HistoricOmaha

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 […]

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 […]

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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, […]

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 […]

Omaha World Herald
Published September 15, 2006
BY MAHALIA ASANAENYI
fter almost a century in the business, a hardware store in the downtown Benson area will close by the end of October.
Owners Dan and Mary Cox announced the closing of Benson True Value Hardware, 6065 Maple St., to customers this week.
“It is a bittersweet closing, but it’s […]