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Best of
Best of 2020: ‘Everything Worthwhile Isn’t Easy’
As the nation reacted to the death of George Floyd during an encounter with police in Minneapolis, one Black mother took to the keyboard to discuss her feelings about helping her family navigate the world.
Best of
Best of 2020: Conflict Over COVID Protocols
Responses to precautions taken by Highland Park ISD to avoid community spread of COVID-19 fell into two camps - those who felt they were appropriate, and those who felt they went too far.
Best of
Best of 2020: Park Cities’ All-Girls Boy Scout Troop
Intern Dahlia Faheid talked to the girls who opted to join the Boy Scouts, now called Scouts BSA, after the organization began accepting girls in February 2019.
Tough Ryan Defense Ends HP Playoff Run
The Scots couldn’t establish any momentum on offense throughout a 17-7 loss to the Raiders in a Class 5A Division I state quarterfinal.
Best of
Best of 2020: The Election
Starting with the primary season, our election coverage was spearheaded by two people - deputy editors Bethany Erickson and Rachel Snyder - and continued through Election Day and beyond.
Best of
Best of 2020: Dreaming of The Charles
In May, restaurants had been relegated to curbside and take out service only, and the day when they would be able to welcome guests again seemed far off. It was a yearning to have dining be an experience, and not an impersonal pickup from your car so you could plate it at home that drove Kersten Rettig to write about The Charles.
Best of
Best of 2020: Senior Returns to Much Different HPHS
Our fall high school intern, Shaye Wattson, couldn't have imagined that her senior year would begin with virtual school and then segue into a much different experience on campus as masking, social distancing, and other measures were enacted to help students and staff avoid exposure to COVID-19.
Double Agent: ‘Big Play Zay’
Don’t let his fashion-model looks fool you. Isaiah Pedack isn’t afraid to cover his face in eye-black and get dirty in the trenches.
Voices
2020 Hindsight: At Last, 2021
“The vaccine is coming. The vaccine is coming!” Such comes the battle cry of 2021, so take that coronavirus.
40th Anniversary
In the Beginning…Dream Launched People Newspapers 40 Years Ago
It’s hard to believe that 40 years ago, a handful of 20-something-year-olds came together with enough maturity and initiative to create Park Cities People.
Best of
Best of 2020: Highland Park Goes Hollywood
When we began talking with summer intern Morgan Pryor about a potential story featuring her cousin, it turned into a first-person narrative about a young Highland Park native who had just gotten her first lead role in Hollywood.