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Voices
Kill Your Lawn: Help Save the Planet And Some Money, Too
Quinn Olson: Your Lawn is ugly. It just doesn’t look good, even if it was sparkling emerald, devoid of dead patches and cropped to perfection, but it probably isn’t after 2023’s unprecedented summer.
House of the Month: 7423 Greenbrier Drive
This French transitional home is the perfect balance of timeless elegance and modern design elements.
HP DPS Restructures, Adds Deputy Chiefs
This change comes to bring more oversight, control, and management of each discipline covered by the department. The Town Council was briefed on restructuring progress by Director of Public Safety Chuck McGinnis during a recent study session.
Area Students Named 2024 National Merit Semifinalists
People Newspapers here recognizes the many semifinalists from the schools we cover for achieving a status earned by fewer than 1% of high school seniors nationwide.
Happenings on the Hill: Kennedy Assassination Docs, Photos
Sixty years ago, nearly 800 people from all over the world sent “Dear Dallas” letters or telegrams after President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
Districts Implement Law Meant to Improve Dyslexia Services
The Beckley Wilson Act includes new requirements for dyslexia evaluation, identification, and instruction.
Voices
Judge: Better Days Begin with Quiet Mornings
Perhaps Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins has always talked about health.
UP Police Department Seeks Feedback
Responses to the 11-question survey will be accepted through Dec. 19.
SMU Professor Talks Kennedy Assassination Memoir
Darwin Payne, who was a 26-year-old reporter at the Dallas Times Herald at the time of the president's assassination, discussed his memoir during a Nov. 16 event at SMU.
Pro-Palestinian Protesters Hold Black Friday Demonstration
A video on social media shows some protesters lying on the ground and others chanting “Free, free Palestine” at the shopping center on Nov. 24.
Gerstle Tackles a Second Kips Bay Project
Melissa Gerstle was responsible for the enchanting outdoor entry of this year’s Kips Bay Decorator Show House in Old Preston Hollow's Sunnybrook Estates.
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.
Happenings on the Hill
SMU chemistry professor John Buynuck and his team have received a $3.5 million, 5-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to design and synthesize new antibiotics to fight drug-resistant strains of bacteria that cause tuberculosis and leprosy.
Ylang 23 to Move to The Shops of Highland Park
The new flagship store will span 3,200 square feet and offer customers an enhanced shopping experience.
Shoes, Socks, Exams for Those Experiencing Homelessness
Rotary isn’t a religious organization, but Holly Hollenbeck found herself referencing faith as she recruited volunteers leading up to a recent foot care clinic for people experiencing homelessness.
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.
Protestors in Turtle Creek Park Call for Cease-Fire in Gaza
A group calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas conflict that began a month ago gathered Nov. 5 around Turtle Creek Park.
In Case You Missed It
Godfather Inspires Student to Honor Veterans
Rabel McNutt: “We are the land of the free, because of the brave,” my godfather Walter Ehlers told me.
In Case You Missed It
Highland Park Presbyterian Church Remembers Pastor
Crowds gathered at Highland Park Presbyterian Church Nov. 1 to mourn Bryan Dunagan, the church’s 44-year-old senior pastor.
Crime
Dallas Police Respond to Shooting Near Cole Park
Dallas police say a teen was shot in the leg shortly before 4 p.m. on Halloween near Cole Park.