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    May 25, 2012

    NorthPark Scare Reminds Us 'Suspicious White Powder' is Sometimes Just Cocaine

    Recent anthrax scares at preschools, synagogues, government offices, and just about anywhere else the U.S. Postal Service will deliver a white powder-filled envelope, not to mention the panting media coverage, has people on edge, calling in the cavalry at the sight of powdered sugar. Or blow. Dalla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    City Manager's Office Works to Put Out Fire Over DFR Workers' Concerns About Changes

    ​On Wednesday, two Dallas Fire-Rescue workers told Mayor Mike and the rest of the council that two proposals in the city manager's budget were "a disaster in the making." They take issue with Mary Suhm's proposal to alter and reduce shifts for dispatchers, which Suhm says will save around $1 milli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    City Hall Offers Blow-By-Blow Recap of Events at Electric Daisy Carnival at Fair Park

    Photo by Kevin Todora​This morning, Frank Librio, spokesman for the city, called to say that at 10 this morning, officials with the city, the Dallas Police Department and Dallas Fire-Rescue were meeting to review the events leading to the likely drug overdose of 19-year-old Andrew James Graf and t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    Police, Fire Associations Want to Know If City's Using Super Bowl to Violate Meet and Confer

    ​I was looking for something completely unrelated on the Dallas County Civil District Court website this afternoon when I came across the petition you'll find after the jump, which was filed one week ago today. In it, attorney Haakon Donnelly -- on behalf of, among others, the Dallas Police Associ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    Hash Over: Beer Hero Makes Dallas Stops, Fair Food A Grind, Five-Sixty For Happy Hour And More

    Garrett Oliver​Author, beer judge and Brooklyn Brewery brewmaster Garrett Oliver will be in town Wednesday for a couple of Brooklyn Beer-related events. One is free, while the other costs $58 per person plus tax and tip. Guess which one we'll be attending. First, Oliver will offer samples with foo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    Who Needs Warning Sirens When the City's Sending Out Emergency Tweets?

    ​Perhaps you're aware that in recent days, the Dallas Police Department's moved to Twitter and Nixle in order to send out alerts -- such as Tuesday evening's press release concerning a suspect in the Skillman-Mockingbird area who, since October, has been responsible for at least four burglaries, o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2009

    Putting the "Pow!" in Power Company: Or, How Not to Install an Oncor Smart Meter.

    ​Working for the electric company's not exactly a job you'd expect to put you in the line of fire, but this morning, one Oncor employee found himself on the wrong end of a shotgun. Dallas Police report that when worker showed up to replace the meter at a Fair Park neighborhood home, the homeowner ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2009

    This Weekend: No Shootin' Off Guns. No Drinking and Driving. No Fireworks.

    For the Fourth of July weekend, the Dallas Police Department is partnering with Dallas Fire-Rescue -- they're going to ride in patrol cars together -- to strictly enforce the no-no's listed above, especially the part about shooting stuff into the air. It's the first time the two departments have gon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2009

    At Reunion, No Boom Goes the Dynamite

    Don JohnsonReunion Arena, as it looked but one month agoEstela Hernandez in the city's Public Information Office broke our hearts with the following e-mail that just landed in the Unfair Park in-box. Read it for yourself.Re: Reunion Arena Demolition Scheduled implosion of upper concrete seating deck ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    César Chávez Lives! Or: Looks Like the City Council's Found a Street to Rename After All.

    Too bad Belo Corp. killed its Young Street show ... If you're unaware for whom Young Street downtown is named, here's a brief history lesson courtesy the Texas/Dallas History & Archives at the Dallas Public Library:Young Street was named for Methodist minister Reverend William C. Young. Young ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2009

    A Week After the Storms, Not Out of the Dark

    Ever since last week's storms, something's been up -- which is to say, down -- with the power in our Northwest Dallas neighborhood. On Monday night, 'round midnight, a transformer behind the house blew -- a few crackles; a brief flicker; then, all dark and quiet for but a few uncomfortable moments. ... More >>

  • News

    June 4, 2009

    Avi Exposes Another Troublemaker on Greenville -- Himself

    Ever since last week's storms, something's been up -- which is to say, down -- with the power in our Northwest Dallas neighborhood. On Monday night, 'round midnight, a transformer behind the house blew -- a few crackles; a brief flicker; then, all dark and quiet for but a few uncomfortable moments. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2009

    On Lower Greenville, the Activist Becomes the Accused as Adelman Gets Assault Citation

    Mark GrahamAvi AdelmanAvi Adelman was out early Sunday morning (2:35 Sunday morning, to be precise) doing what he normally does in the wee small hours of the weekend: videotaping the goings-on on Lower Greenville Avenue. Only this time, he came away with something extra: a ticket accusing him of mis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2008

    The Mystery Surrounding the Shaws' Murder-Suicide Just Got More Mysterious

    Mark GrahamAvi AdelmanAvi Adelman was out early Sunday morning (2:35 Sunday morning, to be precise) doing what he normally does in the wee small hours of the weekend: videotaping the goings-on on Lower Greenville Avenue. Only this time, he came away with something extra: a ticket accusing him of mis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2006

    Bob's is Medium Done, To Say the Least

    Mark GrahamAvi AdelmanAvi Adelman was out early Sunday morning (2:35 Sunday morning, to be precise) doing what he normally does in the wee small hours of the weekend: videotaping the goings-on on Lower Greenville Avenue. Only this time, he came away with something extra: a ticket accusing him of mis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2006

    Breaking News from the DMN? Not Exactly.

    Mark GrahamAvi AdelmanAvi Adelman was out early Sunday morning (2:35 Sunday morning, to be precise) doing what he normally does in the wee small hours of the weekend: videotaping the goings-on on Lower Greenville Avenue. Only this time, he came away with something extra: a ticket accusing him of mis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2006

    Firewall

    Mark GrahamAvi AdelmanAvi Adelman was out early Sunday morning (2:35 Sunday morning, to be precise) doing what he normally does in the wee small hours of the weekend: videotaping the goings-on on Lower Greenville Avenue. Only this time, he came away with something extra: a ticket accusing him of mis ... More >>

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