Monthly Archives: January 2007

Thursday night around midnight there was a stabbing near the corner of 8th & Orange Street.  Apparently a 15 yr old from Melrose and his girlfriend went to Firewater to get a soda and some candy, where they ran into a bunch of kids from the rental properties over on Olive Street.  A disagreement occured and the Melrose kid and his girlfriend tried to run home to Melrose, but the kids from Olive Street caught up with them around 8th & Orange, where the fight and stabbing occurred.  Reportedly two kids had to go to the hospital to get stitched up, but no serious injuries. The police spent over two hours at the scene trying to resolve the mess. I will…

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This past weekend Joe Simmons died.  Joe was the Argenta Neighborhood Boosters President during the late 1990’s through 2004.  Joe was the glue that held this neighborhood association together when there wasn’t much interest in the Boosters. Joe also served on the NLR Civil Service Commission.  Joe lived on at the corner of 7th & Orange Streets and for many years operated his concrete cutting business from the property next door. Although Lou Gehrig’s disease slowed Joe the last few years, Joe could still be seen walking the neighborhood everyday. A vigil service will be held at 7:00 pm on Tuesday night January 9th at the North Little Rock Funeral Home at 1921 Main Street.  A Burial Mass will be…

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If you want the Historic District expanded it is time to get off your collective asses and do something. There IS oppostion to the expansion primarily from only one or two commercial property owners on 4th Street. They have been contacting our City Council representatives and urging them to vote against the expansion and thier voice has been the only voice heard so far. IF YOU DO NOTHING WE WILL NOT GET THE EXPANSION PASSED!! What can we do? 1. E-mail and call the Mayor and City Council representatives and tell them to vote yes on the expansion (see contact information on the page link to the right of this post) 2. Come to the public hearing with the City Council Monday night…

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