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Scot Pilié, former Weather Channel meteorologist, is returning to New Orleans TV news
Meteorologist Scot Pilié is returning to local ABC affiliate WGNO-TV on a part-time basis, he announced Tuesday via social media. He previously spent two years at WGNO before moving to Atlanta to work for the Weather Channel. Pilié, who maintains a robust social media presence, returned to New Orleans...
First local Winn-Dixie to become an ALDI
NEW ORLEANS — A Winn-Dixie in Metairie is closing and will become an ALDI, according to our partners at The Times-Picayune | New Orleans Advocate. NOLA.com says the German grocery store will replace the Winn-Dixie at 5901 Airline Drive in the coming weeks. ALDI first announced last August that...
Bayou Boogaloo, crawfish boils and more things to do this weekend
Bayou Boogaloo returns this weekend in New Orleans. our best bets for things to do. 🤠 Brooks & Dunn bring their Reboot 2024 Tour to the Smoothie King Center. (Details) 🎭 The NOLA Project continues its presentation of "Shakespeare's Tempest, Reimagined" at Greenway Station. (Tickets) 🏛️ Jenny Mercein...
Gator sausages, slushies, Italian ice: The French Quarter's new street food vendors have arrived
Jimmy Robb stood on a Bourbon Street corner behind a silver pushcart, his hot dogs and sausages sizzling over a smoking grill as groups of tourists ambled past. For the past couple of months, ever since he became one of the newest vendors licensed to operate in the French Quarter, Robb has fielded a repeated question: "Are you Lucky Dogs?"
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