⭐ Top Fundraisers Honored with Star Restaurant Award⭐s Dallas | Fort Worth (April 3, 2024) – In anticipation of this summer’s campaign, DFW Restaurant Week – the Metroplex’s largest annual culinary event – is raising a toast to $545,128 donated to the North Texas Food Bank (NTFB) and Lena Pope for 2023. The corresponding DFW […]
Rockwall, TX (March 30, 2024) – Recent release An Unsanded Floor from Page Publishing author Clint Townsend is a compelling story that chronicles the life of Lindsay Nicole Snider, from the devastating demise of her father when she was not yet nine years old to her complicated relationships fifteen years later. Clint Townsend has completed his […]
Rowlett, TX (March 29, 2024) – All are welcome to join the Rowlett Reviews Book Club at the April meeting where two books on the Winston Churchill family will be reviewed. Reviewer, Nancy Ashley, will combine “The Churchill Sisters” by Rachel Trethewey and “Churchill and Son” by Josh Ireland. The April meeting is scheduled for […]
Rockwall, TX (March 27, 2024) – Happiness is a place between too much and too little. – Finnish Proverb Happiness is continuing to desire what we already have. – Saint Augustine The above quotes are favorites of mine. The first, a Finnish Proverb, is one that has rolled around in my spirit for years. Not […]
Rockwall, TX (March 25, 2024) – Elizabeth Bennet and the aristocratic Mr. Darcy quietly observed each other at a local ball. Lizzy disliked his high-brow bearing, while he, though attracted to Lizzy, rejected any thought of a connection to her less cultivated family. Reading Jane Austen’s classic novel Pride and Prejudice could cure us of […]
Editor’s Note: Blue Ribbon News is pleased to welcome ‘Here We Grow: Tips from Rockwall County Master Gardeners’ as an exclusive new feature in our publication. This guest column and photos by Michele Campbell, President, Rockwall County Master Gardener Association. ROCKWALL, TX (March 25, 2024) – As spring weather arrives, it’s time for the usual […]
ROCKWALL, TX (March 25, 2024) The Rockwall Leadership Class of 2024, sponsored by the Rockwall Area of Commerce, embarked on a day of discovery to gain insights into economic development and community growth initiatives in the region. This immersive experience provided valuable behind-the-scenes perspectives and strategic insights aimed at driving the future prosperity of Rockwall […]
Editor’s Note: Blue Ribbon News is excited to feature this exclusive new Chamber Connector guest column in each print edition and online at blueribbonnews.com; written by Darby Nielsen and Amy Busch, Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce. ROCKWALL, TX (March 21, 2024) There’s a saying in the Chamber of Commerce world that goes, “If you’ve seen […]
Rockwall, TX (March 18, 2024) – Sometimes it makes a little sense to just stop and look around to see what we and our neighbors are subjected to on an almost daily basis. While the column this week is in no way an attempt to compete with Dave Lieber of the Dallas Morning News, its […]
Rockwall, TX (January 9, 2024) – “Na-na-na-na boo-boo. I’ll be with Jesus before you.” My mother-in-law sang that little ditty to me in our final phone conversation. She had just accepted hospice care, and, knowing I was crying, she tried to make me laugh. Marion, who I always called Mom, made me laugh for most […]