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Entries from September 2006

UNO’s neighbors upset over fireworks display

September 29th, 2006 · No Comments

Scott Stewart
September 29, 2006
A local resident protested a recent UNO football fireworks display by holding a sign for the rush-hour commuters on Dodge Street to see on Monday afternoon.
Bonny Price, a long-time resident of the Happy Hollow neighborhood, held a sign saying “U.N.O. Happy Hollow is not Lebanon: No fireworks” in front of the […]

Tags: DMPA Meetings · Dundee Neighborhood · In the News · Omaha

City Won’t Appeal Dundee Cell Tower

September 28th, 2006 · No Comments

POSTED: 11:24 am CDT September 28, 2006
UPDATED: 11:30 am CDT September 28, 2006
OMAHA, Neb. — A cell tower project in Dundee will go forward.
The city of Omaha said on Thursday that it will not appeal a federal judge’s decision to allow a 75-foot cell tower to go up in a church parking lot.
Neighbors in the […]

Tags: Dundee Neighborhood · In the News · Omaha

Marks in the Media

September 25th, 2006 · No Comments

[via Google Alerts]
Western front is quiet, for now
Posted on Sun, Sep. 24, 2006
I already have a favorite restaurant, a wine bar/bistro named Mark’s that is located in a charming neighborhood called Dundee.

Greetings from my new home away from “home,” Omaha, Neb.
Three days and more than 1,000 miles after leaving beloved Bellefonte, I arrived in Omaha, […]

Tags: Dundee Neighborhood · In the News · Midtown Businesses · Omaha

Kansas City Roanoke Historic District Fall Homes Tour

September 25th, 2006 · No Comments

October 21, 10 am to 5 pm
October 22, noon to 5 pm
Thirteen different houses will be showcased.
Advanced Tickets: $20 both days; $12 single day
Day-of-Tour Tickets: $25 both days; $15 single day
Advanced tickets go on sale September 21st at UMKC Central Ticket Office, 4949 Cherry Street, KCMO, (816) 235-6222 or through this web site. Day-of-tour ticket […]

Tags: Architecture · Events Calendar

Cell tower OK riles neighbors

September 16th, 2006 · No Comments

Omaha World Herald
Published September 15, 2006
BY MAHALIA ASANAENYI
News that a federal judge opened the way for a 75-foot cell tower to be built in their neighborhood stung Metcalfe Park residents.
“I am appalled,” said Jo Bartikoski, a resident at 53rd and Seward Streets.
Bartikoski worries that she might have a hard time selling her house and that […]

Tags: In the News · Omaha