Bancroft
Bancroft, NE · Municipal
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Omaha’s growing a paid parking empire. It’s costing the city almost as much as the streetcar
At the foot of Mutual of Omaha’s nearly complete downtown headquarters, a sparkling 15-floor parking garage awaits the company’s move-in day. A block west, another garage goes up next to a new apartment complex. Across Douglas Street, a decades-old garage completes the triangle of parking. All of it,...
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Election Day Forecast: Rainy, cool, and breezy for Omaha
We get on the cooler side of the system for Tuesday, dropping our temperatures into the 50s. It will be raining most of the day alongside 25-35 mph winds so if you plan on voting for election day, bring rain gear!. In the wake of our storm system, temperatures are...
WOWT
Election 2026: Final push in NE Congressional District 2 race
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Readers Lose Whole Afternoons In This Nebraska Used Bookstore Stacked With Over 100,000 Titles
Roughly 115,000 books once filled the main shop of one used bookstore, and some still end up stacked on the floor. That number alone makes me want to clear my whole Saturday. The shelves run floor to ceiling, so ladders come with the territory. The aisles twist like a maze, and the smell of old paper greets you at the door.
cleanlink.com
Veteran Custodian Gets Overdue Honors
A group of former students secured their school's custodian a headstone to honor his lifetime of service, both in school and the Army. St. John's High School alumnus Bruce Atkinson was researching past classmates for an upcoming reunion when he came across the name of the Omaha-based school's deceased janitor, Herbert O'Hara. The cherished custodian had dutifully maintained the high school for the Class of 1964, although his work largely went unnoticed. What was noticeable was that O'Hara was buried without a gravestone.
hoodline.com
North Omaha Trail Construction Snarls Businesses Near 24th and Hamilton
Construction crews are tearing up streets near 24th and Hamilton in North Omaha as work continues on the next phase of the North Omaha Trail, and the disruption is creating real headaches for nearby businesses even as some owners insist the project is worth the wait. The trail, once finished, is expected to stretch approximately eight miles and give pedestrians and cyclists a safer, more accessible route through the neighborhood.
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Temporary water shut offs slated for parts of Essex Tuesday
(Essex) -- Additional temporary water shutoffs are scheduled for Tuesday in portions of Essex after weather and additional testing shifted some of the scheduled shutoffs from last week. Essex city officials say as crews work to connect a new water main to the current system, brief water service shutdowns are...
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Developer of Civic Auditorium Site Seeks TIF Despite Unresolved Litigation
White Lotus Group is seeking $34 million in Tax Increment Financing for its proposed redevelopment project of the old Civic Auditorium site in downtown Omaha known as Civic Corner. The site is bordered by Capitol Avenue as well as 17th, 19th and Chicago streets. The only structure currently on the site is a city-owned parking garage.
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Omaha’s Parks & Boulevard System
While parks were largely ignored in Omaha’s early history, they became a prominent feature of a city eager to counter its gritty industrial image, dominated by the railroad, smelting plants, stockyards and meatpacking plants. After Omaha was founded in 1854, three public squares were set aside for parks, but...