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Favorites of 2024: Their Portraits Exhibit Remembers Hostages
In browsing back through the dozens of photos taken, I was struck by how the artists’ portraits emerged into the forefront, no matter the positioning or lighting of the photographic angle.
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Favorites of 2021: The Toy Store Anniversary
“I think this was my favorite thing to write this year because everyone at Toys Unique looked happy to work there, which is amazing because kids can be a whole thing,” said our youngest intern, John Erickson.
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Favorites of 2021: From Homeless Teen to Law Student
Our continued look at favorite stories of 2021 includes the story of Kevin Lee, who says his forbidden phrases are “I can’t,” and “I don’t know.”
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Favorites of 2021: The Cat’s Out of the Bag
Throughout the two-week holiday season, we’ll be sharing some of our favorite stories from 2021 — and some of yours as well.
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Best of 2020: Love in the Time of Social Distancing
The pandemic canceled, postponed, or altered many a couple’s wedding plans this year, and in May we introduced you to one couple who was faced with just that issue.
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Best of 2020: The Mask Making Neighbors
As the pandemic hit Dallas, a new endeavor began – making masks. In April, we introduced readers to some of their mask-making neighbors.
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Best of 2020: Patriot Pride
The last 18 months or so haven’t been kind to Thomas Jefferson High School – an EF3 tornado struck the school in October 2019 and required a move to Thomas Edison Middle School, and then the pandemic hit and moved everything online last spring.
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Best of 2020: Remarkable Women
We started the year with a new goal – to feature a remarkable woman in every issue this year.
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Best of 2020: High School Students of Color Record Open Letter
The summer of 2020 brought a lot of discussion about racial equity, social justice, and race in general – and those discussions didn’t skip the Park Cities.
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Best of 2020: ‘Everything Worthwhile Isn’t Easy’
As the nation reacted to the death of George Floyd during an encounter with police in Minneapolis, one Black mother took to the keyboard to discuss her feelings about helping her family navigate the world.
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Best of 2020: Conflict Over COVID Protocols
Responses to precautions taken by Highland Park ISD to avoid community spread of COVID-19 fell into two camps – those who felt they were appropriate, and those who felt they went too far.
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