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Axios
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
After permit dispute, Bayou Boogaloo returns for 2025
Bayou Boogaloo will return to Bayou St. John this weekend, filling the waterway and the neighborhood with eager local music fans. Why it matters: Until last week, the festival's return wasn't a sure thing. Catch up quick: Bayou Boogaloo was founded in 2005 as a fundraiser to support maintenance along the Mid-City waterway. But for years, organizers and local leaders have fielded complaints from some who live near the event's location along Bayou St. John. Those complaints tend to focus on parking issues, the fencing the festival installs for its event weekend, and trash buildup in the neighborhood. By this year's event, Councilman Joe Giarrusso told The Times-Picayune, he's gotten "more parking and ticketing complaints from Bayou Boogaloo than Jazz Fest." The intrigue: A hold had been placed on the annual event's permit as neighbors and event organizers hashed out plans to address safety and neighborhood concerns, according to a statement released by Giarrusso on May 9. "No decision with Bayou Boogaloo happened overnight or in a vacuum," Giarrusso said. "We have met and talked with the festival and neighbors for years." State of play: With the permit approved for 2025's festival, the location of future Bayou Boogaloo events is still murky. "Given the ongoing conversations, there will be a meeting this summer for anyone interested in discussing the festival," Giarrusso said in a statement. If you go: The game is on for this weekend's event, May 16-18. Tickets. The fest includes music spread across three stages with headliners Honey Island Swamp Band, Big Freedia, and 420 Funk Mob ft. members of Parliament Funkadelic. Vendors hawking food, drinks, and arts and crafts will be there, too. And don't forget your kayaks or giant pool floaties. Attendees can catch the tunes — and the breeze — from the bayou. Boating rules.
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Mediation between Orleans Parish School Board and city could avoid a trial
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — It's been a back and forth battle between Mayor LaToya Cantrell and the New Orleans City Council regarding $10 million for New Orleans Public Schools. Legal expert Cliff Cardone says the day-long mediation hearing is an attempt to reach an agreement and avoid a trial. 'The court on its motion has made a determination to assist all the parties in the hopes of settling this case. So the court ordered a settlement conference in the hopes of resolving all the disputes. If a settlement is read, then that would ostensibly end the litigation,' said Cardone. Gov. Landry, new commission to create permanent memorial of Jan. 1 attack in New Orleans Cantrell is asking the judge to reverse the $10 million school judgment, calling it unlawful and unconstitutional. New Orleans Councilman Joe Giarrusso says the goal is never to be at odds with the mayor but to always try and get things resolved. 'The council keeps on passing all the things that we need to do to make the deal final and whole. So that's part we feel very responsible for. And look, the courts always have their place and we want to make sure that they're doing their job, but we feel like we're going to continue to do ours,' said Giarrusso. The $10 million from the mayor's office would have been given to the schools through a proposed legal settlement that called for the city as a whole to pay $20 million this school year, and an additional $70 million over the following 10 years. With a June 20 trial date looming, Giarusso could see a resolution explaining that the city has brought up a different option. New superintendent selected for New Orleans Public Schools 'Today's the first day we heard about a different offer, and look, if everybody's willing to come to slightly different terms and we get it all done, fantastic. That's all we're looking for,' said Giarrusso. School leaders voiced the need for the deal to happen, citing employee layoffs and services for students. 'We want to make sure we have the deal done. It's two things you've already pointed out. It's about the children and making sure that they're taken care of. But remember, we have a lawsuit, too. And if we can get that lawsuit taken care of, and so we're not fighting with each other, that's what's important to me,' said Giarrusso. Whether a deal has been made to call off the trial or not hasn't been signs executive orders on school discipline, education reform List: Which foods contain the dyes that RFK wants eliminated in the US? How will RFK Jr.'s autism data collection work? Trump adding two 'beautiful' flagpoles to White House grounds as part of his 'touches' Hegseth creates makeup studio in Pentagon Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Boston Globe
06-03-2025
- Boston Globe
N.H. police officer arrested for child pornography in Haverhill
Pleas of not guilty were entered on all charges on his behalf. He posted $100,000 cash bail at the court and was released with a GPS monitoring device, court records show. The Haverhill Police Department and Giarrusso's attorney did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday night. He is due back in court April 2 for a probable cause hearing. Court records also show that Giarrusso was charged Wednesday with improper storage of a firearm. He is due to be arraigned on that charge in Haverhill District Court on April 2, according to the records. Advertisement Rita Chandler can be reached at
