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Fun Fashion Finds: Empowered Cowgirl

July 21, 2021July 20, 2021 Maddie Spera 0 Comments business, Ellie Gilchrist, empowered cowgirl, Fashion, FP, Highland Park, New York, Park Cities, Park Cities People

Ellie Gilchrist brings a bit of country to the big city with her Empowered Cowgirl line of jackets and accessories.
(Read time: 3 minutes)

Park Cities Schools

Retired! Donna Pierce Stars in Her Final Planetarium Show

July 16, 2021July 19, 2021 Juliet Allan 0 Comments Astronomy Teacher, Donna Pierce, Highland Park, Highland Park ISD, HPISD, Juliet Allan, Park Cities, Park Cities People, Schools, Teachers

Astronomy teacher Donna C. Pierce, wearing a periwinkle spacesuit and signature red lipstick, greeted every attendee personally before her final starry sky show in her namesake planetarium.
(Read time: 3.1 minutes)

Entertainment Life Park Cities Preston Hollow

Need a ‘Grisly,’ Hard-Sounding, or ‘Naughty’ Read?

July 12, 2021July 12, 2021 William Taylor 0 Comments Authors, books, Community, FP, Highland Park, Park Cities, Park Cities People, reading, William Taylor

Didn’t get enough “grisliness” in 2020-21? A former journalist will take readers back a dozen decades to explore tragic events, most of which occurred before the Park Cities incorporated.

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‘Park Cities People’ Reflects on Past Parade Coverage

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 Staff Report 0 Comments 2021 July 4, 40th Anniversary, Community, Fourth of July parade, Highland Park, parade, Park Cities, Park Cities People, University Park

One of the most anticipated events in Highland Park and University Park every year is the Fourth of July parade with its high-spirited tinseled floats and abundant supply of patriotic hues.

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February Blizzard Not Forgotten in July

June 25, 2021June 28, 2021 Emilea McCutchan 0 Comments 2021 July 4, Community, Fourth of July, Fourth of July parade, GIVINGPEOPLE, Highland Park, Historic Texas Blizzard, margo goodwin, Park Cities, Rotary Club of Park Cities, University Park, Winter Storm 2021

A year after its COVID-19 cancellation, the Rotary Club of Park Cities Fourth of July Parade will return in all of its patriotic glory plus a wintery mix.

Park Cities Sports

Diamond Dreams: HP Grad Still Has Passion for Pitching

June 21, 2021July 8, 2021 Todd Jorgenson 0 Comments baseball, Highland Park, las vegas aviators, Matt Milburn, Park Cities, Sports

When the COVID-19 pandemic canceled their 2020 baseball season, Matt Milburn and other journeyman minor-leaguers had a decision to make. Was it worthwhile to continue chasing big-league goals, or was it time to hang up the cleats and move on?

Park Cities Preston Hollow Schools

Winning HPISD Poets Share Their Inspirations

June 21, 2021June 17, 2021 Juliet Allan 0 Comments Armstrong Elementary, Boone Elementary, Bradfield Elementary School, Highland Park, HP Litfest, HPISD, Hyer Elementary School, Park Cities, Poet, poetry, Schools, University Park Elementary School

As one of the judges of the Highland Park ISD Elementary Poetry School Writing Contest, I have the pleasure to read the poems of the district’s burgeoning writers.

Business Park Cities Preston Hollow

Comings and Goings

June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 Rachel Snyder 0 Comments business, Caffe Lavazza, Code Ninja, Comings and Goings, Evereve, Fairgrounds Coffee, Highland Park, Lele Sadoughi, NorthPark Center, Park Cities, Real Estate, RH Dallas, Royal Blue Grocery, Sadelle's, The RealReal

The neighborhood grocery and specialty food shop is closing its Highland Park Village location after June 27 but hoping to open a new store nearby. (See below for what will fill that location in The Village).

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Newspaper Advertising Time Capsule: What a Sales Rep Saved in 1994

June 16, 2021June 17, 2021 Evelyn Wolff 0 Comments 1994, advertising, business, designers, Evelyn Wolff, Highland Park, journalism, Newspapers, Park Cities, Park Cities People, sales rep, SMU, University Park

I was beginning my junior year studying journalism at SMU when the first issue of Park Cities People hit front lawns in Highland Park and University Park.