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2025 Spirit of Bellevue, Business and Nonprofit of the Year, and Community Impact Winners Recognized
The people have spoken, the results are in, and the 2025 recipients of the Best of Bellevue awards have been announced. A complete list of winners and contest rules is posted on the Best of Bellevue website, along with the winners from previous years. Several Bellevue businesses, organizations, and individuals were voted “Best of” this year…
Fireworks Sales Begin Next Week in Bellevue
The City of Bellevue announced that 2024 firework sales will begin next Tuesday, June 25 and run until the 4th of July. The Bellevue Police Department, the Bellevue Fire Department, and the City of Bellevue strongly encourage all residents to be safe and respectful of their neighbors and pets during this season. The Bellevue City…
Light House Cafe Serves Up Heavenly Waffles with Unique Model
The newest arrival to Bellevue’s ever-evolving food scene is The Light House Cafe, located in the recently named Frontier District of Olde Towne. Their gradually expanding menu offers a hearty selection of coffee, breakfast staples such as biscuits and gravy and omelets, “Heavenly Waffles”, and healthy yogurt and granola parfaits. They had a soft opening…
“Wouldn’t it be awesome if we planted a new forest in Nebraska?”
Wouldn’t it be awesome if we planted a new forest in Nebraska? This question, asked in the middle of a conversation between landscapers, was the beginning of what would become a new nonprofit group: the American Reforestation Initiative. One of those landscapers was Bellevue native Alan Weiss. Weiss owns Papio Valley Nursery, located east of 48th Street…