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Carrollton’s Festival at the Switchyard will bring a full day of free concerts, community performances, rides and games to Historic Downtown Carrollton on Saturday, Nov. 7, with Toad the Wet …
What happens when Bavarian tradition meets Texas hospitality? You get Addison Oktoberfest, presented by Paulaner, a four-day celebration where the bier is cold, the brats are plentiful and …
Need to dispose of household clutter, yard trimmings or old electronics? The City of Carrollton will host a free community cleanout event for residents to responsibly dispose of bulk, brush and …
Farmers Branch plans to keep its property tax rate unchanged for another year, but residents could see a roughly 12% increase …
Addison City Council approved a new townhome development, discussed pedestrian safety improvements and received an update on construction near the White Rock Creek Trail during its Aug. 25 meeting. …
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) launched two dashboards on DART.org making monthly ridership data publicly available for the first time ever. The dashboards offer a detailed view of ridership …
Across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, business owners face a bleak digital marketing reality: traditional social media advertising is yielding fewer conversions at unprecedented costs. Over the …
Farmers Branch is preparing for a new fall celebration while also giving residents an opportunity to get a closer look at the work of the city’s police department. The city will debut Farmers …
Celebrate Library Card Sign-Up Month this September. New members who register for a library card will receive a voucher for the Friends of the Carrollton Public Library Book Sale and be entered into …
The Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District Educational Foundation celebrated a changing of the guard Wednesday, Aug. 26, welcoming new Executive Director Victor Johnson while …
My customer – let’s call her Jenn – has a rule she lives by. If a task takes less than five minutes, she does it right then. No pile, no list, no "I'll get to it." She read about it somewhere years …
Flock Safety has made national headlines as a part of a growing local and national privacy debate, with 136,847 license plate readers mapped in the U.S. by national watchdog group DeFlock. Some …
Michaelann Dykes' passions had always been cooking and entertaining. She enjoyed making meals, such as pork tenderloin, …
Inside a classroom at Creekview High School sits something students don't normally find at school: the back half of a real ambulance. It's not there for decoration. …
After last week’s budget talks revealed that Carrollton may break its 12-year streak of lowering property taxes, Mayor Steve Babick proposed a $0.0005 decrease per $100 in valuation at the Aug. 18 …
Residents could soon face tighter rules for storing RVs, trailers and trash carts after the City Council directed staff Aug. 18 to continue developing changes to city regulations. The council …
City Council denied a request Aug. 18 for a 2,123-square-foot guest quarters on Brookhollow Drive after residents questioned whether a structure that large belonged in the neighborhood. The …
A proposed 242-unit apartment development on Midway Road cleared its first zoning hurdle in a 3-2 vote Aug. 18 amid concerns about parking and drainage. The City Council approved creating …
Jessica Martinez joined the Town of Addison as its new assistant parks director Monday, Aug. 24, bringing more than 15 years of parks and recreation experience to the position. Martinez comes to …
Metrocrest Services is making a final push Wednesday to reach its goal of collecting 50,000 rolls of toilet paper for neighbors in need. The nonprofit’s annual Let’s Roll Toilet Paper Drive …