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It's been a few years since I checked out Boys Town, but my recollection is that there are high schools with nicer fields than Boys Town. That could also be an option.

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Weather may also affect attendance as well. This morning's games were extremely light in attendance, but considering they were supposed to be played yesterday, completely understandable.

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Stooped in the new Fairway Meat Market last night about 6pm and the place was packed! Beautiful store too! As well it should be. Fairway is famous for their meat department, and hopefully this is a huge (yuuuuge?) success, because I'd love to see them open up more around town. I'd rather not have t...

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Joe's KC has stated several times in the past that they aren't interested in further expansion. But I tweaked Jack Stack on Facebook a few years ago about expansion into Omaha and got a response that wasn't exactly a denial. Not sure the Mimi's spot is the right size for Jack Stack; I suspect they'd...

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I know I said I would be refraining from posting here...ok, I have a little bit. Anyway, something struck me the other day. Is there not one developer on the planet who looked at downtown Omaha & said, "Hey! There's got to be lots of demand for high rise downtown Omaha housing in a new bui...

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I can't remember any Omaha school district cancelling school 18 hours before class began, and at least ten hours before a single flake fell. I can't help but think that Stothert's inability to clear the streets this year affected each superintendent's decision.

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Tried Q39 in November, and it's good...just not up to the Joes/Jack Stack level. One thing I found curious was that they season their brisket after it's sliced. That shouldn't be necessary at all, but they do it. It's an upscale joint just west of Westport. Joes continues to be consistently good, bu...

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http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/in-wake-of-criticism-and-with-storm-on-horizon-stothert/article_531fb831-d90a-5b1b-8688-52556a58dcf0.html Depending on how the storm hits and when it arrives, Stothert said she would be ready to direct all big plows to major streets, especially during rush hour period...

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Apparently, the folks in North Dakota don't believe that it gets too cold to pretreat roads: NDDOT is applying liquid ice melting material. The liquid melts snow and ice in temperatures well below zero degrees Fahrenheit and is generally a blend of water, salt, and a product that comes from sugar be...

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I get the frustration, but really this snow fell at the absolute worst time to get them clear. If this started at midnight instead of 6 AM the streets would have been a lot better b/c the crews could have been out on empty streets clearing. Trying to clear snow in rush hour has to be a pain. I gues...

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I guess I'm the contrarian on this. Other than offices and retirees, I can't think of a reason why anybody would want the morning paper. I don't have time to read the paper in the morning; gotta get the kids ready and get to work. So now I'll come home to a 12 hour stale paper? I can't imagine many ...

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This year, the city is 0 for 2 on snow removal. The first one (Christmas Eve) kind of caught everyone off guard; nobody was predicting that amount of snow and it came fast. This one, the forecasters had the storm pretty much nailed last night. An inch or snow of snow before rush hour, and more durin...

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7 years ago, I was walking downtown by the World-Herald building when the motorcade with then VP Dick Cheney came by. A police officer saw me walking towards the route, and I was ordered to stop in place by an officer until after it passed. I was almost a block away at that time. They take this secu...

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Thing is, if you are a 5 day a week, 8-to-5 worker, you pretty much need your spot and have a pretty good idea where it is. You can't spend 20 minutes each day driving around downtown, going from garage to lot to garage, looking for a spot. The CenturyLink Center has enough daytime events (CWS, NCAA...

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http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/do-we-need-more-parking-garages-city-planners-and-businesses/article_b12a0e5f-1c08-5475-a5f6-12c6869143ef.html Omaha’s parking ratio — a little less than two downtown stalls for every downtown worker — contrasts with the parking situation in Denver and Minneapolis, w...

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I've had it twice from the 114th and Dodge location, with mixed results. The pizza is pretty good; lots of toppings and the price is great. (They have this online special where you can get 2 large pizzas with 3 toppings for about $18 on Tuesdays.) But both times, the orders have gotten munged up. Th...

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I think the city might be better off finding a dive bar operator who can make this a low-end destination like the old Freedom Inn or Surfside. Stop trying to make money on it, and just make it a fun destination. The limitations with what was there before are going to prevent you from truly developin...

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The Hulu/NetFlix option works well ... except if you are looking for the cable sports channels. The majority of those require a cable TV subscription. If your preference is out-of-market NBA, NHL or MLB games, then their online streaming options may be workable for you. But for most college sports, ...

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We're investing in those LeafGuard brand gutters; they are the most expensive, but they offer a lifetime guarantee that they will not clog up. Some of the other companies don't do that, and have requirements that you hose off the gutters periodically...and on a two story house, that's not what we're...

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RNcyanide wrote:
iamjacobm wrote:Not blaming Stothert. I do think people would be outside of Suttle's office with torches and pitchforks if this happened under his watch though.
Suttle made that hard not to happen.

"KFAB made that hard not to happen."
--- Fixed that for you.

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She might not have been able to do anything. In fact, she probably couldn't. The problem is that she didn't even have that conversation until yesterday, when the conversation was reduced to "Please don't go!" This isn't all on the Mayor; Governor Ricketts has been just as clueless, and his...

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RNcyanide wrote:I don't think she wasn't keen as to what was going on here. There were probably a lot of things she knew but wasn't able to speak publicly about.

If that were the case, then why the last minute scramble? The time to talk was months ago when the rumors and reports were just hitting.

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The Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday that Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has offered ConAgra tax incentives to move its headquarters to Chicago from Omaha. Crain’s Chicago Business, a magazine, reported the move “appears to be a done deal.” Neither cited sources, and their reports couldn’t be independe...

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Harrington's Family Restaurant http://www.harringtonsfamilyrestaurant.com Been a while since I have had kids ordering from the Kids Menu portion of the offering. Looking at the menu on their web site and the kids menu items are 7.99 WOW unless things have changed a LOT in a few years not sure that ...

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Or more likely, waiting to see if it will happen.

Something will happen...someday...as Papillion continues to grow.

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Interesting.... Though I would wonder, if their debt becomes too high for them to handle, couldn't they be risking being forced into Omaha? Even if not, Ralston really seems to be digging its own grave here. How could they be forced into joining Omaha? Certainly Omaha wouldn't want to annex Ralston...

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The building permits for that location show an applicant of U Save Foods, c/o a Nasch leasing company. Brownstone is probably just some real estate investment partnership or whatever who owns the lot. That's probably for the gutting to salvage the equipment. Nash Finch owned the building earlier th...

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The old Bag N Save/Albertsons at 156th and Blondo has been gutted on the inside down to the block. One thing to remove all of the refrigeration equipment (which probably is about 20 years old, going back to Albertsons), but they've also taken out the interior walls as well. A search of the assessor'...

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What about at ground level in the proposed HDR building or Tetrad project at the Civic?

If someone really wanted to do standalone, what about under the interstate?

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A Google search for "Harrington's" doesn't bring back much: a pub in Ireland a a bar/grill in Keokuk, IA. So it wouldn't be a chain.

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If they are going with 4 teams, then the Mammoths are not returning in 2015. The Brawlers (formerly of Boston) schedule lists 4 teams: Brooklyn, Florida, Hudson Valley (NY), and Mahoning Valley.

http://www.milb.com/documents/0/3/6/136 ... 6j4etw.pdf

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Or better yet... temporary parking while lot B is being developed with a parking garage.

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Tried it Saturday night and left pretty impressed. My wife had a chipotle burrito that she really liked, and the beef chimichangas were great. I guess I got too attached to the Julio/Carlos O'Kelly's style of chimichanga, which is more like a burrito. Agave's is more like an enchilada, but you get t...

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Can't get too specific for a number of reasons, but heard some info tonight. 4 story building with a Scooter's drive thru on the south side of Dodge in the Dundee area. Should really change the massing along the street. I struggled with thinking where this would go until I realized the old Sinclair...

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Got a note on Thursday that said my doctor was moving today into this new network. (Thanks for the advance notice.) Since my insurance is United Health Care and Blue Cross is involved, I'm worried that this will be out of the network. I see some advantages to this arrangement, but I worry that this ...

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Can't get too specific for a number of reasons, but heard some info tonight. 4 story building with a Scooter's drive thru on the south side of Dodge in the Dundee area. Should really change the massing along the street. I struggled with thinking where this would go until I realized the old Sinclair...

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Joe and Nick are pretty much the best thing on local sports talk after 11 am each day. I do wish they stayed more local, but I suspect that their show will evolve in August in that direction.

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While it's not a new business to Omaha, it does represent a nice investment in our community. I'm sure that HDR will build this to be impressive, because I'm sure they'll want this to be a showpiece for the quality of their work. The location is going to be awesome as well, as it'll be sitting in pr...

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Rich Kaipust (who covered the Mammoths for the Weird-Harold) said that there were some "pending deals" for the FXFL, but didn't clarify with whom. Omaha's attendance was comparable to Brooklyn's, but neither was impressive. Seems awfully late to put something together, but that hasn't stop...

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Just by a quick look at the years available 5 of the top 6 attendance years were at Werner Park. The last year at Rosenblatt got good numbers. Look at the Royals attendance numbers in the years after Martie Cordaro took over as GM. 10% increases every year, it seemed. Flat since moving out to BFE. ...

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