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Christ’s Family Clinic Serves Uninsured Adults
The clinic, started about 20 years ago, offers comprehensive primary care and preventative health care. Services include well visits, physicals, mammograms, ophthalmology, optometry, diabetes treatment and prevention classes, and laboratory testing.
Santa Claus Visits University Park
Each evening this week through Friday, he will be touring the city's neighborhoods on a University Park fire engine.
Temple Shalom Celebrates Justice Garden Opening
The garden boasts 56 beds ready for planting, which 200 community members gathered to celebrate on Dec. 10.
2023 Letters to Santa
Thank you to everyone who stopped by and submitted their letters to Santa!
Park Cities International Friends Celebrates 2nd CultureFest
The event brought more than 40 table displays showcasing diverse countries, food trucks, arts and crafts, and student performances.
Temple Shalom Opens Urban Garden
The Justice Garden was grown with help from People's Garden to limit food insecurity within Dallas, and it will be celebrated with a grand opening at 12:30 p.m. Dec. 10.
Friends of Northaven Trail Fundraise for Bridge Murals
They're working to raise $60,000 for a local artist to paint the eight pillars on the west side of U.S. 75 and portray some of the flora and fauna trail visitors will see.
Area Residents Joining NTCAR Hall of Fame
Bill Vanderstraaten, president of Chief Partners, and Scott Rohrman of 42 Real Estate, LLC will be inducted into the 2024 North Texas Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame in cooperation with NTCAR.
Gingerbread Stroll Returns to Highland Park Village
The 13th-annual event, with its exhibition and silent auction of gingerbread houses from some of Dallas' top pastry chefs and bakeries supporting Community Partners of Dallas, returns through Nov. 30.
Sparkman Club Estates Hosts Home Tour Fundraiser
The Sparkman Club Estates Voluntary Homeowner's Association is hosting a holiday home tour Dec. 6 and 7 for its fundraiser to rebuild its community pools.
UPPD Accreditation Manager’s Team Wins The Big Bake on The Food Network
University Park Police Department Accreditation Manager Amanda Walker and her team of fellow cake artists and bakers recently won The Big Bake Holiday competition on the Food Network.
PH Rotary, Junkluggers Host Electronic Recycling Drive
The event, held Saturday, Nov. 18 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Hillcrest High School parking lot, will allow community members to drop off electronics to be recycled and pick up White Oak saplings and a tree planting guide from members of the Rotary Guide.
Gary Slagel Elected Chair of DART Board of Directors
The Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Board of Directors elected Gary Slagel as chair for a two-year term. Slagel represents the cities of Richardson and University Park and the towns of Addison and Highland Park.
Love of Reading Doesn’t End With Second Chapter
What started as a COVID-era fundraiser has become an anticipated annual event in Snider Plaza.
Kips Bay Show House Open Through Nov. 14
The house is located in Old Preston Hollow's Sunnybrook Estates neighborhood and showcases the work of 22 interior designers and architects from across the country.
Preston Hollow Author Releases New Revenge Thriller
J.K. Franko’s latest novel, "Killing Johnny Miracle," debuted in September with a focus on revenge.
Former UP Volunteer Offers $1M For Aquatic Center Project
A former resident and volunteer with the city for more than 30 years has offered to donate $1 million to help move the second phase of the Holmes Aquatic Center project forward.
The Trains at NorthPark May Be ‘Cool’
In preparation for this year’s Trains at NorthPark, artistic elves have been hard at work hand-painting custom O-gauge railcars for purchasers since August.
Thousands Gather At Temple Emanu-El Amid War in Israel
More than 2,000 gathered in Temple Emanu-El’s Olan Sanctuary Oct. 10 for a gathering hosted by the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas in support of Israel as that country’s war with Hamas escalates.
Friends of the University Park Library Hosting Fall Fundraiser
Dr. Elliot Engel will speak at the Friends of the University Park Public Library's fall fundraiser, “The Tortured Genius of Edgar Allan Poe.”