New Year, Old Hope?

Because the universe as we know it does not keep a calendar, we may question why we put much weight on the significance of the end of a year and the beginning of a new year. What’s all the fuss about? In reality nothing has changed. A new year does not mean the slate is clean, or that a huge eraser has made the board ready for new ideas and new events. If the universe is unending, it must be true that there is no beginning or ending. Our minds cannot accept this because we do begin and end. But do we? In a universe where there is no beginning or ending, can birth or death really be the beginning or the end?

Parrott and Nutall win in DISD runoff

Two newcomers win seats on Dallas ISD board of trustees, and their election may shake up things at the 3700 Ross Avenue administration building. Is the era of superintendent Michael Hinojosa over?

http://lakewoodheights-dallas.blackwhiteread.com/view/articles/17780

Dallas police crackdown on crime in Hollywood-Santa Monica

After a rash of residential burglaries put residents in the Hollywood-Santa Monica neighborhood of East Dallas on edge, Dallas police on Nov. 18 launched Operation Impact to curb crime in that area. More than 60 officers to take part in the operation. Police officers in plain clothes also will patrol in unmarked cars. http://lakewood-dallas.blackwhiteread.com/view/articles/16609

Neighbors in Lakewood angry at new McMansion

Some residents on Merrilee Lane in Lakewood have complained of a large Ron Davis Custom Home under construction in that neighborhood. “It’s monstrous!” neighbors say. It doesn’t fit in with the other homes in the area. Lack of respect for neighbors?

http://lakewood-dallas.blackwhiteread.com/view/articles/15820

Lake Highlands murder suspect arrested

 

Daniel Willyam, 26, was arrested on Nov. 4, for the murder of Samantha Michelle Nance, a student of the Art Institute of Dallas. She was brutally murdered with a knife on Sept. 10.

http://lakehighlands-dallas.blackwhiteread.com/view/articles/15819

District 3 Dallas ISD hopefuls square off

The four candidates for the unpaid, strictly voluntary seat on the Dallas Independent School District board of trustees had their opportunity to shine before about 50 residents of District 3 at a League of Women Voters sponsored event at Reinhardt Elementary School in East Dallas. The incumbent, Leigh Ann Ellis, was well prepared for the questions-from-the-floor forum, but her opponents did their best to stake out a piece of the political landscape to call their own with lukewarm results. Few in the audience appeared to have had their minds changed by the candidates. All indications seem to point to a run off.

http://foresthills-dallas.blackwhiteread.com/view/articles/15451

Detox center for women needs help

This is a story about Magdalen House, a free alcohol detox center for women in East Dallas that provides temporary shelter and support to women who want to kick the alcohol habit.

http://lakewood-dallas.blackwhiteread.com/view/articles/14881

Dallas ISD District 3 Heats Up

Three candidates are vying for the seat of incumbent Dallas ISD District 3 board trustee Leigh Ann Ellis, virtually assuring that there will be a runoff following the Nov. 3 special election. The board’s vote last year to extend their terms from three to four years rattled some in District 3 and subsequently sparked opponents to begin the campaign to oust Ellis. She wants to keep her seat because she is seeing improvement in the academic performance of District 3 schools. Her opponents charge that she lacks leadership.

http://foresthills-dallas.blackwhiteread.com/view/articles/14641

PAC Picks Parrott for District 3 board seat

The Dallas Friends of Public Education, a political action committee, today threw its support and money and volunteers behind the candidacy of Bruce Parrott for the District 3 seat on the Dallas Independent School District board of trustees. Parrott, who has no experience in board matters, is a video producer and longtime resident of District 3. His wife, Lois Parrott, is a former District 3 board trustee.

http://foresthills-dallas.blackwhiteread.com/view/articles/14360

Effort to buy local gets in gear in East Dallas

Live Local! East Dallas, a campaign to encourage East Dallas residents to support their neighborhood businesses and to keep their neighbors employed gets in gear on Sept. 15 with a membership drive.

http://lakewood-dallas.blackwhiteread.com/view/articles/13760