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Take a look at Sunset in the Canyon by Ruth Francis

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Top Stories: ➊ – 4 Recent Restaurant Closures Dallas Diners Need to Know (Monday), ➋ – Russia approves a possible vaccine before completing trials (Tuesday), ➌ – The nation wanted to eat out again. Everyone has paid the price. (Wednesday), ➍ – Doctor sentenced to 66 months in Forest Park Medical Center fraud (Wednesday), ➎ – One of DFW’s Only Egyptian Restaurants Has Permanently Closed Its Doors (Wednesday)

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Aug 17, 2020 Planning and Zoning Commission Study Session and Regular Session Agenda Packet

City of Farmers Branch (Agendas) 8/14 11:42A

Aug 17, 2020 Planning and Zoning Commission Study Session and Regular Session Agenda Packet

Census Ad Hoc Committee

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Census Ad Hoc Committee

08-18-2020 Zoning Board of Adjustment - Packet

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08-18-2020 Zoning Board of Adjustment - Packet

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Art & Culture Committee Agenda

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Fairmont Dallas Announces Reopening on July 31st

Farmers Branch BubbleLife iReporter 8/13 3:03A Culver Public Relations

Fairmont Dallas Announces Reopening on July 31st Iconic Downtown Dallas Hotel Implements New Measures to Resume Operations Dallas (July 21, 2020 ) - Fairmont Dallas announced today that the hotel...

Reaching Higher: What's to Lose?

Farmers Branch BubbleLife iReporter 8/12 9:00A Cheryl Vaca

Winning and losing is part of life. It takes practice and hard work. Taking a leap for a higher standard with respect and kindness is sure to score. Here are a few approaches to winning: One way is...

Take a look at Sunset in the Canyon by Ruth Francis

Farmers Branch BubbleLife iReporter 8/11 9:00A Giddens Gallery of Fine Art in G

SUNSET IN THE CANYON Gallery Wrap 20 x 16? Acrylic The actual color of the sunset that evening was so vivid. It was fire red. But strangely it lacked the normal orange color that you see in the...

Texas Womens Foundation Announces Virtual Viewpoints: Celebrating Black Philanthropy

Farmers Branch BubbleLife iReporter 8/11 1:40A Juliette DC

Texas Women's Foundation invites the community to its Virtual Viewpoints: Celebrating Black Philanthropy program on Thursday, August 20, 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. This informative program is free, but...

Recovery Resource Council Offers Financial Assistance To Veterans Affected By Pandemic

Farmers Branch BubbleLife iReporter 8/10 7:06A Cynthia Smoot

Recovery Resource Council is fervently working to provide temporary financial assistance to low-income veterans and their families affected by the recent pandemic through the Supportive Services for...

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IBC Bank Awards Scholarships To Texans Can Academy Graduates

Farmers Branch BubbleLife iReporter 8/13 2:57A Culver Public Relations

IBC Bank Awards Scholarships To Texans Can Academy Graduates Six graduates receive $1,000 scholarships each DALLAS - August 10, 2020 - The International Bank of Commerce, known as IBC Bank, awarded...

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A New Vegan Birria Pop-Up Debuts in Dallas

Eater Dallas 8/13 6:30A Brittanie Shey

Vegan birria tacos from Rellenas | Rellenas/Facebook Plus, loaded sandwiches and more DFW dining intel Welcome to AM Intel in the time of coronavirus, a round-up of the city’s newest bits of...

A New Korean Street Food Spot Will Open In Carrollton This Weekend

Eater Dallas 8/13 4:00A Amy McCarthy

Kimbap, rice cake skewers, and more Korean street food favorites | Kathy Tran Korean Street Eats is ready to start serving its tteokbokki, kimbap, and street-style toasts Korean Street Eats, a new...

One of DFW’s Only Egyptian Restaurants Has Permanently Closed Its Doors

Eater Dallas 8/12 4:30A Amy McCarthy

A spread of dishes from Mubrooka | Mubrooka/Facebook Mubrooka announced its departure this week Mubrooka, the Richardson restaurant that was one of the only eateries in DFW to focus on Egyptian...

Japanese Noodle Destination Marugame Udon Sets An Opening Date in Carrollton

Eater Dallas 8/11 7:09A Brittanie Shey

A curry and shrimp udon bowl form Marugame Udon, opening later this month in Carrollton. | Marugame Udon Get ready for noodle bowls and katsu sandos One of Japan’s most popular udon shops is set to...

4 Recent Restaurant Closures Dallas Diners Need to Know

Eater Dallas 8/10 7:24A Amy McCarthy

Mille Lire closed in June after a tumultuous year. | Mille Lire/Facebook A running round-up of the city’s dearly departed eateries Dallas’s dining scene moves at a lightning-fast pace, which means...

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Middle School 7on7 League Play in Sept

Farmers Branch BubbleLife iReporter 8/12 5:00A Shawn Smith

Texas Elite 7on7 will have Middle School 7on7 League night starting Sept 21st in Dallas. This is open to all Middle School teams in current 7th or 8th Grade. More info on 7on7 Football League night is...

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How Halo Health Systems digitizes the medical drug and device trial process

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 8/13 4:54A Kevin Cummings

Whether it’s creating a vaccine or even developing a new treatment for a common condition, clinical trials of drugs and medical devices are a costly and lengthy process. And...

Doctor sentenced to 66 months in Forest Park Medical Center fraud

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 8/12 5:03A Bruce Tomaso

Richard Toussaint, a co-founder of Forest Park Medical Center, is already serving time in federal prison for a different fraud.

The nation wanted to eat out again. Everyone has paid the price.

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 8/12 1:36A Jennifer Steinhauer

Data from states and cities show that many community outbreaks of the coronavirus this summer have centered on restaurants and bars, often the largest settings to infect...

Russia approves a possible vaccine before completing trials

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 8/11 3:11A The New York Times

The Russian dash for a vaccine has already raised international concerns that the country is rushing approval for political or propaganda purposes in the global race to...

College pledges come with a twist as schools struggle to contain students, Covid-19

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 8/7 8:40A Hilary Burns

Pledging is an annual right-of-passage at campus sororities and fraternities that’s often accompanied by sophomoric rituals and copious amounts of beer. For colleges and...

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Just What the Doctor Ordered: Produce Prescriptions are More Important—and Popular—Than Ever.

Civil Eats 8/12 10:00P Andy Hirschfeld

Since 2019, the VeggieRX produce prescription program in Chicago has offered food-insecure residents with diet-related illnesses free local produce every week. Patients receive prescriptions from...

Farming is an Act of Social Justice at Woven Roots Farm

Civil Eats 8/11 10:00P Lise Metzger

The first community supported agriculture (CSA) pickup of the 2020 summer season at Woven Roots Farm in Tyringham, Massachusetts, was a joyous event. Pickup procedures were different, to be sure:...

Fort Worth Summer Bucket List

Eat this Fort Worth 8/5 10:58A Josie

We ve just about made it through the weirdest summer ever. Just because it s hot as heck doesn t mean we we still can’t enjoy ourselves. Our family has been doing our best to keep busy despite the...

Social Distancing On Clean Air Action Day

EatGreenDFW iPhone Reporter 8/4 4:00A Bernice Butler

Due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. Clean Air Action Day, the annual celebration of environmental awareness put on by Air North Texas will be observed differently this year. The City of Dallas...

And Now for Some Good News: 20 Inspiring Food and Agriculture Stories

Civil Eats 8/2 10:00P The Civil Eats Editors

To say that 2020 has been a rough year so far is the most extreme of understatements. We are living through a global pandemic taking lives, forcing us apart, and wreaking havoc on the economy and the...

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