Historically Black Neighborhood Faces New Challenges
Many longtime residents of the Elm Thicket/Northpark neighborhood worry that without zoning changes, the character of the historic neighborhood will disappear.
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Author: Bethany Erickson
Bush: Powell Was ‘A Family Man and Friend’
Colin Powell, who served as the country’s first Black U.S. secretary of state as well as a national security advisor and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, died Monday at 84 from complications from COVID-19.
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Search on For Passengers of 9/11’s Flight 49
On 9/11, 38 international flights descended in Gander, Newfoundland, and the 7,000 passengers aboard those flights immediately doubled the population of the small town.
One flight was headed to Dallas/Fort Worth, from Paris.
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How Did Local Schools Fare in Texas Rankings?
For the first time, U.S. News and World Report published rankings of public elementary and middle schools. How did local schools fare?
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Salad and Go Heads to Walnut Hill
Salad and Go, the Arizona eatery that first opened in East Dallas on Ross Avenue this summer, will open up shop at the corner of Walnut Hill Lane and Marsh Lane, documents filed with the city of Dallas indicate.
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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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Pfizer Requests Authorization for COVID Vaccine for Younger Children
Not quite three weeks after Pfizer and BioNTech announced that their pediatric two-dose COVID-19 vaccine regimen for children ages 5-11 had been demonstrated to be safe in clinical trials, the companies said they have now submitted a request with the FDA for emergency use authorization.
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Garland Directs FBI to Assess Threats Against School Officials
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland Monday directed the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s offices to begin investigating threats of violence against school board members, teachers, and public school employees.
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Officials Plan Big to Reduce Homelessness
In August, the Dallas City Council voted to participate in a $72 million effort to address the most obvious need when it comes to homelessness — putting people in homes.
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Proposed House Redistricting Shifts Allred’s District
An early proposed map of Texas congressional districts shows a shift in Rep. Colin Allred’s district that would likely take most of District 32 out of Preston Hollow and the Park Cities altogether.
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Proposed Map Would Change State Senators for Park Cities, Preston Hollow
Voters (and lawmakers) got the first glimpse at one of the redistricting maps submitted over the weekend, just as a third special session gavels in to tackle the task of divvying up the state’s voters.
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