Tom Gorman

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Paper linking valley’s Jews to fold, leaving void for some

Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009

Next week’s celebration of the Jewish New Year will mark the end of an era for readers of the Jewish Reporter. The newspaper will cease publication after 33 years of reporting on such local news as religious celebrations and charitable outreach programs — and on subjects as weighty as international politics and tenets of the Jewish faith.

Meet an art world matchmaker

Summerlin resident provides hotels and other businesses with paintings, prints

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Carol Spiegel loves art galleries. She used to own one.

Awed by town’s political wilds

Neither bear encounters nor a long career in public service prepared him for Boulder City election

Thursday, April 23, 2009

John Schleppegrell figured he could hold his own against just about anything. After all, on three occasions in Alaska he had confronted bears that could have ripped him to shreds. But he had never encountered Boulder City politics.

Suppliers to the food stars

Casino workers grow herbs on Sandy Valley farm that are coveted by discerning local chefs

Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009

When restaurant critics lavish praise on Bradley Ogden, the restaurant at Caesars Palace that hangs its name on fresh, organic ingredients, Paula Pudwill, who deals blackjack at Caesars, and her husband, Rodney, a pit boss, just about pop their buttons with pride.

Scary, scary? Quite contrary

Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009

Jerry Vayne loves making Halloween as scary as possible, but there’s something about Easter that scares him. It has to do with bunny rabbits.

Music resonates in his family

Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009

Back in his days at UNLV, Bill Carpi was torn between music and optometry. Music was creative and fun, but his dad was an optometrist and he would pass along the practice when his son was ready.

Coaching skills honed in the cockpit carry over

Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009

Jan O’Brien’s job is to keep the 1,100 Realtors under her management upbeat and passionate about their careers — a tall order these days, given that three out of four homes on the local market are in foreclosure. It helps that O’Brien found her hover button flying Army Black Hawk helicopters.

Views of beauty and horror

Photographer’s images have captured the allure of Las Vegas — as well as a national tragedy

Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008

For the past 15 years, Erin O’Boyle has sold Las Vegas in persuasive and calculating ways -- through seductive photographs of golf courses and luxury homes and panoramic shots of the sparkling Strip skyline at dusk and the tranquillity of Lake Las Vegas at dawn.

She blazed trail by disrobing, but there’s much, much more

Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008

Lisa Medford, who is 71, was Las Vegas’ first basically nude showgirl. But that’s nothing compared with what she’s done since then.

Long arm of the law wouldn’t fit in his office

Public defender thrives on job that’s part tough love

Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008

Ben Saxe must really love his job as a criminal defense attorney, because he’s sure not in it for the perks.

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