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Best of 2020: Park Cities People July 2020
The July 2020 issue looked at the Park Cities protests, which were remarkable if nothing else for the fact that the home-grown efforts happened there, explained Gillea Allison, president of D Magazine Partners, of her first pick for Best of 2020.
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Best of 2020: How Wrestling Gave MIS Fifth-Grader Much More Than a Gold Medal
Profiling Primo Pinson, then a McCulloch Intermediate School fifth-grader, was one of People Newspapers sports editor Todd Jorgenson's highlights of the year.
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Best of 2020: Hundreds Gather for Inclusive Vow Renewal Service
OK, so this story about a multi-denominational vow renewal service actually happened in the last days of 2019, but since it wasn't included in our Best of 2019, deputy editor Bethany Erickson wanted to include it as one of the highlights of her year.
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Best Of 2020: Nothing Comes Between Them and Christmas Market
This year's Chi Omega Christmas Market was a family affair, and the story behind the effort was one of People Newspapers editor William Taylor's favorite stories.
Lady Scots Add Motivation for Second Title Defense
When we last saw Highland Park on the soccer field in March, the Lady Scots were steamrolling toward another district crown and preparing to defend their Class 5A state title.
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Peacefulness on Earth, USA
“And mamma in her’ kerchief, and I in my cap, had just settled down for a long winter’s nap…” – from “The Night Before Christmas” by Clement Clarke Moore
The Avengers: Scots Take Down Lone Star
HP held off Frisco Lone Star 30-20 on Thursday, eliminating the opponent that beat the Scots twice last year, including a playoff ouster.
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Bumper Crop of Nominations for Best of 2020
Although our stories about the mastermind behind the Trains at NorthPark and a trip to the Lake Austin Spa were our readers' top picks, we'd be remiss if we didn't also point out some of the other work that was nominated.
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Best of 2020 People’s Pick: Breathtaking in Austin
Another overwhelming reader favorite in our Best of 2020 People's Pick choices was a piece by Kersten Rettig that waxed poetic about the Lake Austin Spa Resort.
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Best Of 2020 People’s Pick: Trains at NorthPark Mastermind Creates ‘Magical Little Worlds’
When we asked readers to nominate stories for the People's Pick portion of our look at the best, most intriguing, and/or biggest stories of 2020, this story was nominated four times.
Construction Wraps Up At Caruth Park
After about seven months, work on the underground stormwater detention project in Caruth Park has finished.