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Top Stories: ➊ – High School Football Season Adjust as COVID-19 Cases Continue to Spread (Saturday), ➋ – Get to Know…La Vie Style House (Friday), ➌ – Dallas Magnolias Fill 300 Backpacks for Distribution to Students in Need (Tuesday), ➍ – Friends Drive From D.C. to Texas to Vote In-Person After Absentee Ballots Don't Arrive (Wednesday), ➎ – Highland Park makes statement with convincing victory over Rockwall (Friday)

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Texas Womens Foundation Seeks Nominations for Maura Award and Young Leader Award

Park Cities BubbleLife iReporter 10/29 4:55A Juliette DC

Texas Womens Foundation is seeking nominations for the 2021 Maura Award and Young Leader Award, which recognize those who have positively impacted the lives of women and girls. Nominations are open...

Related: Orchid Giving Circle at Texas Womens Foundation Distributes $202,000 in Grants Park Cities BubbleLife iReporter

Friends Drive From D.C. to Texas to Vote In-Person After Absentee Ballots Don't Arrive

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 10/28 6:04P Lili Zheng

Two college students and native Texans drove from Washington D.C. to Texas to vote in the 2020 election when their plans to vote absentee could not happen. Meredith Reilly is...

High School Football Season Adjust as COVID-19 Cases Continue to Spread

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 10/23 9:30P Pat Doney

The high school football season is rolling along but the season has faced its fair share of challenges along the way due to COVID-19. Concerns over the virus have put the...

Allen Fire Chief Asks Residents To Make Sacrifices This Holiday Season To Prevent COVID-19 Spread

CBS Dallas-Ft. Worth News 10/21 9:09A News From CBS Channel 11 KTVT –

ALLEN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) Allen Fire Chief Jonathan Boyd says he’s concerned about the increase in COVID-19 cases he’s seeing in Collin County. In the city with 100,000 residents, Chief Boyd is asking...

DNA Match Leads To Dallas Man’s Arrest For 1996 Slaying, Rape Of Boyle Heights Teen Gladys Arellano

CBS Dallas-Ft. Worth News 10/21 5:12A News From CBS Channel 11 KTVT –

LOS ANGELES (CBSDFW.COM) A Dallas man was charged in connection with the murder and sexual assault of a Boyle Heights teen whose body was found in Malibu, California nearly...

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Partners Card Picks

Highland Park Village 10/29 7:56A jay

All Black Fall Fashion Feature

Tanya Foster 10/29 10:30A Tanya Foster

Happy Halloween weekend! What is everyone doing this weekend? Do you dress up in costume? I hope you can at least enjoy a scary movie or a nice dinner, since there aren't any parties this year! In...

Catch A Glimpse Of The “Wyooter” And Other Creepy Tales At This Virtual Showcase

Art&Seek 10/29 8:05A Miguel Perez

Hidden within the special collections at the University of North Texas is a haunting image of a monster known as the Tennessean Wyooter. The Wyooter himself is described as being over 12 feet tall,...

Mid-Week Musings | Vol. 1

Tanya Foster 10/29 1:00A Tanya Foster

Can you believe it is the last week of October? I didn't think this year was ever going to end, but it seems we finally have an end in sight. Today, I'm going to start a new series with you all called...

Creating the Ultimate Hang Out Space for Sam

Turtle Creek Lane by Jennifer Houghton 10/28 2:13P jlhoughton

Once your children start entering their teen years, it’s time to do a little refresh to their rooms! Sam has a really cool loft bed with an area underneath that we’ve never really done much with. We...

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Online Thanksgiving Presentation

HPTX Library 10/28 6:29A

The HP Library welcomes Kevin Wood as President Lincoln to tell you about establishing Thanksgiving as a national holiday, and to take your questions about Thanksgiving.

Dallas Magnolias Fill 300 Backpacks for Distribution to Students in Need

Park Cities BubbleLife iReporter 10/27 11:52A Sharon Adams

The Dallas Magnolias, a group of community volunteers and business leaders, conducted their first-ever back-to-school drive raising funds to purchase over 11,000 items and fill over 300 backpacks full...

HPISD Trustees Recognize Two HPMS Student Artists

The Bagpipe Online 10/27 5:35A Noah Lilly, Reporter

HPISD trustees recognized two eighth-grade HPMS student artists at the Oct. 13 board meeting. The board honored eighth-grader Yincheng Qian as the 2020-21 HPISD Birthday Card...

New Gymnastics Gym To Be Named For Hegi Family

The Bagpipe Online 10/27 5:31A Catherine Stautz, Reporter

The new state-of-the-art gymnastics gym was named the Hegi Family Gymnastics Training Center, following their generous gift to the Tartan Endowment Fund of the Highland Park...

The Singing Zoologist

HPTX Library 10/23 7:13A

Join Lucas Miller on Wednesday, November 11, 4:30 p.m., for a virtual presentation of The Singing Zoologist.

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Dallas City Council’s New Parking Waiver Makes Outdoor Dining A Little Easier For Restaurants

Eater Dallas 10/29 7:00A Brittanie Shey

The Dallas City Council has amended parking rules for restaurant patios, like this one at Bolsa. | Photo: Bolsa/Facebook Plus, more dining intel Welcome to AM Intel in the time of coronavirus, a...

Milkshake Concepts Prepares to Open Exciting New Restaurant – Harper’s – in Deep Ellum

Crave DFW 10/27 8:18A Steven Doyle

Milkshake Concepts – the creative minds behind Citizen, Serious Pizza, Stirr and Vidorra – is continuing its innovation in the experiential hospitality space by preparing to open Harper’s , a new,...

RancH2O Launches Great Tasting Canned Cocktails with Texas Spirit

Park Cities BubbleLife iReporter 10/26 7:02A Anna Davis

Introducing RancH2O (pronounced Ranch Two Oh), a ready-to-drink canned cocktail brand that delivers a bold kick of real spirits and a refreshingly smooth taste with just the pop of a tab. This is not...

The Holidays Aren’t Cancelled!

Crave DFW 10/23 8:56A Steven Doyle

The Trains at NorthPark Will Arrive as Scheduled on November 14 In a year that has challenged all, The Trains at NorthPark will still bring joy by the carload starting November 14, 2020, hauling...

An Exciting New Coffee Shop Is Headed to Highland Park

Eater Dallas 10/20 6:06A Brittanie Shey

Fairgrounds Coffee & Tea is bringing its coffee flights to Highland Park. | Fairgrounds Coffee & Tea /Facebook Plus, more DFW dining intel Welcome to AM Intel in the time of coronavirus, a round-up of...

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Nordstrom Under $50 GIFTS!

The Sister Studio 10/25 12:40A Jennifer Reed

Tee (size small) // Jeans // Booties // Similar Booties Tee (small) // Leggings I technically created this post to share some Nordstrom Under $50 Gift Ideas (shown below), but thought I d also...

Express Family and Friends Sale

The Sister Studio 10/25 12:03A Jennifer Reed

Top (xs) // Jeans // Similar Headband The Express Family and Friends SALE is currently going on, which means you can get 50% OFF pretty much everything if you sign into or create an Express account....

Favorite white tee

Krystal Schlegel 10/22 8:03A krystal

A question I get often is what is your favorite white tee? The ultimate closet staple The one I reach for most is the Anthony Thomas Melillo crew neck . I fell in love with the brand ATM years ago and...

BEAUTY TALK ABOUT MY FAVORITE NORDSTROM PRODUCTS

The Middle Page 10/21 3:04A Cathy Williamson

BEAUTY TALK ABOUT MY FAVORITE NORDSTROM PRODUCTS Happy Wednesday, friends! You are halfway through another week and closer to the holidays (how about that for a Halloween fright?). Seriously, can you...

Cygnet Living

Krystal Schlegel 10/20 3:47P krystal

How sweet are these matching sweaters from Cygnet Living! She makes the most thoughtful classic pieces that are beautifully monogrammed! personalized wool sweater c/o Cygnet Living // etsy...

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Highland Park makes statement with convincing victory over Rockwall

Texas HS Football News 10/23 10:15A Adam Ogburn

Rockwall may have been the number 12 team in 6A after an impressive win over Southlake Carroll the week before, but Highland Park, the number ... Read more The post Highland...

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Natural Elements Make This University Park Texas Contemporary Sing

Candy's Dirt 10/23 3:01A Candy Evans

Lyle Turner with MALT Homes is one of the most passionate and involved builders I’ve ever met. See More...

A Flawless Highland Park Historic Federal

Candy's Dirt 10/22 7:18A Karen Eubank

Why are we drawn to homes like this flawless historic Federal? See More...

One Year After the EF-3 Tornado hit in Preston Hollow

Park Cities BubbleLife iReporter 10/21 9:00A REFINED REALTY

After a full year of hard work, Preston Hollow is regaining its charm! Those of us who have been affected by the Tornado have become closer as each neighbor has supported one another, and cheered...

Breaking: Ebby Halliday Companies Expands East to Cedar Creek Lake

Candy's Dirt 10/20 9:16A Candy Evans

Ebby Halliday acquires Cedar Creek Lake brokerage See More...

A Dramatic Modern by Mark Domiteaux

Candy's Dirt 10/19 1:01A Karen Eubank

When this dramatic modern home was built in Highland Park, it upset some of the neighbors, which I found puzzling. See More...

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North Texas named top emerging life sciences market, according to new report

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/27 7:21A Ryan Salchert

As of 2019, DFW had just over 20,000 employees working in the life sciences field, according to the report.

How to Handle a Broken Bone

Advance ER 10/21 12:50A

Whether at a young age or as an adult, you likely know someone who has broken a bone. While you may be familiar with the casts and braces that heal a broken bone , it s much...

New funding brings Dallas health care startup MediBookr's total to $3.3 million

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/20 8:20A Kevin Cummings

With COVID-19 causing employers and health systems to look for ways to keep care costs down, a local startup has received new funding to accelerate its pandemic growth....

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Saving Caribou and Preserving Food Traditions Among Canada’s First Nations

Civil Eats 10/28 11:00P David Moskowitz

I m picking lichen to feed to the caribou, so that one day I will get to eat the caribou, said Daniel Desjarlais, a professional cook from the West Moberly First Nations , during a recent outing. Over...

A Writer’s Day

The Making of a Home 10/27 3:21P Holly K. Ross

Today was a perfect day. I woke up happy. Spent time with God on my balcony. Reflected on a sweet evening with daughter #2. Did my workout. Snuggled with a grandbaby. Worked a couple hours at my...

The Key to a Long-lasting Marriage

The Making of a Home 10/26 7:22A Holly K. Ross

Who was the person or persons that impacted your marriage the most? Mine would be my parents. They embodied commitment. We just celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary. I am so proud of them! They...

The Pandemic Has Given Organics a Big Boost—but Most Profits Aren’t Flowing to Small Producers

Civil Eats 10/22 8:00P Gosia Wozniacka

When COVID-19 forced communications consultant Kyle Freund and his wife to work from home this spring, the Madison, Wisconsin couple and their 5-year-old daughter began seeking out organic produce...

God Cares About Who You Vote For

The Making of a Home 10/17 6:14A Holly K. Ross

These words have been rolling around in my head, my gut, and my heart for weeks. I have been listening to people, all kinds of people and I have been pondering the reasons people give to what they do...

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