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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Best of 2020: Park Cities’ All-Girls Boy Scout Troop
Intern Dahlia Faheid talked to the girls who opted to join the Boy Scouts, now called Scouts BSA, after the organization began accepting girls in February 2019.
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Best of 2020: The Election
Starting with the primary season, our election coverage was spearheaded by two people – deputy editors Bethany Erickson and Rachel Snyder – and continued through Election Day and beyond.
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Best of 2020: Dreaming of The Charles
In May, restaurants had been relegated to curbside and take out service only, and the day when they would be able to welcome guests again seemed far off. It was a yearning to have dining be an experience, and not an impersonal pickup from your car so you could plate it at home that drove Kersten Rettig to write about The Charles.
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Best of 2020: Senior Returns to Much Different HPHS
Our fall high school intern, Shaye Wattson, couldn’t have imagined that her senior year would begin with virtual school and then segue into a much different experience on campus as masking, social distancing, and other measures were enacted to help students and staff avoid exposure to COVID-19.
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