HP to Evaluate Facility Needs, Identify Improvements
Highland Park will undergo a facility needs assessment for three departments to ensure spaces are sufficient and used appropriately.
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Former Dancers Fondly Remember Bill Atkinson
For 54 years, Bill Atkinson and his wife, Ann Etgen, trained generations of ballerinas in their studio on Hillcrest Avenue.
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New HP Indoor Drumline Brings Home Championship
Last year, Highland Park didn’t have an indoor drumline. This year, its performers brought home a championship.
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Splash Season Is Back at the Holmes Aquatic Center
The Holmes Aquatic Center opened to the public on May 25, and will remain open through Labor Day.
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Parents Push for Boone Annexation
A child at Northway Christian Day School in Dallas was choking, and the school called for help. But Dallas emergency dispatch could not be convinced that the church next to Boone Elementary was in the city of Dallas.
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Champion of UP Parks Hits Her Term Limit
“I wouldn’t want to be on the council I don’t think, anywhere else,” outgoing University Park council member Liz Farley said. “People respond, people are engaged. They love their parks. They love their city. It’s just a really sweet place to be.”
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HP Installs Mayor, Town Council Members
Will C. Beecherl is returning for his second term as mayor. Town Council members Leland White, Marc Myers, Don Snell, and Lydia Novakov are returning, and Alan Friedman is new to the council.
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HPISD Appoints New Bradfield Elementary Principal
HPISD’s board of trustees approved the appointment of Aimee Hilton, assistant principal of Cheatham Elementary in Allen ISD, as the new principal of Bradfield Elementary during a meeting on May 14.
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They’re Here … And We Don’t Want Them!
Hunters, you’re in luck! It’s open season on hammerhead flatworms in the Park Cities and Preston Hollow.
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University Park Swears in Mayor, Council Members
University Park’s mayor and its four city council members, including new member Melissa Rieman, were sworn in at the May 7 city council meeting.
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Reese Gould: A Special Artist
Reese Gould has become familiar to many in the Park Cities, whether riding his bike and delivering Jersey Mike’s sandwiches, or for the prodigious drawings and paintings he often creates for friends and organizations.
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