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I am often asked how I find the time to balance my family, my medical practice, and my duties as mayor. The skills I gained during my nine years at UT Southwestern helped me immensely in developing the ability to balance my life.Recently Parkland Hospital has been in the media in a negative way. There [...]
He may not have thought so at the time but Layne Murdoch’s last boss did him a huge favor. It was 1980 and the long-time Flower Mound resident was in his dream job as a staff photographer for the former Dallas Times-Herald newspaper. Unfortunately he and his superior had a disagreement and he was fired. [...]
Between 1995 and 2009, Jim Dent authored seven books including the New York Times bestseller-turned ESPN movie The Junction Boys. Yet on virtually the same day in mid-August, the former Flower Mound resident had two more of his works released. Super Bowl Texas Style provides a behind-the-scenes look at everything involved with Super Bowl XLV. [...]
The planned development at the District of Highland Village remains in a state of limbo after the Highland Village City Council met on Tuesday, August 9, 2011. At that meeting, the council voted on a revised building plan that the site’s developers, HHSG, LLC and Landcore Development, had previously submitted. In their revised plan, Landcore [...]
Working around blazing afternoon temperatures, Highland Village Lions drew crowds of between 10,000 and 20,000 to its annual weekend balloon festival that has a lot more than hot air going for it. Featuring an antique car show, carnival rides, food booths, a car bash and an entertainment stage with lots of local talent there was [...]
The first day of Kindergarten is right around the corner. Are you ready? Sending your child off to school is both exciting and sad. I remember before I had children I went with my sister to see her girls off on their first day of Kindergarten. I cried harder than most of the moms. In [...]
Most suburbanites in Denton County know about the Ku Klux Klan from history books, movies, and documentaries. As an idealistic young news reporter I confronted Klansmen in person. They didn’t like me much and the feeling was mutual. It was kind of scary at the time, but looking back now the angry racists were none [...]
For years and years I dreamed of going to Greece. It was not so much to see the ancient ruins like the Parthenon or the Acropolis, no for me it was to eat! So two years ago in the summer, my husband Brad and I boarded a plane from Dallas and headed out on a [...]
Ever since they completed last year’s successful Balloon Festival the Highland Village Lions Club has been preparing to make the 24th edition of the annual event extra special. With an antique car show, expanded offering of carnival rides and introduction of the giant Smoky Bear balloon sponsored by U.S. Forest Service National Grasslands to promote [...]
Dianne Costa, former two-term mayor of Highland Village, has set her sights on running for United States Congress in the 25th district, currently represented by Democrat Lloyd Doggett. District 25 is a massive district covering parts or all of 13 counties, from Hays County south of Austin through parts of Travis County north to Johnson [...]
My ribs were bruised; I had bloody gashes in my left knee and my ankles … oh my sore ankles. But I found myself there again, stretching out soreness on a park bench ready for another run. This wasn’t just any workout. I’d be running hills, some rough terrain and through some wooded areas. I’d [...]
Things, people and places change which impact industry and new trends are set. I’ve worked with newspapers since 1993, before computers were used to build pages. Copy was set with an exacto knife and paste around full page ads costing single advertisers as much as a new car for one press-run Businesses reaped a great return [...]
My first thought when I received the notice for the IRON MAN 3 screening was, “do we need another Iron Man movie?”. The first film was superb, the second one mediocre at best, plus we had a good dose of the suited, brilliant, billionaire, playboy Tony Stark in the Avengers film. My concern was not [...]
April has been an exciting month for our community as there are many high-quality projects that have been announced. On April 24, the much anticipated groundbreaking of Lakeside DFW was celebrated, which marks the beginning of construction on this historic project. The 150-acre development overlooks Grapevine Lake and will soon be transformed into a high-quality [...]
For the third time area residents have recognized DKH Academy for excellence in pre-school education, voting it Best of Denton County for 2012. The Highland Village preschool continues to innovate as it encourages children to learn through hands-on activities and interaction with nature. A special recent addition to the curriculum is “Handwriting without Tears” a [...]
Tooth Sensitivity is not a laughing matter It is 6 o’clock on a Saturday night and you have just sat down to dinner. You take [...]
Get ready to help Flower Mound celebrate our nation’s freedom, loud and proud, at Independence Fest 2013. Headlined by the multi-platinum record selling artist, Rick Springfield, Independence Fest 2013 promises to be the biggest celebration ever. It will also host performances by The Walton Stout Band and Breaking Southwest; plus a vintage car show presented [...]
Local pool and patio company, Outdoor Living Pool & Patio, won two prestigious bronze awards in the 2013 Association of Pool & Spa Professionals Region 3 Design Awards Competition held in conjunction with the Southwest Pool and Spa Show at the Grand Hyatt in San Antonio, TX on March 2, 2013. The Highland Village based [...]
The Men of Trietsch 3rd Annual Trietsch Trade Day in Flower Mound will be held April 27 from 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. (Rain Date May 4). Trade Day is a great event to shop over 75 Arts & Crafts vendors, 100+ garage sale booths, participate in a Clothing Swap or Shop, enjoy a Classic [...]
