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It’s a small-town phenomenon: Parents raising kids on the same block where they grew up, with grandma, aunts, siblings and cousins all right around the corner. And it has been that way in small towns just about as long as anyone can recall.

But it’s also common here, with some … more

Jerry Jones isn’t the only one dreaming of a world championship.

The Dallas Disc Golf association hopes to bring the obscure sport’s world championship competition to Lake Highlands in 2012 with an estimated 600 players from throughout the world.

To make it happen, the club needs to raise several thousand dollars via … more

In our high speed, age-segmented world, it sometimes seems everyone in Lake Highlands lives inside a personal bubble. If there is time left after our PTAs, churches or families, it is quickly absorbed by Web surfing, large-screen TVs, devotion to sports teams, or Wii-fit. After all that, it’s a wonder … more

TREY JOHNSON wants you to listen to music — it would be nice if you chose his music — but just buy a decent record, will you? Then, have a seat, relax and really listen to it. You would certainly be doing yourself a favor by trying this out with … more

Sitting at Marian King’s Lake Highlands Estates dining room table, thick folders, stacks of books and scribbled notes abound. It’s just a glimpse of the devotion she and three other retired RISD teachers have poured into creating a book that outlines the district’s history, something she calls “a real labor … more

THIS MONTH, RUN OR VOLUNTEER …
… at the Dallas Running Club Half Marathon at 8 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1 at Norbuck Park, Northwest Highway and Buckner. Choose to tackle the 13.1 miles over rolling White Rock area terrain, or e-mail volunteer@dallasrunningclub.com for a spot passing out race packets pre-race, … more

It doesn’t get much more authentically Italian than Cibus. Everything from the foyer chairs to the lemons used to make the sorbet were flown in from Italy. Restaurateur Alberto Lombardi modeled the menu after his homeland, the Emiglia-Romagna region of Italy.

Wine writers always agonize over Thanksgiving, which I’ve never understood. They get so hung up on food pairings that they miss the point of the holiday, which is that we’re darn lucky to be able to do this.