Santa Paws Parade, rescue event at Main Street Gardens

Santa Paws Parade, rescue event at Main Street Gardens

Downtown Main Street Gardens will be dog-gone festive Saturday, Dec. 17 as Petropolitan, Downtown Dallas, Inc., and the City of Dallas present the first Petropolitan Santa Paws Parade and Rescue Celebration. There will be holiday activities for the entire family, especially the four-legged ones – including a pet costume parade with prizes awarded to the […]

Down Syndrome Guild to kick off free educational series

(Dallas) The Down Syndrome Guild of Dallas will kick off its 2012 S.P.R.I.N.G. (Sharing Possibilities Resources Information Needs Goals) Educational Series on Saturday, Jan. 28, featuring a different speaker and topic each month. The 5-part series is free and continues through May 2012, offering up-to-date information, resources and support for people with Down Syndrome, their families […]

How to fly with holiday gifts

If you’re flying this holiday season – whether to visit family, spend time with friends or just to get away – it’s possible you might be traveling with gifts for loved ones. However, taking gifts with you may not be as easy as you think. The good news is that you have some options. If […]

De-stressing at Christmas – in the closet

De-stressing at Christmas – in the closet

Some people trim their Christmas tree after Thanksgiving dinner. They head out early on Black Friday and do all their Christmas shopping by day’s end. They have their family-photo-Christmas-cards in the mail by Dec. 1. Then there are the rest of us. We pull out our Christmas boxes and let them incubate for days, as […]

Meet Shep, Blue Ribbon News Pet of the Week

Meet Shep, Blue Ribbon News Pet of the Week

Shep may look like a big boy, but he’s really just a big baby. He’s a little timid around strangers, but once he gets to know you, he’ll flip over for some belly rubs. He’s incredibly gentle and intelligent, not to mention absolutely handsome.   Shep is ready to be the family companion of your […]

Toys for Tots event at Harbor warm hearts, fills donation boxes

Toys for Tots event at Harbor warm hearts, fills donation boxes

The Rockwall community shared the spirit of giving this holiday season as Fox 4 News and Jack FM hosted a spirit-filled Toys for Tots event at The Harbor on Dec. 9. Residents lined up to drop off toys even before the official 5 p.m. start time. On hand to accept donations were members of the United States Marine Corps and countless […]

Wine, pizza and Cheer! event to benefit Rainbow Room

Come to KE Cellars at The Harbor from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14 and enjoy Cheer!, the holiday event sponsored by Savvy Texas Magazine, KE Cellars, and Campisi’s, benefiting The Rainbow Room of Rockwall County. Bring a clothing item (children’s or adult), personal hygeine items, diapers or baby formula to donate. Guests will enjoy wine tastings […]

Rotary’s community-wide drive nets two tons of food for Rockwall County’s hungry

Rotary’s community-wide drive nets two tons of food for Rockwall County’s hungry

Rotarians to host luncheon recognizing Heath fire station’s collection efforts “Joining Hands to Help Others” was the 2011 Rockwall Rotary Club’s theme for its recent community-wide food drive benefiting the Helping Hands food pantry. Each year, Helping Hands distributes thousands of bags of groceries to individuals and families in need across Rockwall County. The need […]

Part II: How to buy a telescope…

Part II: How to buy a telescope…

…and not be disappointed. Part II: The Telescope Tube  In part II of this story, we will address the optical tube, the telescope – the thing you put your eye in so as to see into space (stars, nebulae and galaxies, or near space, planets). (If you missed Part I, you’ll want to go here before reading […]

Lake Pointe expands medical staff to meet community needs

Lake Pointe Medical Center is proud to announce the following physicians have joined the hospital’s medical staff: Endocrinology: Sreedevi Guttikonda, MD– Active Family Medicine:  Dee G. McCrary, Jr., MD – Community Internal Medcine: Hassan Farooq, MD – Community   Nephrology:   Sajid Iqbal, MD – Consulting Madhavi Mallareddy, MD – Consulting Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: Mark E. […]