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Entries from November 2005

15 rules of civility

November 28th, 2005 · No Comments

The following 15 rules of civility are taken from Stephen Carter’s Civility (1998).

Our duty to be civil toward others does not depend on whether we like them or not.
Civility requires that we sacrifice for strangers, not just for people we happen to know.
Civility has two parts: generosity, even when it is costly, and trust, even […]

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Harte Block Building

November 23rd, 2005 · No Comments

Renovations on the Harte Block are proceeding. Yesterday I noticed that nearly all of the top section of the building has been painted.

Tags: Dundee Neighborhood

Parking study proposed for Dundee

November 21st, 2005 · No Comments

Omaha World Herald
Published Thursday November 17, 2005
BY MAHALIA ASANAENYI
City officials are turning to a comprehensive parking study to address parking problems in the Dundee neighborhood.
Councilman Jim Suttle said the parking study will evaluate the available parking spaces and determine how many are needed for the business district near 50th Street and Underwood Avenue.
A garage plan […]

Tags: Dundee Neighborhood · In the News · Parking

Midlands Voices: Neighborhood groups display can-do spirit

November 16th, 2005 · No Comments

Omaha World Herald
Published Tuesday November 15, 2005
BY RONALD G. ABDOUCH
The writer is executive director of the Neighborhood Center for Greater Omaha.
Don’t look now, but a new sociopolitical force that must be reckoned with is emerging in our community: metro Omaha’s neighborhoods.
From Dundee to Walnut Hill to downtown to the suburbs, a fresh neighborhood-centered vitality is […]

Tags: In the News · Omaha

How to Drink Scotch?

November 15th, 2005 · No Comments

Here in Dundee, we have one of the largest Scotch selections in America at the Dundee Dell. Scotch tastings the 1st Sunday of every month at 4:00 p.m. and repeated the following Thursday at 7:00 p.m.
I’m not a Scotch drinker, so I am mainly attracted to their World of Beers and Fish & Chips. Occasionally, […]

Tags: Dundee Neighborhood