Day Camps offer a way for kids 6-14 to stay busy while having fun this summer Hawaiian Falls announced new summer camps for all five of their Texas waterparks, including locations in Garland, The Colony, Mansfield, Roanoke, and Waco. Kids will enjoy week-long camps full of activities, character building lessons and summer fun. Each camper […]
Five Guys Burgers and Fries opened March 8 in a 2,500 square foot store at 313 Houston Street. The restaurant, operated by Monument Restaurants, LLC, took over a portion of the space formerly occupied by Billy Miner’s next door to Cabo Grande. With more than 750 locations in 40 states, Five Guys has opened more […]
(Dallas) March 1, 2012 – How do you celebrate the recently completed, top-to-bottom makeover of the Dallas Marriott City Center overlooking downtown Dallas? If you are among the hundreds of Marriott employees, friends and family, you invite local celebrities and members of the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau to join you by surprising guests of […]
Park Place Porsche recently unveiled the new, seventh generation 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera and Carrera S. The dealership’s Lemmon Avenue showroom and service garage were turned into a contemporary entertainment palace with modern lounge seating, a cigar den and multiple bars with liquid libations including a signature Stolichynaya Vodka, Hendrick’s Gin & Milagro Tequila cocktails, […]
Plant engineering specialties distributor Hatfield and Company will construct a 50,000 square foot building to relocate their operation. Hatfield and Company is relocating their corporate headquarters, manufacturing facility and local sales office from Mesquite to the Rockwall Technology Park. The new 3.6 acre site will be located at Discovery Boulevard and Innovation Drive in Phase I of the […]
(Rockwall) The Rockwall County Master Gardener Association recently inducted their 2012 officers: Linsley Srygley, President; Julie Simpson, Vice President; Janie Squier, Secretary; Larry Parks, Treasurer, and Richard Longworth, Past President. The Rockwall County Master Gardener Association is coordinated by Texas AgriLife Extension Service with the support of the Rockwall County Commissioners Court under the direction […]
(Rockwall) More than 180 members and guests gathered at Allure Restaurant at Chandlers Landing Jan. 12 for the Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards and Member Appreciation Banquet. The event was sponsored by American National Bank Texas, ANB Trust Department, Business Directories of Texas, the City of Rockwall, Ebby Halliday Realtors, Endodontic Specialists of Rockwall, […]
GOOD PEOPLE: The artist behind the Blue Ribbon News Friday Funny When Donald Frederick is not busy receiving shipments at the Home Depot in Rockwall, the 42-year-old Forney resident puts his talent and good humor to work by creating a comic strip he calls “Day by Day.” Each week, the artist’s handiwork is featured at Blue […]
It seems I picked the right year to nix the idea of making my annual list of resolutions. Fortunate too that I stocked up on boxes of tissue, antihistamines and expectorant. My first week of 2012 was spent depleting those supplies, not thinking a whit about any personal goals beyond getting well and back to […]
The hustle and bustle of the holidays can be stressful, especially when you or a loved one spend Christmas in the hospital. In 2002, Ashley Willis not only spent Christmas in the Intensive Care Unit of Lake Pointe Medical Center in Rowlett, but it was also her 16th birthday. Every year since, Ashley has returned […]