Photos and bios went up on the University Park website. Go check them out here.

At last night’s “changing of the guard,” as outgoing Mayor Blackie Holmes put it, emotions were high. Three of University Park’s most vocal leaders were retiring from the dais. But the tears didn’t really start to flow until city staff unveiled the new name for the recently refurbished Curtis Park Pool: the Holmes Aquatic Center.

It wasn’t until yesterday that I ...read more

Highland Park Mayor William H. Seay Jr. presents a plaque to outgoing Councilman Bruce “Smokey” Swenson. His replacement, Stephen Rogers, can be seen between them. (Photo by Marty Nevil)

There was a small changing of the guard last ...read more

The University Park City Council election results are in, and the outsiders are out. Here are the totals: Bob Begert, 1450 Bob Clark, 1341 Jerry Grable, 1334 Tommy Stewart, 1260 Steve Metzger, 795 Steve Cooke, 690 Alan Wasserman, 459

According to results posted 30 minutes ago on hptx.org, the Highland Park Community League-endorsed candidates have all been elected to the Town Council. The totals: Will Beecherl, 667 Gail Madden, 663 Larry Nixon, 652 Stephen Rogers, 638 Andrew Barr, 631 Sam Tamborello, 149

Our wonderful designer, Valerie Wong, put together the poll you see to the right. We want to know what our readers think about making University Park “wet.”

Vote today, tell your friends, and maybe we’ll publish the response in Park Cities People.

Merritt has been doing her homework on community leagues this week. Is the HP Community League the voice of its residents or just part of Town Hall? You decide. Merritt knows a thing or two about the UP Community League as well. Read her column in this week’s paper.

The latest heated ...read more

So far, the Dallas County Elections office shows that 487 Highland Park residents have cast their ballots in the municipal election. In University Park, 1,115 citizens voted early.

We’ll be reporting back here on Election Day and as the official returns come in. Want to be an unofficial correspondent? Just e-mail me at joanna (dot) england (at) peoplenewspapers (dot) com with ...read more

The edition of Park Cities People that’s hitting your lawn this afternoon includes our Voter’s Guide. We posed three questions to each of the 13 people running for the University Park City Council and the Highland Park Town Council. We asked the candidates to limit their answers to 150 words ...read more

Dan, I’ve got it today.

A novel based on the 2010 HP and UP council races would be titled __________.