Best Barber Readers’ Choice Best of the Big O: Great Clips Readers’ Recommend: Sport Clips Best Beauty Salon Readers’ Choice Best of the Big O: Garbo’s Salon & Spa Best Bookstore Readers’ Choice Best of the Big O: Borders Readers’ Choice: Barnes & Noble Readers’ Choice: The Bookworm Readers’ Recommend: Half Price Book Store Best […]
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Readers’ Choice 2010 Results: Best Living & Home Services Winners
Best Apartments — Downtown Readers’ Choice Best of the Big O: Old Market Lofts Readers’ Recommend: Skinner Macaroni Loft Apartments Readers’ Recommend: The Tip Top Best Apartments — Midtown Readers’ Choice Best of the Big O: Embassy Park Readers’ Recommend: Midtown Crossing Best Apartments — Uptown Readers’ Choice Best of the Big O: The Biltmore […]
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Readers’ Choice 2010 Results: Best Professional & Health Services Winners
Best Allergist Practice Readers’ Choice Best of the Big O: Midwest Allergy & Asthma Clinic Readers’ Recommend: Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Best Attorney — Criminal Readers’ Choice Best of the Big O: James Martin Davis Best Attorney — DUI Readers’ Refer: Al Burns Readers’ Refer: William Pfeffer Readers’ Refer: Ernest Addison Readers’ Refer: Glenn Shapiro […]
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Readers’ Choice 2010 Results: Best Getting Around Winners
Best Airline Readers’ Choice Best of the Big O: Southwest Airlines Best Auto Dealer Service Shop Readers’ Choice Best of the Big O: Woodhouse Readers’ Recommend: Superior Honda Readers’ Recommend: Gregg Young Chevrolet Readers’ Recommend: Performance Toyota Best Auto Dealership Group Readers’ Choice Best of the Big O: Woodhouse Readers’ Choice: Performance Auto Group Readers’ […]
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Readers’ Choice 2010 Results: Best Dining Winners
Best Bakery Readers’ Choice Best of the Big O: Pettit’s Pastry Readers’ Choice: WheatFields Readers’ Recommend: Hy-Vee Readers’ Recommend: Panera Bread Readers’ Recommend: Délice Bakery Best BBQ Restaurant Readers’ Choice Best of the Big O: Famous Dave’s Best Bargain Restaurant Readers’ Choice Best of the Big O: Taco Bell Readers’ Recommend: Applebee’s Best Buffet Readers’ […]
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Omaha man gets life sentence for actress’ murder
Patrick Bauldwin, 46, received a life sentence on Nov. 17 for the Feb. 26, 2006 murder of local actress Passinetta Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald was found strangled and savagely beaten in her home at 41st and Lake more than four years ago. Bauldwin, who was once engaged to Fitzgerald, was arrested in June of 2009. Investigators determined […]
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MCC boosts sustainable energy program
Metropolitan Community College is poised to train the next generation of sustainable energy and renewable technology workers, after receiving a $318,000 grant from the Nebraska Energy Office. The school plans to complete a new solar training lab — heated entirely through solar power — by 2011 at its South Omaha campus. MCC will begin offering […]
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Finding Middle Ground
Ask Chuck Hagel where American politics is headed and he’ll tell you to forget all the party rhetoric, all the headlines touting a fierce red-blue divide, and focus on the middle. It’s a spot the former Nebraska senator knows well. In the waning years of his two-term Senate career, Hagel was rumored first as a […]
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Child advocacy groups: Privatization not sustainable
Funding, accountability and data: Those are the three main concerns stakeholders have regarding child welfare privatization in Nebraska, representatives said at a press conference Wednesday at the Lincoln downtown YWCA. The event was hosted by Voices for Children in Nebraska and Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest. The reform “shows no evidence […]
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Protest at South High funeral ends without incident
More than 100 people showed up at St. Anthony Methodist Church on Nov. 12 to help block a protest during the funeral for Omaha South High School teacher Stacey Klinger. The Kansas based Westboro Baptist Church announced last week that its members planned to picket Klinger’s funeral, saying the teacher, who died in a traffic […]