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Who Let The Dogs Swim?
At University Park’s Holmes Aquatic Center, swimming season isn’t over until wet dogs shake.
Ghosts Haunt Halloweens of Yesteryear
Bring on Halloween, a season when masks aren’t so controversial (usually).
Ghosts Haunt Halloweens of Yesteryear
Bring on Halloween, a season when masks aren’t so controversial (usually).
Stir Crazy UP Newcomer Finds Lockdown Relief
A year ago, Dawson Lightfoot sat frustrated in his new University Park home. Then he revived an old hobby.
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Voices
Chick Trip
Sojourns with sassy sorts are like a facelift for my emotions. Post recovery, it’s still me, but better – happier.
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Park Cities Coaching Finds Niche With Aspiring Athletes
As much as Carter Clements enjoyed competing in soccer, tennis, or track as a teenager in Virginia, he had the heart of a coach.
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Faith
WhatsApp? Technology Keeps Ministry Going
As the coronavirus pandemic spread globally and businesses began shifting to remote work or shutting down, whether temporarily or permanently, Orphan Outreach Marketplace took a different approach.
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Neighbors on the Move: New Gigs for Williams, Kleinman, and the Rawlings
Todd Williams gets a gubernatorial appointment, former Dallas city council member Lee Kleinman gets a new gig, and the Rawlings head up the Dallas Education Foundation's annual campaign.
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Holland Roden Keeps Doing Her (Scary) Parts
Holland Roden, a former Hockaday and HPHS student lives in a van, even with her acting career rolling.
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Voices
Sweet Road Trip Alabama: Explore The Black Belt
Summer’s end sends many of you east on I-20 to get kids settled into college in Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia.
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Voices
Parent Traps
Our youngest graduated from college in May. Within days she was celebrating on vacation with family and friends.
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St. Michael’s Farmers Market Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Celebrating its 10th anniversary this season, the award-winning Saint Michael’s Farmers Market draws in a variety of vendors to offer fun-filled Saturday mornings.
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Favorite Places: Got To Drop By Kuby’s Every Trip Back Home
Restaurant loyalties run deep. Look at the scads of eateries that have drawn devotion for decades in the Park Cities, Preston Hollow, and environs.
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Crime
Cat at Large: A Skulduggery ‘Tail’
On a bitterly cold Dec. 8, 2006, a University Park couple finished putting their children to bed and noticed a primped gray cat pounce onto the porch.
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Faith
Faith Friday: Common Space
Central Christian Church is no more, but the campus at 4711 Westside Drive will remain home to various church groups, activities, and other tenants after the Central Commons nonprofit raised the money to close on it in early July.
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Mars Ready? Parish Episcopal Team Wins NASA Challenge
Parish Episcopal School’s journey to the top of NASA standings began eight years ago with the founding of a rover team.
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40th Anniversary
Photographic Memories: One Journalist’s Favorite Pics
Chris McGathey has been shooting photographs for People Newspapers for 13 years, more than a quarter of the company’s history.
Voices
Cole’s Ministry: Feeding Dallas, Souls
True story: Jay Cole saved me from becoming a bridezilla.
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Need a ‘Grisly,’ Hard-Sounding, or ‘Naughty’ Read?
Didn’t get enough “grisliness” in 2020-21? A former journalist will take readers back a dozen decades to explore tragic events, most of which occurred before the Park Cities incorporated.