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Omaha mayor heads to Ireland to meet newly elected mayor

Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert announced she will travel to Ireland on Monday.She’s headed to the Emerald Isle to meet with the newly elected mayor in Omaha’s sister city of Naas.Mayor Bill Clear was elected to the position in July.Omaha has been in a sister city relationship with Naas since 2002.Stothert’s office said the weeklong trip […]

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Mayor Stothert in Italy for Friendship City visit

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – Mayor Jean Stothert is visiting Omaha’s Friendship City in Italy. Carlentini, Sicily in Italy was officially made Omaha’s Friendship City last year. Carlentini is considered a town in Sicily, Italy with a population of about 17,000. According to Mayor Stothert, Omaha and Carlentini have a century-old connection. Carlentini immigrants came to […]

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Duluth Mayor to accept historic letter from sister city in Japan

DULUTH, MN. (KBJR 6) –Mayor Emily Larson will be presented with a letter from 1954 on Tuesday. It will be presented by Barbara Auerbach, the daughter of former Duluth Mayor George D. Johnson. The letter was sent to Johnson by the mayor of Ohara, Japan in 1954. The letter is about the Japanese Peace Bell’s […]

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