Wineshare networking event at Helping Hands, June 1

Bring a bottle of wine and a glass, Dodie’s Cajun Diner to provide food Come to Helping Hands, 102 S First. St. Suite B in Rockwall (in The Reeves Building, downtown), from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 1, 2012 for a Wineshare networking event. Bring a bottle of wine and a glass, and enjoy […]

Rockwall ISD to host Memorial Day celebration May 24

Rockwall ISD to host Memorial Day celebration May 24

(Rockwall ISD) The Rockwall Independent School District will host its second annual Memorial Day Celebration at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 24, 2012 at the Rockwall High School Performing Arts Center at Ultey. The venue is located at 1201 T.L. Townsend Drive in Rockwall adjacent to the Rockwall Aquatics Center. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend […]

Community revved up about Cars for CASA

Community revved up about Cars for CASA

Start your engines! The Metro East Division of the Home Builders Association is revving up for the annual Cars for CASA event coming Sunday, May 20 to The Harbor in Rockwall. Hosted by Rods & Relics, the rain-or-shine car, truck and motorcycle show offers a lively day of family fun, good food, rock ‘n roll, and […]

Hilton Bella Harbor teams with Boys & Girls Club to create Hilton Leadership Program

(Rockwall) May 17, 2012 – Sara Whittle, owner, Hilton Bella Harbor Dallas/Rockwall Lakefront, announced today that Hilton Senior Managers from the hotel will instruct 25 teenagers from the Boys & Girls Club of Rockwall in hospitality programs this summer. This newly formed Hilton Leadership Program will further the reach and scope of the Boys & […]

Rockwall Chamber welcomes The Groomer

The Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce welcomed The Groomer with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday, May 15, 2012. The Groomer is located at 811 Yellowjacket Lane, Suite 106 in Rockwall. Visit them on the web at http://www.the-groomer.com/. The website reports that “Kim Carey began her grooming career in 1980. Since then she has sought out the […]

Center for Career Training students donate to Helping Hands

(Rockwall) May 15, 2012 – Students of the Center for Career Training in Rockwall recently collected toiletries and donated them to Rockwall County Helping Hands. They are, from left: Sheila Williams, Anastasia Madrid, Charla Turner, Mary Mannon, Mary MacLean and Tekisha Fowler. The center offers medical, office and professional certificate programs. It is approved and […]

Local Girl Scouts go green

Local Girl Scouts go green

(Rockwall) May 15, 2012 – Girl Scout Troop 8967 participated in the Forever Green Take Action Project by making bags from tee-shirts for use in packing food for Helping Hands clients of the Food Pantry. They joined Girl Scouts around the world in learning the effects of waste on our environment and discovering ways to […]

Library volunteers recognized

(Rockwall) May 15, 2012 – At the final meeting of the year, volunteers Mary Hanrahan and Joan Parish were honored by the Friends of the Rockwall County Library. Hanrahan received the Hartman Award, given annually to a to a Friends member who has performed over and above the requirements of their position and has promoted […]