NEWS
SMU Zoning Case Clears UP City Council
The University Park City Council approved a zoning change request from SMU to allow for the new four-story Frances Anne Moody Hall building, but with a caveat.
SPORTS
Flaherty Takes Over Lions in Football
Harry Flaherty has traveled across the country during his playing and coaching career. Now, he’s the new varsity football coach at St. Mark’s.
REAL ESTATE
Go Here: Open Houses to Check Out June 19 and 20
It’s going to be a hot one this weekend, but it’s still worth heading out to see a few possible dream homes in some great neighborhoods.
SCHOOLS
W.T. White Graduates Class of 2021 in ‘Strangest Year’
Graduation may have been a limited crowd, and might have been a little later than usual, but the Class of 2021 at W.T. White High School can check one more milestone off the list of milestones that happened during a very strange senior year.
SOCIETY
La Fiesta Gala Gowns On Display At UP Library
Have a passion for fashion and giving back to the Park Cities community? You might want to visit the University Park Public Library, where the gowns worn by duchesses for both the 2020 and 2021 La Fiesta de las Seis Banderas galas.
COMMUNITY
What Is Juneteenth?
Most, if they paid attention in history class, can tell you that the Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved Black people in 1863. But what many don’t know is that not everyone was emancipated on that date.
BUSINESS
Comings and Goings
The neighborhood grocery and specialty food shop is closing its Highland Park Village location after June 27 but hoping to open a new store nearby. (See below for what will fill that location in The Village).
LIFE
NTPA Presents ‘Peter Pan’
North Texas Performing Arts Dallas presents Peter Pan the musical this week.
ICYM
The Book They Blamed
Anastasia Higginbotham had no idea that her book had caused such an uproar that it was blamed for legislation passed by the Texas legislature, thousands of miles away from her home base in New York.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Kelly Howard & John Gottsacker
Kelly Marie Howard and John Stephen Gottsacker exchanged wedding vows on Saturday, March 27, 2021 at Highland Park Presbyterian Church.
