UPDATE: CANCELLED St. Patrick’s Day Block Party on Lower Greenville

UPDATE: CANCELLED St. Patrick’s Day Block Party on Lower Greenville

UPDATED: (March 11, 2020) The parade and block party have been cancelled due to Coronavirus concerns. The participating bars and restaurants will still be open and hosting St. Patrick’s Day specials. (Dallas, TX) The Vanderbilt to Vickery Association will host its annual Lower Greenville Avenue St. Patrick’s Day Block Party, the largest one of its […]

Rockwall Resident Celebrates 100th Birthday

Rockwall Resident Celebrates 100th Birthday

(ROCKWALL, TX — March 19, 2019) Rockwall resident Dottie Lillard celebrated her 100th birthday St. Patrick’s Day style with a leprechaun-hat-shaped birthday cake and lots of green! Here are a few fun facts about Dottie from her friends and family: Dottie was born on March 17, 1919, weighing only three and a half pounds and […]

Honoring St. Patrick

Honoring St. Patrick

  (ROCKWALL, TX — March 18, 2019) New leaf green!  Some may call it chartreuse, some lime.  Then there’s sage and seafoam along with emerald or even olive drab.  I hadn’t given much thought to how many shades of green there are until this morning at church.  I’m not Irish (I don’t think I am, […]

Annual St. Patrick’s Day Block Party March 16 in Lower Greenville

Annual St. Patrick’s Day Block Party March 16 in Lower Greenville

(DALLAS, TX – February 26, 2019) The Vanderbilt to Vickery Association will host its annual Lower Greenville Avenue St. Patrick’s Day Block Party, the largest one of its kind in Dallas, on Saturday, March 16, 2019. The Block Party runs 9 AM-7 PM in Lower Greenville between Vanderbilt and Vickery. Guests 21 and older are […]

A brief history of Saint Patrick of Ireland

A brief history of Saint Patrick of Ireland

(ROCKWALL, TX – March 17, 2017) Today is St. Patrick’s Day, and it wasn’t until yesterday that I even remembered the holiday was this week. It’s one of those holidays I tend to forget about, not on purpose though. I think the reason is because I really don’t know much behind its history or why […]

Surgical robot demo at Texas Health Rockwall Community Open House March 17

(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 29, 2016) Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Rockwall welcomes everyone to a free Business After Hours/Community Open House at its main hospital lobby, 3150 Horizon Road, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 17 . Yes, that’s St. Patrick’s Day, and the celebration will include  St. Paddy’s-themed food, fun, prizes, and the […]

Surgical robot demo at Texas Health Rockwall Community Open House March 17

(ROCKWALL, TX – March 9, 2016) Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Rockwall welcomes everyone to a free Business After Hours/Community Open House at its main hospital lobby, 3150 Horizon Road, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 17 . Yes, that’s St. Patrick’s Day, and the celebration will include  St. Paddy’s-themed food, fun, prizes, and the […]

Rockwall Soroptimist celebrate birthdays, St. Patrick’s Day at Reese Manor

ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX (March 11, 2015) The Rockwall Soroptimist hosted their quarterly birthday luncheon, with a St Patrick’s day theme, for the senior residents of Reese manor. Each resident with a birthday, in the first 3 months of the year, received a $50 Walmart gift card and all attendees received a goody bag filled with hygiene products. These […]

Rockwall Newcomers & Friends to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day

ROCKWALL, TX (Feb. 20, 2015) The Rockwall County Newcomers & Friends Club will welcome the Strings and Pipes Trio on March 12th at Occasions in Royce City.  The program begins at 10:00 a.m. and you can join them by calling Patty 469-236-4270 or Marion at 972-722-9896 to make a reservation before Monday, March 2nd. The Rockwall […]