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Hockaday Rowing Tradition Takes Olympic Turn
Hours after qualifying for the Paris Olympics, Teal Cohen holed up in her Swiss hotel room and proudly watched young rowers an ocean away win medals for her alma mater.
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SMU Moves Fraternity, Sorority Recruitment to Fall
SMU has moved its fraternity and sorority recruitment from spring to fall in hopes of improving the student experience and retention.
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Patriotic High-Wheeler Hangs Up His Helmet
In 1975, Jim Whorton paid $375 to buy an ugly, black high-wheel bike from a store in Longview.
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Rutledge Shows Elite Potential at Olympic Trials
The 20 seconds he spent running in the lane next to Noah Lyles at the U.S. Olympic Trials hardly gave John Rutledge enough time to think about the bigger picture.
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HP to Consider Resolution Supporting Cities Seeking DART Funding Changes
The Highland Park Town Council has asked staff to draft a resolution supporting cities that have requested Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) reconsider the formula it uses to collect revenue.
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Blast Off! Frontiers of Flight Moon Day Soars to Success
More than 1,000 people attended the 16th Annual Moon Day celebration at the Frontiers of Flight Museum.
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The Fencing Is Down, and It’s Time for Fun at Lakeside Park
Improvements are complete, the fencing is down, and Lakeside Park has officially reopened to the public for the first time in two years.
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50-Year HPDPS Veteran Larry Gentry Dies at 82
Larry Gentry, a dedicated public servant and 50-year veteran of the Highland Park Department of Public Safety, died on July 11 at age 82.
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HPISD Pulls ‘All Boys Aren’t Blue’ from HPHS Library
The HPISD Board of Trustees voted 5-2 to remove the book ‘All Boys Aren’t Blue’ from the Highland Park High School library during a July 17 meeting.
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People Newspapers Earns 15 NNA Awards
Park Cities People and Preston Hollow People earned three first-place awards, two second places, five third places, and five honorable mentions.
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Don’t Wake Him Too Early
When first-grader William Phillips started talking about a dream he’d had, his mother thought it would be a short conversation.
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