Community
Latest (Page 42)
Love Your Neighbor? Tell Us About Them
As 2021 winds down and we’re staring 2022 straight in the face, it’s also a time for reflection — and gratitude.
(Read time: 3.9 minutes)
Mural Painter Has Fond Memories of Preston Hollow Elementary
Katie Mayborn Fuerst credits art teacher’s influence for inspiring her career.
(Read time: 4.1 minutes)
Have Fun, Win Prizes With Our Holiday Photo Scavenger Hunt
Join us in a fun holiday photo scavenger hunt, and win one of three prize packs containing four tickets to Holiday at the Arboretum at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens and four tickets to the Trains at NorthPark benefitting Ronald McDonald House Dallas.
Nominate Your Favorite Stories for 2021 People’s Pick
Starting today, you can nominate a story (or stories) from 2021 that resonated with you, and next week we'll provide a ballot for readers to vote on their favorites.
Voices
Turkey Time
Each year, the day after Thanksgiving, I make a series of peeved pledges. I will not cook another Thanksgiving dinner, decorate a table, or wash dishes again.
(Read time: 4.2 minutes)
VolunteerNow Awarded $250,000 Matching Grant From Lyda Hill Philanthropies
VolunteerNow, a technology nonprofit, received a $250,000 challenge grant from Lyda Hill Philanthropies, in recognition of the organization’s 50th anniversary this year.
(Read time: 3.1 minutes)
Philanthropy
Habitat Dallas Changes Lives
What’s Nekemia Brown’s favorite space in the Habitat for Humanity home she bought in 2020?
(Read time: 4.1 minutes)
Celebrate The Holidays At Knox Street
Knox Street is gearing up to celebrate the holidays with exclusive retail pop-up shops, live reindeer, and live music.
(Read time: 1.6 minutes)
Elm Thicket/Northpark Celebrates Hispanic Heritage, National Night Out
A busy few days of celebrations saw Elm Thicket/Northpark community residents observe Hispanic Heritage Month and National Night Out.
Christmas Lights Celebration and Shopping Stroll Returns to Highland Park Village
After a hiatus last year because of the pandemic, Highland Park Village’s Christmas lights celebration and shopping stroll is coming back December 8.
(Read time: 0.7 minutes)
A Gingerbread Stroll Through Highland Park Village
Gingerbread houses are coming to Highland Park Village, but supporting Community Partners of Dallas makes the festive Gingerbread Stroll even sweeter.
(Read time: 0.7 minutes)
What Makes a Home?
D Magazine Partners CEO — and Highland Park resident — Christine Allison may publish D Home but says it’s not the grand houses that make the Park Cities home.
Coronavirus
She Was ‘Always Taking Care of People’
The family of Carol Wilson Watkins remembers a mother and grandmother who died early in pandemic in the first of our ongoing series, "Pandemic Made Personal."
(Read time: 4.1 minutes)
Snider Plaza Tree Lighting Returning
The Rotary Club of Park Cities and city of University Park are gearing up to kick off the holiday season with the annual tree lighting in Snider Plaza.
(Read time: 1.5 minutes)
New Program Provides Caregiver Relief
Caregivers of teens with disabilities can get some time for self-care thanks to a new respite program from a familiar organization.
(Read time: 3.1 minutes)
Tickets on Sale for ABPA Home Tour
After a hiatus last year because of the pandemic, the Armstrong Bradfield Preschool Association Home tour will return for its 22nd year on December 3.
(Read time: 2.9 minutes)
20 Under 40
2022 20 Under 40 Nominations Open
Know of a young professional under 40 making an impact in the Park Cities and Preston Hollow? We want to hear about them!
Vote on the Readers’ Choice 2021 Person of the Year
We asked for your nominations for our first-ever Readers' Choice Person of the Year, and you came through.
Who Let The Dogs Swim?
At University Park’s Holmes Aquatic Center, swimming season isn’t over until wet dogs shake.
All Treats At Rise School
Children at the Ashford Rise School of Dallas received pre-Halloween treats Friday.
(Read time: 1.2 minutes)