When White Rock Lake neighbors were cool with Nazis but not gonorrhea
When the City of Dallas dammed up White Rock Creek to create a reservoir for drinking water east of the city in 1911, neighbors…
Parks and Outdoors
Reader’s Digest names White Rock Lake one of world’s most haunted bodies of water
Joining bodies of water like Devil’s Pool in Australia and Blackwater River in Florida, Reader’s Digest named our neighborhood’s lake to its list of…
Mother’s Day Weekend: Swiss Ave. Home Tour, Spring Fling, drink for a good cause and more
Take a peek inside some of the city’s most beautiful and historic homes on the Swiss Avenue Historic District Mother’s Day Home Tour. The weekend…
Flag Pole Hill to get All Abilities Playground after Run the Highlands
By Carol Toler Lake Highlands Junior Women’s League member hosted their largest crowd ever for the 14th Annual Run the Highlands Saturday, with 868…
‘JUNGALBOOK,’ Lipscomb carnival, dog festival and more this Cinco de Mayo in East Dallas
For the entire month of May, supporters of Stonewall Jackson and Lakewood Elementary will be battling it out by eating at Grub Burger Bar…
Be sure to check out Artscape this weekend at the Dallas Arboretum
Nearly 100 artists from around the country have been brought together for Artscape this weekend at the Dallas Arboretum. Artscape is an art show…
Check out these beautiful blooms at White Rock’s Blackland Prairie
These white New Jersey Tea native prairie plants are blooming at Boy Scout Hill, thanks in part to the monitoring and upkeep of the…
Why do I always see rental bikes in the same place? Advocate investigates via ride-along
Neighbors can’t stop talking about the rental bikes. Love them, hate them or somewhere in between, most don’t know how this new industry…
Scooter company Bird challenges peers to ‘Save Our Sidewalks’
While city officials mull over a new ordinance to regulate bike share in Dallas, a new player in the game threw down the gauntlet….
Zagster, a different kind of rental bike at University Crossing and Mockingbird Station
An alternate kind of rental bike system is operating on the western edge of East Dallas. Zagster’s rental bikes are kept on private property,…
Scooters could be the next shared vehicle to hit East Dallas
For those who enjoy the convenience and adventure of shared vehicles, another ride might be rolling into the neighborhood. For those who see the…
How the game warden caught a hawk poacher in East Dallas
Update: This story has been altered to protect the privacy of a neighbor. People often say, “Don’t read the comments.” But last week, in…