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Take One Final Look at Big Pecan Tree
As a young girl, Patricia Essa Purcell Bagnall would walk with her grandmother on Lakeside Drive to fill jugs with artesian water and listen to tales of the “early days.”
Dallas YMCA Launches Growth Plan for North Texas
The YMCA is getting bigger!
‘Ding Dong, I’m a Belle!’
Drill team is huge in Texas, especially so in Highland Park ISD.
Penelope Peck Finds Her Place in Sport With Three Times the Fun
Penelope Peck felt a little out of place, showing up to her first triathlon sporting her swimsuit and a bicycle with a basket on the handlebars.
Has China’s Trade Policy Impacted my Recycling?
Jacob Speer, University Park public works director, said the city averages about 3,500 tons of recyclables per year, of which 15 percent ends up in the landfill due to contamination.
Football Tab
The 2019 Park Cities Football Preview is Here
No one covers Highland Park sports like Park Cities People.
Philanthropy
Hari Mari Announces 24-Hour Philanthropic Initiative
Dallas-based Hari Mari to donate profits from 24 hours of flip flop sales to mark National Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month
Ohlenburg Named Assistant Principal at McCulloch
After starting her career in the Katy Independent School District, Ohlenburg came to Highland Park ISD in 2007 as a kindergarten and first-grade teacher at Armstrong Elementary.
In Kansas, the Other Highland Park Scots Are Struggling Mightily
They share the same school name and mascot, but that’s about where the similarities end for two football programs known as the Highland Park Scots.
University Park Fire Department Awarded Prestigious Recognition
The TFCA Best Practices program provides a pathway for a fire department to push its service to a level of excellence that is validated by independent experts.
Experience Should Lead to Spike in Success for Lady Scots
This season’s Highland Park volleyball roster features many of the same names as last year — and the year before, for that matter.
Goodbye Hollywood, Hello Dallas
Charles “Charlie” Solomon Jr. loves the weather in Los Angeles. “It’s always 68,” he said during a phone interview – him in Hollywood and me in what is considered to be Texas’ milder weather.
Northeast Texas Girl Scouts Honor Gold Award Recipients
The Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas presented Gold Award pins this spring to 150 girls from the region, including several in the Park Cities.
Moody YMCA Board Member Honored
Daniel Drabinksi, a financial advisor at MassMutual Dallas-Fort Worth, is a longtime member and volunteer at the Moody Family YMCA in the Park Cities.
Out and About
Beat The Heat With July Restaurant Specials
Our food roundup this month includes the best way to cool down with limited-edition ice cream specials, a spicy menu to bring life to your lunches, and the opening of a rooftop bar to serve as a getaway on steamy summer nights.
Time Running Out for ‘Unsafe’ Mockingbird House
The Highland Park Town Council could soon hire a contractor to demolish what members consider an unsafe house at 4509 Mockingbird Lane.
Scots Hope Strong Spring Fuels Fourth Title Run
After winning its third consecutive Class 5A Division I state championship in December, Highland Park might have earned the right to rest on its laurels a bit.
Cotton Candy Scouts
Boy Scout Troop 35 has been an important part of the Park Cities Community for more than 82 years. But earning its nickname is a more recent achievement.