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Flower Mound

  • News

    May 17, 2012

    A Missing Teenager's Texas Getaway

    When a teenage girl from small-town Minnesota disappeared with a man 12 years older, everyone knew where they went. So why didn't anyone look?

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    10 Big Show Announcements: M83 at Palladium Ballroom, One Direction at American Airlines Center and More

    M83Thursday, October 11, at Palladium BallroomThis must be some kind of record. The three most anticipated shows coming to town in the next year belong to M83. The two taking place at the Granada Theater later this month are sold out already. I wonder how long it will take for these tickets to disap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    Environmental Chemist Wilma Subra on the Barnett Shale Bonanza and Its Costs

    By 2008, the high price of natural gas, coupled with the novel combination of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, touched off a modern-day gold rush in the Barnett Shale. Regulators were caught on their heels. "They moved forward very rapidly, and state regulatory programs had a difficult ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    Reptar - The Prophet Bar - 2/24/12

    Reptar, Quiet Hooves, Zhora The Prophet Bar Friday, February 24 "We are about to get nasty," said Graham Ulicny moments before "Sebastian," a standout from Reptar's self-titled album. The Athens, Georgia group didn't disappoint. Combining the nerdy dance vibe of early Talking Heads with the more mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    In '07, Peter Burks Was Killed in Baghdad. Now His Photo's Being Used to Sell Dating Website.

    ​Peter Burks, as you can see here, was the very model of The American Hero: a Trinity Christian Academy and Texas A&M graduate (he was also president of Pi Kappa Phi) who, after stints working for, among others, the Dallas Desperados and FC Dallas, decided to join the U.S. Army in 2006. Accord ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Man With The $16 House Faces Eviction, But Says, "It's Not Over Till It's Over"

    Surely you recall for the tale of The Man With the $16 House, a September cover story about Kenneth Robinson, who occupied a $340,000 Flower Mound home for the cost of filing paperwork with Denton County. Now, Robinson faces eviction from the place that's been his home since June, according to WFAA ... More >>

  • News

    November 24, 2011

    Fear and Fracking in Southlake

    In one of America's wealthiest suburbs, an unlikely band of drilling opponents helped drive away the world's biggest energy companies. Did they save the town or ruin it?

  • News

    September 1, 2011

    Adverse Possession: Don't Try This At Home

    In one of America's wealthiest suburbs, an unlikely band of drilling opponents helped drive away the world's biggest energy companies. Did they save the town or ruin it?

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Dallas Attorney Leading the Charge to Get Courts to Toss Out State's New Sonogram Law

    ​As we've noted before, Senate Bill 7, the omnibus health care bill penned by Flower Mound's Jane Nelson that just passed the Texas House and Senate, is awfully concerned with abortion -- namely, making it as hard as possible for anyone to get one. Now, the bill is heading for Governor Rick Perry' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Which Local Lawmakers Made Texas Monthly's Annual Best and Worst List? Let's Take a Look.

    Rep. Dan Branch​Pardon me as we take a brief detour from the parade route for just a moment, but Texas Monthly's just posted its latest list of the best and worst state legislators -- and Leo Berman made worst? No way. Anyway. The preview's here, sans further categories awaiting their print and on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Fracking Chemical Disclosure Bill Blasts Through Texas House, Enviros Unimpressed

    From the rapidly spreading "Fracking Song" from ProPublica and Studio 20 NYU.​In these final days of the 82nd Texas Legislature, lawmakers in Austin are throwing support behind Eastlake Rep. Jim Keffer's bill that'd require drillers to report the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing at each of t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2010

    Drill, Maybe, Drill? Almost Three Years After Council OK'd Gas Leases, Hunt Still Concerned.

    ​Patrick Michels has been all over XTO Energy's efforts to sink some gas drills in and around Dallas, a piece of which may or may not wind up on the council's year-ending agenda on December 8 following the City Plan Commission's decision last month to deny the wastewater-spilling Exxon subsidiary ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    The Curious Price-Fixing Case of Kay's Kloset Makes a Return to the Supreme Court

    Harvard prof Einer Elhauge ​A couple of years back we noted that the price-fix was back in, thanks in large part to a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that eventually put a Flower Mound business out of business. Perhaps you recall that case: Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. Kay's Kloset -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2010

    Dallas Islamic Center Reaches Out
    With Interfaith Iftar Dinner

    ​Ozman Kazan, outreach coordinator for the Dallas Islamic Center, isn't planning any political discussions for tonight's interfaith Iftar dinner at Congregation Kol-Ami in Flower Mound. "There are things going on, and we are aware of those things," says Kazan, obliquely referencing the anti-I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    School Board Trustee Carla Ranger Says DISD's Minimum Grade Policy Violates State Law

    DISD trustee Carla Ranger​Three years ago, or shortly before the Dallas Independent School District introduced its "effort-based" grading policy, the school board reminded teachers: They were not to give students a grade lower than a 50 for any one grading period. As the great Kent Fischer noted, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    Hello, Torchy's. Goodbye Tre Amici.

    ​Well, we wish we could say the month of June was a great one with some long-awaited restaurants finally making their debut, but as they were coming, others were going. As we said hello to the Torchy's, we were forced to say goodbye to Cafe Madrid in the Bishop Arts. As the new Brownstone R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    The Key to Good Cheese? You Gotta Love Your Goats. (No. Not That Way.)

    Hanna RaskinHow could you not love a face like this?​ When a dish transcends its components, its circumstances and a critic's expectations, it's almost invariably described as "made with love." The treacly sentiment may or may not hold true in the kitchen, but a recent tour of goat dairies in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2009

    Veggie Guy: Z Pizza

    ​Let's be honest folks--vegan cheese substitutes can be hit or miss. Some of those products you get at Whole Foods might taste alright, but once you nuke 'em they tend to fold instead of melt. Only a handful of vegan cheeses on the market actually do a decent job emulating real cheese. Follow You ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2009

    Veggie Guy: Vegan-Friendly Tex Mex Chains

    Latin stir fry at Mi Cocina.​A lot of people ask me where they can get some good vegan Tex-Mex around town. I usually guide them to Monica's, where vegans can get the best enchiladas in Dallas, but I understand that driving down to Deep Ellum isn't always practical...especially if you're on the w ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 23, 2009

    Think Big

    Latin stir fry at Mi Cocina.​A lot of people ask me where they can get some good vegan Tex-Mex around town. I usually guide them to Monica's, where vegans can get the best enchiladas in Dallas, but I understand that driving down to Deep Ellum isn't always practical...especially if you're on the w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2009

    Buzzkill: Senate Keeps Burleson Sex-Toy Crusader Off Pardons and Paroles Board

    Guess this will be the last time we run this photo of Shanda Perkins.Scott Henson at Grits for Breakfast sent Unfair Park a note to point out this "amazing" development from yesterday: Burleson's Shanda Perkins bid to become a member of the state's Board of Pardons and Paroles was killed dead in the ... More >>

  • News

    March 19, 2009

    Dallas Wants to be a Green City, So Why Not Save Some Trees?

    Guess this will be the last time we run this photo of Shanda Perkins.Scott Henson at Grits for Breakfast sent Unfair Park a note to point out this "amazing" development from yesterday: Burleson's Shanda Perkins bid to become a member of the state's Board of Pardons and Paroles was killed dead in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2009

    P.E. or Not P.E., That is the Question?

    Probably not exactly what Senator Jane Nelson has in mind, but close enoughThis week, state Sen. Jane Nelson, a Republican from Flower Mound, introduced legislation to combat childhood obesity by requiring more P.E. time for school-age children. S.B. 890 was one of three pieces of legislation she in ... More >>

  • News

    September 18, 2008

    Fresh Start|Who You Callin' Concise?|Please Say "I Don't"|Richie's Women

    Probably not exactly what Senator Jane Nelson has in mind, but close enoughThis week, state Sen. Jane Nelson, a Republican from Flower Mound, introduced legislation to combat childhood obesity by requiring more P.E. time for school-age children. S.B. 890 was one of three pieces of legislation she in ... More >>

  • News

    July 24, 2008

    Diggin' the Dirt

    Probably not exactly what Senator Jane Nelson has in mind, but close enoughThis week, state Sen. Jane Nelson, a Republican from Flower Mound, introduced legislation to combat childhood obesity by requiring more P.E. time for school-age children. S.B. 890 was one of three pieces of legislation she in ... More >>

  • Dining

    September 20, 2007

    Cast-Iron Stalk

    Probably not exactly what Senator Jane Nelson has in mind, but close enoughThis week, state Sen. Jane Nelson, a Republican from Flower Mound, introduced legislation to combat childhood obesity by requiring more P.E. time for school-age children. S.B. 890 was one of three pieces of legislation she in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2006

    Sprouts Spouts in Dallas, At Last

    Probably not exactly what Senator Jane Nelson has in mind, but close enoughThis week, state Sen. Jane Nelson, a Republican from Flower Mound, introduced legislation to combat childhood obesity by requiring more P.E. time for school-age children. S.B. 890 was one of three pieces of legislation she in ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 8, 2005

    Green Day

    Probably not exactly what Senator Jane Nelson has in mind, but close enoughThis week, state Sen. Jane Nelson, a Republican from Flower Mound, introduced legislation to combat childhood obesity by requiring more P.E. time for school-age children. S.B. 890 was one of three pieces of legislation she in ... More >>

  • Music

    April 7, 2005

    Odds & Ends

    Chomsky on Queer Eye; two local benefit concerts; Dallas Guitar Show returns

  • News

    November 6, 2003

    Grave Robbers

    Even in the great beyond, no one is safe from identity theft

  • News

    September 11, 2003

    Letters

    Even in the great beyond, no one is safe from identity theft

  • Calendar

    September 11, 2003

    String Along

    Violinist Gil Shaham performs

  • News

    July 17, 2003

    Letters

    Violinist Gil Shaham performs

  • Calendar

    May 1, 2003

    Big Finish

    Arts and Letters Live hosts some free speech

  • Calendar

    April 3, 2003

    Play Bargain

    Lots of ball for less bling

  • Dining

    February 21, 2002

    Taco Takeover

    Taqueria Cañonita changes hands

  • News

    April 12, 2001

    Letters

    Same Old Bigotry, Thanks for the Ad Money, A Swell Guy

  • Dining

    March 8, 2001

    Scratch Shot

    Banquet-hall chic

  • News

    November 30, 2000

    Code of Conduct

    Dave Thomas' book offers workplace philosophy for more than just computer freaks and geeks

  • News

    November 9, 2000

    No News is Good News

    Belo, streakers, and Bush

  • News

    October 12, 2000

    Twice Bitten

    Ants claimed two victims at a troubled Flower Mound nursing home

  • News

    October 5, 2000

    Silent Scream

    Mute and immobile, Alice Joy Taylor couldn't cry out when fire ants attacked her in her nursing-home bed, but would anyone have heard her if she did?

  • Music

    September 7, 2000

    Scene, heard

    Darlington disolves; Rubber Gloves gets booked; Mandarin time; Club anniversaries; Shabazz 3 heads north; Plus, much, much more

  • Dining

    August 10, 2000

    Carrying a Torch

    Sculptor Santiago Peña carves a new restaurant; Mignon gets a special cut in Plano

  • News

    July 10, 1997

    Letters

    Sculptor Santiago Peña carves a new restaurant; Mignon gets a special cut in Plano

  • Dining

    July 3, 1997

    Suburban salvation

    The Ocean Grill brings loaves and fishes to Plano

  • News

    November 30, 1995

    Letters

    The Ocean Grill brings loaves and fishes to Plano

  • News

    July 20, 1995

    Buzz

    The Ocean Grill brings loaves and fishes to Plano

  • News

    June 22, 1995

    Letters

    The Ocean Grill brings loaves and fishes to Plano

  • News

    December 1, 1994

    Forward to the Past

    Grapevine Lake project takes aim at the automobile

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