by truck several times per day. However, this scene on Saturday is probably not how this cane was supposed to be delivered. Raceland is about 35 miles west-southwest of New Orleans along the [...]

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