By Melissa Grych White Rock Medical Center is now accredited as a Comprehensive Bariatric Surgery Center with Adolescent Care and Obesity Medicine. White Rock Medical Center joins 10 other healthcare facilities nationally that have achieved the three designations required for this elite level of accreditation, and is only second in Texas to earn this recognition. […]
BA students show their skills in Portfolio Defense I was honored to participate recently in the Bryan Adams Leadership Academy’s Portfolio Defense, where students defended their scope of learning and academic achievements before a panel of teachers, staff and community members. As part of the defense, students were tasked with showing that they have acquired […]
St. Andrew United Methodist Church invites the community to come together for “United with Ukraine: A Benefit Concert,” on Monday, March 21, 7 p.m. in the sanctuary of St. Andrew, 5801 W. Plano Parkway, in Plano. The concert will feature songs of solidarity from some of the finest orchestral musicians across Dallas and Fort Worth, […]
The Exchange Club of Lake Highlands spent the morning honoring first responders from the Dallas Police Department’s Northeast Division and Dallas Fire and Rescue on Friday, March 11. The Club thanked them for their service to the Lake Highlands community. Since 1961, the men and women of the Exchange Club of Lake Highlands have made […]
By Shari Goldstein Stern When Lakewood resident and entrepreneur Chris Lacquement was growing up, he was obsessed with his family’s Border Collies and Australian Shepherds and worked hard taking care of them. These intelligent dogs worked cattle for his father, who was a professional bull rider and cutting horse trainer. Today, Lacquement is the founder […]
From Dallas ISD Staff Reports Quick! Let me hear the speech you’d give if you’d just won an Oscar, or what you’d say if you met the president. Tell me the winning words a coach would use to rally his losing team. Answer a few questions to land the job of your dreams, or give me […]
By Judy Babb The guest bedroom at 40-year-old physical education teacher and volleyball and track coach Heather Cohen’s home is not what people would expect. When she opens the door, instead of seeing a bed, dresser and the accouterments of a cozy bedroom, she sees her pride and joy — her stable of bicycles. Ten […]
2 cups water 1 cup quinoa, rinsed 1/2 cup lemon juice 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 2 garlic cloves, finely minced 1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved 1/2 cup finely chopped mint 1 cup finely chopped flat-leaf parsley 2 green onions, thinly sliced 1/2 cup golden raisins 1 cup diced English cucumber Kosher salt and black […]
By Tristan Hallman Mayor Eric Johnson’s crime reduction plans received another boost Wednesday with the City Council’s unanimous approval of a plan to allocate funds from a special district to improve lighting in a northeast Dallas corridor. The Skillman Corridor Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District set aside $572,000 for the lights, which the City Council […]