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Woodrow senior John Schadegg is a National Merit Scholarship finalist.

The National Honor Society member already has received scholarships from several colleges, including a full ride from the University of Texas at Dallas.

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The Park Board has approved allowing the Dallas Arboretum to use grassy areas around Winfrey Point for temporary overflow parking during the arboretum’s Chihuly exhibit, May 5-Nov. 5. The arboretum will be allowed to park as many as 400 cars there, using its own parking management staff. The city and … more

A new Middle Eastern restaurant, Nora, is expected to open at 1928 Greenville by the end of May.

Husband-and-wife owners Matt Pikar and Rosalind Lynam also own the highly regarded Afghan Grill on Preston Road.

Nora, which is named after the couple’s 5-month-old daughter, will have much the same menu … more

Stonewall Jackson Elementary School’s annual auction is a legendary neighborhood event. I went to one a few years ago, and the raucous live auction about bowled me over.

This year’s fundraiser is at Hotel Palomar. It starts at 7 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $50, and that includes valet, a cocktail … more

Thomas Martinelli comes bounding through the house like a pre-k hurricane, but at school, the 4-year-old is learning to read Braille and walk with a cane because he is preparing for blindness.

Angelo’s will donate 15 percent of all sales Thursday, April 26, to Promise of Peace. The volunteers and children of Promise of Peace will use the money to spruce up the fountain in front of the Lakewood Theater.

The nonprofit’s executive director, Elizabeth Dry, says they plant to amend the … more

Sorry for this in advance, but we can’t resist saying: It’s “Happy Trails” for Trigger. That is, Trigger Butler, the St. John’s Episcopal School teacher we wrote about in the November Advocate.

When we interviewed Butler for the story about awesome seniors, she mentioned that her grandchildren live in … more

An early-morning torch run from Lakewood to Norbuck Park will kick off the first ever White Rock Spring Games Saturday, May 19.

Seven neighborhood schools, public and private, are collaborating on the daylong games, which are open to students in grades 1-8. A group of dads at St. John’s Episcopal … more

Some of America’s youth are great kids, even in the face of adversity.

Bonham principal Sandra Fernandez and the entire Bonham staff are moving to a new school, Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary School in Pleasant Grove.