(ROCKWALL/ROWLETT/ROYSE CITY, TX – October 26, 2015) Rest Haven Funeral Home’s locations in Rockwall, Rowlett and Royse City will again serve as donation/drop off sites for the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots. “It is a privilege for us to be part of the Toys for Tots campaign again this year,” said Dewayne Cain, President […]
Community Fundraising Efforts to Culminate in Wreath-Laying Ceremony on National Wreaths Across America Day Wreaths Across America (WAA), a nonprofit organization founded to continue and expand the annual wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, announced that Rest Haven Memorial Park in Rockwall, Texas will be joining in the effort to fulfill the national WAA mission of […]
(ROCKWALL/ROYSE CITY/ROWLETT – October 26, 2015) Rest Haven is again providing a special way for families to honor the memory of their loved ones this holiday season. Beginning Monday, December 1, Angel Wing Remembrance Trees will be placed at each of the three Rest Haven Funeral Homes in Rockwall, Rowlett and Royse City. The community […]
(ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX – October 26, 2015) Check out our Events Calendar to keep up with hometown events and holiday happenings. Find it online at BlueRibbonNews.com; or in our 24-page, full color print edition distributed free to more than 18,000 homes throughout Rockwall and Heath; or in the palm of your hand within the free Official Rockwall Area […]
(ROCKWALL, TX) As autumn leaves fall and the weather turns cooler, families across North Texas are preparing for the holidays. For some that means pumpkins, scarecrows and turkey dinner, but for many in the Rockwall community, it skips to wreaths, trees and early Christmas shopping. That’s because the annual Helping Hands Festival of Trees is […]
(ROWLETT, TX) Lake Pointe Medical Center has earned the Texas Ten Step Program facility designation from the Texas Department of State Health Services. This designation signifies a positive step toward improving the health of newborns and infants and allows LPMC to join a growing number of Texas birth facilities that are supporting new mothers and their decision […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – October 20, 2015) Rockwall Breakfast Rotary will host a pancake breakfast fundraising event from 8 to 10 a.m. this Saturday, October 24 at Applebee’s in Rockwall. The cost is $8 and includes all-you-can-eat pancakes, sausage and drink. All proceeds go to the Breakfast Rotary’s Coats for Kids event, November 7. Last year, […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – October 20, 2015) Local auctioneer and “Voice of Rockwall” Gary Freedman will auction off 20 paintings by world-renowned artist Don Snell this Saturday, October 24 at the Uptown Downtown Art Gallery, 301 N. San Jacinto in downtown Rockwall. Doors open at 6 p.m.; the auction will begin at 7. […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – October 12, 2015) The Rainbow Room of Rockwall County welcomed its newest board members and staff members with tons of hot pizza during its meet-and-greet luncheon held on Thursday, Oct. 8. The Rainbow Room, located inside the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services building at 1131 W. Yellowjacket Lane, provides emergency […]
Reception set for 6 p.m. Tuesday, October 13 View the works of North Texas photographer Jack Palmer through October 30 at the Mesquite Arts Center, 1527 N. Galloway in Mesquite, TX 75149. Exhibit hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. A Meet the Photographer Reception is planned for 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, October […]