TxDOT’s preferred design for the Gaston-Garland-Grand intersection is Option 2, the Reverse T. (Image courtesy of TxDOT.)

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From the arrest of the package bandit to the Hillside Village remodel, our neighborhood was full of captivating stories in 2018.

We mourned a pilot who died tragically in a crash, and we celebrated when a local doctor rushed the field to save a teen soccer player’s life.

And who could forget the debate over the future of Gaston-Garland-Grand?

Here are the stories that Lakewood and East Dallas residents read the most in 2018.

10.Lakewood IHOP moving in November — but not too far

9.Local doctor rushes field to help save a teen soccer player’s life

8.So what IS Unleashed by Petco?

7.TxDOT: Both Gaston intersection options keep traffic the same

6.Do we get to vote on the future of Gaston-Garland-Grand?

5.Shots fired at Lakewood Whole Foods parking lot

4.Hillside Village is in for a makeover that includes a new tavern

3.East Dallas lawyer Steve DeWolf dies in vintage plane crash

2.Police caught the alleged neighborhood package bandit — come claim your stuff

1.“Reader’s Digest” names White Rock Lake one of world’s most haunted bodies of water