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What's the mystery construction at Garland Road/East Grand? Tell us: Do you find poster promoting Kennedy Assassination Race offensive? Coyote sightings cause concern in Casa Linda neighborhood Winter art fair to benefit Forest Hills elementary Volunteers will kick off a community garden project Saturday for Mata Elementary Lakehill students wins Thanksgiving essay contest Man charged with touching a fourth-grader at playground near Munger Place Two East Dallas war veterans demonstrate true character and resiliency Event marks 10 years of Deep Ellum Film Festival Munger Place family vows to eat together once a day for the next year. Could your family do that? Categories
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Entries tagged with 'East Dallas'Tell us: Do you find poster promoting Kennedy Assassination Race offensive?It's promoted as Doom Presents the 3rd Annual Kennedy Assassination Race. And, if nothing else, a poster on the Oak Cliff Bicycle Company's Web site sure gets your attention. The poster shows JFK sitting in a limousine, smiling, with the... A touchy subject: East Dallas woman talks to Grandma about her drivingPatricia S. Baillif, a long-time East Dallas resident, had this column in Sunday's paper about talking to Grandma about when to quit driving. Grandma responded with a comment about "the kind of freedom that comes with a car." I'm... Little Forest Hills woman: From blonde to dishwater blondeA Little Forest Hills woman has her own hair-raising tale to add to Avi Selk's story about rusty-water problems in several East Dallas neighborhoods. She used to be a blonde, but shampooing has put a "a yellow or brassy cast... East Dallas reader wants to hear your fond memories of the Casa View libraryAfter reading our blog post last week, reader Cindy Burr expressed some fond recollections of the Casa View library on Ferguson Road, which is being replaced by the new, larger Lochwood Branch Library on Saturday. Saw your small article about... Tampico Motel goes greenJust a couple of months ago, we were wondering about the history of the Tampico Motel, an East Dallas landmark that's hard to miss because of the color of the building: Pepto-Bismol pink. Well, to my dismay, the color of... Victor's Cafe on Peak Street serves up hearty fareA few of us discovered this week what a lot of DART employees had already found: Victor's Cafe at Peak and Elm. The small, nondescript Mexican eatery at 132. N. Peak looked intriguing in a hole-in-the-wall sort of way. So... East Dallas charity basketball game to honor Senior Cpl. Norm SmithTaly Haffar, a former Dallas County chief prosecutor who now works in the U.S. attorney's office, and members of the Dallas Police Department are organizing a charity basketball game in honor of Senior Cpl. Norm Smith. As you may... Munger couple seeking old photos of their East Dallas "money pit"David M. Downey and his wife have taken on a big restoration project, but need your help. They're seeking photos of their early-1900s house in its original form. Can you help them out? My wife and I own the 1913-era... $5,000 reward: iPhone lost in East DallasThere was an interesting ad in Sunday's newspaper: "LOST PINK IPHONE. ... $5,000 REWARD." Reporter Eric Aasen decided to check things out. Here's the scoop: Some people dole out big rewards for lost dogs or wallets. Keith Hardesty is offering... Saturday's City Chicken EventsAttention East Dallas city chicken owners: An organizational meeting of the new Dallas Backyard Poultry Meetup Group is at 2 p.m. Saturday at North Haven Gardens. Forty-seven people already have joined the group online (www.meetup.com/DallasBackyardPoultry/). The meeting was organized by... It's almost heeere: Tax-Free Shopping WeekendBrace yourselves, East Dallas bargain hunters. Tax-Free Shopping Weekend starts tomorrow, and we're looking for eyewitness accounts. Finding bargains of a lifetime on trendy kids' clothes or lunch boxes? Trapped in mall parking lot purgatory? Call or text us at... Dallas Theological Seminary cops keep preachers in lineWhile at lunch, one of my colleagues, nosy reporter Scott Parks, noticed the two blue-and-whites in the parking lot of an East Dallas restaurant on Live Oak. After a closer look at the cars, he opined incredulously, "Why does a... Would you recycle more if your East Dallas neighborhood goes to once-a-week trash pickup?Looks like all of East Dallas is joining the north and northwest part of the city and heading to once-a-week trash pickup, according to our 1A story this morning by Rudy Bush. The good news: The city says most people... Skillman strip center a ghost town without Gold RushHave you noticed that The Gold Rush Cafe is closed for the next week? I'm sure the owners are on vacation -- it looked like there is a sign in the window. They are not answering the phone. Does anybody... East Dallas: The old Henderson vs. the new Henderson?Hacienda on Henderson is set to officially open this week -- the latest addition to our ever-changing neighborhood. And I love it. In my opinion, these new joints are pumping life into East Dallas. The Hacienda opening is notable because... East Dallas indoor dog park another example of the money people will spend on their beloved petsOK, don't throw stones at me. Don't call me ugly names. But I've never understood people and their pets. Don't get me wrong, some of my best friends have pets. But I guess I was born without the pet gene.... Former East Dallas resident, now a California transplant, has good memories of Texas B-B-Q, Tex-Mex, The Dallas Morning NewsGot an e-mail from a California transplant and former East Dallas resident who obviously is longing for some Texas B-B-Q. "I'm still looking for a good one [barbecue joint] out here," he laments. Here's his inquiry after I posted an... Updates: Rain finds its way to Casa Linda; limbs picked up along Garland RoadA couple of follow-ups to previous posts: Remember those tree limbs from the June storm that littered yards along Garland Road across from White Rock Lake: They've finally disappeared. There really are rain gods. I was griping yesterday about every... Some parts of East Dallas wetter than othersThe rain Gods have been teasing my Casa Linda neighborhood for two days now. On Sunday, gray skies brought not even a drop of rain. On the way to work today, I noticed remnants of rain on Garland Road near... Yard man James Ray Rochelle brought together two neighborhoodsReporter Sam Hodges has a remarkable tribute to a remarkable man who made his mark in South Oak Cliff and East Dallas, particularly in the Hollywood Heights/Santa Monica, White Rock and Lakewood neighborhoods. Go to the jump to read his... |