Good news for the Division Street Palm - so-named by Carrollton engineer Richard McMullen, pictured here, who wants to save it from destruction when a new overpass is built at its central Arlington location. First, we have an answer as...
I wonder what the over/under is tonight on mentions of Arlington during the Cowboys game broadcast. Officials in our favorite mid-city have been miffed that Dallas gets talked about so much in relation to the new Cowboys Stadium rather than...
Because Grapevine and Arlington have both wrapped themselves in the spirit of yuletide competition. It's all about money, marketing and, frankly, much ado about nothing....
Reporter Jeff "Everything-You-Want-To-Know-About-The-New-Cowboys-Stadium" Mosier was a bit confused by a news release announcing Arlington's "rebranding." As opening of the Cowboys Stadium nears, the Arlington Convention & Visitors Bureau is ditching the Fun Central name and announced that it's "rebranding" the...
The Super Bowl XLV host committee has judiciously distributed the 2011 game's glam run-up events among the region's municipal kingpins. Dallas, Fort Worth, and Arlington get the ripest of the fruit - lucrative fan parties and big-ticket events. Irving gets...
All Dallas wants to do is tempt the College Football Hall of Fame away from South Bend, Indiana - but, no, Arlington - you just got to have it for your own self! Nebbermine y'all already have the Chartres Cathedral...
That dang Steve Blow is where I should be today. Here's his report from Rangers Ballpark in Arlington: Former president George W. Bush may be unpopular in some places, but the ovation was long and loud as he took the...
Well here's something different -- the world's first outdoor bowling alley. And it's in Arlington. A press release says the new "Splitsville Luxury Lanes & Dinner Lounge" will also feature indoor bowling, of course. And sushi? According to the Web...
Mike Young's colleague, Assistant Metro Editor Selwyn Crawford, wasn't intimidated by the long lines at Denny's. Actually, I've never seen Selwyn deterred from any meal -- free or not: They say there's no such thing as a free lunch, but...
We'll let this ferment a little longer, but colleague Dan McGraw says the holy grape doesn't have any takers yet: If you want to get your hands on the rotten grape we wrote about last week, now is your chance....
The city of Los Angeles is proposing two fairly draconian alternatives for dealing with those disturbingly ubiquitous plastic shoppings bags: If the state doesn't levy a two-bit fee on every bag, they'll ban them altogether by mid-2010. Closer to home,...
So the plan's on indefinite hold for Tom Hicks' spectacular new half-a-bil Arlington "Glorypark" development. Well, you can't control the economy, and if the market won't let it happen, it won't. About the only work that got done was the...
There's something charmingly goofy in Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck's pledge to stage the "baddest" Super Bowl ever, particularly before an audience largely made up of wealthy white-guy chamber-of-commerce types. You have to admire the guy's self-deprecating mien, translating in an...
The aforementioned Scott Goldstein appears to be having a good time at the ballpark, along with fellow slacker and equally annoying colleague Jason Sickles: Scott: "Ah, Opening Day in Arlington ... Fresh, green grass, the crack of the bat, lukewarm...
The DMN's Debra Dennis and the FWST report that a racial slur that had been painted on the garage of an Arlington couple was removed today. Thanks to DMN colleague Kathy Goolsby for bringing that to our attention. The Arlington...
You have to admire a con artist who keeps up with current events. Colleague Jeff Mosier says an acquaintance in Arlington received a phishing call today that was straight out of the news: A man called her and claimed to...
No, says reporter Kathy Goolsby, she's not moving. But her address might change: After reading this news release about the planned development around the Texas Rangers Ballpark in Arlington and Jerry’s stadium, I realized I may soon be changing my...
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