Author: Timothy Glaze

Crime Preston Hollow Schools 

Gilstrap-Portloy Gets Six Years Probation

July 24, 2019 Timothy Glaze 0 Comments Dallas Independent School District, Hillcrest High School, probation, Sydney Gilstrap-Portloy

A jury has given Sydney Gilstrap-Portloy, a 26-year-old who posed as a high school student at Hillcrest in 2018 and dated a 14-year-old, six years probation, per officials.

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Crime Park Cities Preston Hollow 

Crime Reports July 15 – 21

July 22, 2019November 15, 2019 Timothy Glaze 0 Comments Crime, Crime Reports, Dallas Police Department, Highland Park Department of Public Safety, Inwood Village, NorthPark Center, Snider Plaza, The Plaza at Preston Center, University Park Police Department

SKULDUGGERY OF THE WEEK: STILL NEEDS WASHING? Reported at 8:21 a.m. on July 20: A man, thinking his white 2008

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Crime News Park Cities Preston Hollow 

Inter-School Dating Causes Fight at Caruth Park

July 22, 2019November 15, 2019 Timothy Glaze 5 Comments caruth park, disturbance, Facebook, fight, Highland Park High School, Jesuit Academy, Jesuit College Prep, University Park Police Department

According to numerous Facebook posts, students at Highland Park High School were growing angry that students from Jesuit, a college preparatory school in Preston Hollow, were “dating too many girls from Highland Park.” 

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News Park Cities Preston Hollow 

Weir’s Plaza Construction May Cause a Few Headaches

July 22, 2019November 15, 2019 Timothy Glaze 0 Comments construction, Dallas, Henderson, Highland Park, Knox, knox and travis, Knox District, Knox Street, Knox-Henderson, road closure, Travis, Travis Street, Weir's, Weir's Plaza

[caption id="attachment_212266" align="alignleft" width="300"] The scene at Knox and Travis, near the Weir’s development. (Photo by Bianca R. Montes)[/caption] Read more

Community Park Cities 

Moody YMCA Board Member Honored

July 19, 2019November 15, 2019 Timothy Glaze 0 Comments Daniel Drabinski, Invest in Others Awards, MassMutual Dallas-Fort Worth, Moody Family YMCA, Moody YMCA, Park Cities, YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas

Daniel Drabinksi, a financial advisor at MassMutual Dallas-Fort Worth, is a longtime member and volunteer at the Moody Family YMCA in the Park Cities.

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Preston Hollow Schools 

Alcuin Announces 100 Percent IB Diploma Pass Rate

July 19, 2019 Timothy Glaze 0 Comments Alcuin School, Dallas, IB Diploma

This milestone puts Alcuin among a few select schools in the United States and internationally to achieve this perfect score, compared to the world IB pass rate of 78.4 percent.   

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Arts Life News Park Cities Preston Hollow 

Dallas Holocaust Museum Sets Grand Opening Date

July 18, 2019November 15, 2019 Timothy Glaze 0 Comments Dallas, Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, Dallas Holocaust Museum, Downtown Dallas, grand opening, Human Rights Museum

The 40-years-in-the-making museum is 55,000 square feet and cost $78 million, per officials.

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Faith Life Living Well Park Cities Preston Hollow 

Faith-Inspired Farm a Refugee Haven

July 16, 2019November 15, 2019 Timothy Glaze 0 Comments Community, faith, Julia Schwarz, Living Well, Mars Hill Farm, Refugee

About 30 miles south of downtown Dallas sits a slice of land owned by three Park Cities families but cultivated almost entirely by refugees.

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Crime Park Cities Preston Hollow 

Crime Reports July 8 – 14

July 16, 2019November 15, 2019 Timothy Glaze 0 Comments arrested, Crime, Dallas, Dallas Police Department, Highland Park, Highland Park Department of Public Safety, Inwood Village, NorthPark Center, preston hollow, University Park, University Park Police Department

a postal worker noticed a change of address that looked suspicious in the 3500 block of Drexel Drive and after checking with the homeowners concluded that it was fraudulent and the “new address” was to an abandoned house.

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Crime Preston Hollow 

Is Reporting Crimes Too Much Trouble?

July 16, 2019 Timothy Glaze 0 Comments Crime, Dallas City Council, Dallas Police Department, Jennifer Staubach Gates, preston hollow, report

A Preston Hollow man, who had his pickup twice targeted by criminals in one week, found his interactions with the Dallas Police Department also frustrating.

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Crime Park Cities 

Man Who Robbed 74-Year-Old Woman in University Park Arrested

July 12, 2019November 15, 2019 Timothy Glaze 0 Comments aggravated robbery, Crime, Dallas, Dallas Police Department, Shondrick Chambers, Snider Plaza, Theft, Tom Thumb, University Park, University Park Police Department

Dallas police arrested 42-year-old Shondrick Chambers on July 9 while committing other aggravated robberies in Dallas

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