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Give Yourself Compassion in the New Year

Cedar Hill Football Coach Carlos Lynn Knows More Than A State Championship Is At Stake This Weekend

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Jan 21 Thu

Lunch & Learn – The History of Holocaust Education
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Jan 24 Sun

International Holocaust Remembrance Day
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Jan 26 Tue

History Highlights – American Aviator: The Harold
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Top Stories: ➊ – City of Mesquite announces Front Street Public Art Contest results (Thursday), ➋ – 635 East Project Bridge Work Updates (Tuesday), ➌ – Local developer buys more land in Mesquite for industrial project (Thursday), ➍ – Read the Jan. 15 Council Connection (Tuesday), ➎ – Mesquite welcomes Locke Supply Co. to the community (Thursday)

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Mesquite Arts Council News - Feb 1 Tote-and-Go Services

AmericanTowns.com (Mesquite) 1/19 6:00P

Click here to view the Mesquite Arts Council News - Feb 1 Tote-and-Go Services

Read the Jan. 15 Council Connection

City of Mesquite 1/19 4:31P

The Jan. 15 edition of the Council Connection is available online.

635 East Project Bridge Work Updates

City of Mesquite 1/19 10:49A

There will be a full Eastbound and Westbound I-30 Mainlane closures at Galloway Avenue on Saturday evening, January 23 to perform bridge work.

Dallas County Reports 1,589 New Coronavirus Cases, 16 Deaths

CBS DFW News 1/19 9:18A News From CBS Channel 11 KTVT –

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) Dallas County Health and Human Services reported 1,589 additional positive cases of COVID-19 in Dallas County on Tuesday, Jan 19. Of those, 1,351 are...

Mesquite Arts Theatre Presents Nunsense: The Mega Musical

AmericanTowns.com (Mesquite) 1/18 6:00P

Click here to view the Mesquite Arts Theatre Presents Nunsense: The Mega Musical

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Best of SeroVital Beauty

Tanya Foster 1/20 11:00P Tanya Foster

Who doesn't want better skin and to look more youthful? You may remember that I started using SeroVital Supplements for anti-aging about a year ago (read more about them HERE ). Well, now SeroVital...

Mid-Week Musings | Vol. 10

Tanya Foster 1/19 11:00P Tanya Foster

Happy Wednesday! How is everyone's week going so far? Today on tap we have Mid-Week Musings Vol 10. January always feels like the longest month ever, so there is tons of time for thinking and musing....

Manorly Offers the Gift of Time This Valentine's Day

Mesquite BubbleLife iReporter 1/19 12:09A ewalsh

If there's anything 2020 taught us, it's that the ultimate gift is more time with the ones we love. This Valentine's Day, a subscription to Dallas' luxury home concierge service Manorly...

Shop Walmart for the Savings!

Tanya Foster 1/18 11:00P Tanya Foster

Happy Tuesday! Post holidays, I am always trying to look for ways to save. A key place to cut costs is on my everyday groceries. On top of saving money on groceries, I also need to save more time. I...

Nordstrom 2021 Workout Essentials

Glamorous Versatility 1/18 1:10P TarynsGlam

I know that the new year is all about getting fit and being on a journey to be the best version of yourself. Remember you are on a race with yourself. Do not feel pressure, do this at your own past....

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Monster Yogurt To Collect Books In Support of National Education Associations Read Across America

Mesquite BubbleLife iReporter 1/18 10:19P Ava Skipworth

BOOKS TO BE DONATED TO LOCAL LOW-INCOME LOCAL CHILDREN DALLAS, TEXAS, Febuary 19, 2019 Monster Yogurt is gearing up for Read Across America, February 1 - March 2, 2021 at all locations including:...

A Note of Support from Mark Cuban to Texans Can Academies

Mesquite BubbleLife iReporter 1/14 10:58P Culver Public Relations

Texans Can Academies teachers got a special note of encouragement over the holiday season from one of Dallass shining stars. Throughout 2020, teachers worked tirelessly to...

Author Finds Creativity and Inspiration in Lakehill Students

Mesquite BubbleLife iReporter 1/14 2:20A Jacqui Nickell

Erin Entrada Kellys 2018 Newberry Medal winner Hello, Universe tells the story from the prospective of four middle school students as one of them becomes trapped in a well. These four unique teenagers...

The Uplift Education 360 Purpose, Passion and Plan Take Center Stage During Career Week

Mesquite BubbleLife iReporter 1/13 3:53A Dana Cobb

Uplift is proudly hosting its first annual career week from January 19-29, 2021. This event, coordinated by the Uplift Career Services Team, will allow middle school and high school scholars to...

Silver Lining in a Crisis

Mesquite BubbleLife iReporter 1/12 2:05A Lisa Loera

Silver Lining in a Crisis COVID-19 drove us to look at things differently; after accepting that e-learning would be a necessary component to instruction in the fall. Our staff was tasked with a...

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Big Tex Urban Farms Donates More Than 295,000 Servings of Fresh Produce

Crave DFW 1/19 6:26A Steven Doyle

to Fair Park Community in 2020 The State Fair of Texas is proud to announce that in 2020, Big Tex Urban Farms harvested and donated more than 26,000 pounds of food, which equates to more than 295,000...

Downtown Fort Worth’s Modern Steakhouse Wicked Butcher at The Sinclair Hotel Re-Opens Main Dining...

Crave DFW 1/8 10:46A Steven Doyle

Wicked Butcher is a modern, Fort Worth steakhouse that embraces the swanky, art deco character of The Sinclair building’s architecture and the vibrant and cosmopolitan heart of the city of Fort...

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Under $20 Finds from Walmart

The Sister Studio 1/17 9:02P Jennifer Reed

Sweatshirt // Leggings // Similar Leggings // Sneakers Walmart has some GREAT Rollback deals right now! Lots of styles, with great reviews and multiple color options, for under $20! I m rounding...

3 Beauty Sleep Essentials

Steph Taylor Jackson 1/15 12:00A Steph Taylor Jackson

Let s talk beauty sleep. Is it really a thing and are you getting any? First things first YES! Beauty sleep is absolutely a thing. Today on the blog, I am sharing 3 essentials...

Budget Tips: How To Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck

Steph Taylor Jackson 1/12 11:00P Steph Taylor Jackson

Living paycheck to paycheck is a harsh reality that many families face in America. It isn t ideal, but it is REAL. I didn t want to tackle this post from a holier than thou...

5 Sweater Dresses To Shop Now

Steph Taylor Jackson 1/11 12:00A Steph Taylor Jackson

Sweater dresses this time of year just feels right! Today we rounded up 5 that you need in your closet right now! All of them can be found at Nordstrom. As a bonus, I added a nursing friendly option...

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Cedar Hill Football Coach Carlos Lynn Knows More Than A State Championship Is At Stake This Weekend

CBS DFW Sports 1/14 6:25A High School Sports – CBS Dallas

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) Have we seen this movie before? The 1988 Dallas Carter high team, then coached by Freddie James, winning the state title. Catching up with the former coach on Zoom, he told CBS 11...

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Arlington receives more doses for its Esports Stadium vaccine hub

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 1/21 4:19A Jozelyn Escobedo (WFAA)

The fire department will administer the first doses from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday at the Esports Stadium Arlington & Expo Center.

Return to college campuses triggers warnings over Covid-19's spread, financial motives

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 1/21 4:14A Hilary Burns

A new CDC did not identify individual schools or counties where Covid-19 is most problematic, although it implied financial incentives appear to be clouding the decisions of...

Biden unveils a national pandemic response that Trump resisted

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 1/21 1:11A Sheryl Gay Stolberg

President Joe Biden will use his first full day in office on Thursday to go on the offensive against the coronavirus, with a 21-page national strategy that includes aggressive...

Why medical tourism is drawing patients, even in a pandemic

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 1/21 12:54A Ceylan Yeginsu

The coronavirus pandemic has devastated medical tourism, but pent-up demand remains for affordable treatment in foreign lands.

Dallas County makes changes after vaccine doses went to people in wealthy neighborhoods

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 1/19 5:46A William Joy (WFAA)

More than 15 percent of the doses at the Fair Park hub went to three high-income ZIP codes in its first few days.

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As COVID-19 Ups the Stakes, Advocates Say Prison Food Needs an Overhaul

Civil Eats 1/20 9:00P Nadra Nittle

The food Emile DeWeaver ate during his two decades incarcerated in the California prison system often made him feel terrible. “I’ve eaten things that may have given me food poisoning,” he said. “I ve...

Happily Ever After

The Making of a Home 1/20 11:48A Holly K. Ross

This guy- I don t know what I would do without him. Four babies have come and gone. They are building careers and families of their own. We are back to the two of us. We loved the years of raising our...

Are Some Animal Welfare Labels ‘Humanewashing’?

Civil Eats 1/18 9:00P Lisa Held

If you’ve bought meat or eggs in a grocery store recently, you’ve probably seen a wide range of labels promising improved treatment of farm animals. Many of these labels look similar and use the same...

What Equals An Extraordinary Life?

The Making of a Home 1/14 11:41P Holly K. Ross

Dead Poets Society- I love this movie. I find it inspiring and heartbreaking in equal parts. John Keating (played by Robin Williams) is attempting to open the eyes of his students to the idea that...

See You Later- What A Wonderful Thought

The Making of a Home 1/14 3:20A Holly K. Ross

This past weekend, we traveled back to Canton, TX and celebrated Jonathan as he embarks on his new life. He has chosen to serve and departs for boot camp in less than a week. It was time to say, See...

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