tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56864418514103124022011-12-19T09:42:29.472-08:00A service of DFW Regional Concerned Citizens - Community portal for news about Arlington, Pantego and DalWorthington Gardens, Texas: News of city council, entertainment, movie listings, theatre, art, sports, school and civic events.Faith Chatham...http://www.blogger.com/profile/15842753099519084220noreply@blogger.comBlogger1991100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686441851410312402.post-32199060085064694452011-12-16T01:11:00.000-08:002011-12-16T01:11:23.050-08:00

What is Chesapeake doing at this Barnett Shale gas well in Arlington, Texas?

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Westchester Gasette: Oh, My.: So here's Part 2 of that story about  an Arlington Church's business deal with Chesapeake: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 High Point Church...

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Westchester Gasette: What the Quack is Going On?: The 5,000-member High Point Church was founded in 2000 by Simons and his wife, April, whose brother is Joel Osteen , well-k...

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Obama Tax Plan Would Ask More of Millionaires | Truthout

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GP Mayor On Joe Pool Drilling: ‘It’s Scary As Hell’

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Westchester Gasette: It's a Hurricane

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Although this smart dog probably does not live in Arlington, this is being posted here because all the dog owners in Arlington who come home to encounter"Doggie decorating" or "household devastation" deserves to know that everyone does not encounter such with every dog!

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Arlington and Ft Worth are covered in the Pittsburg Gazette By Bill Toland - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette -Monday, March 07, 2011 Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11066/1130239-84.stm#ixzz1FwAUIq4t Second of two parts. See Part 1 here: "Deep in the Heart of the Gas Drilling Controversy." FORT WORTH, Texas -- Thirty-nine stories above downtown Fort Worth, in a private penthouse dinner

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Fracked: Barnett Shale drilling chemicals found in blood and organs

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By WFAA - Sept. 2010

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By Faith Chatham - DFWRCC - July 31, 2010Having personally had four cataract surgical procedures last year, and residing in the DFW Metroplex in Tarrant County, which ranks among the highest ozone regions of the nation, this EPA News Directive caught my attention.EPA Report: 22 Million Cataract Cases Will Be Prevented by Stronger Ozone Layer ProtectionRelease date: 07/30/2010Contact Information:

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Texas Moves from Highest Teen Birth Rate in Nation to ThirdTexas ranks 48th in teen birth rateBy DEAN TRAVINSKI - WFAA - July 28, 2010A new study shows Texas has the third highest rate of teenage births in the country.The annual Kids Count report, released Tuesday by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, says more than 54,000 babies were born to girls between the ages of 15 and 19 in 2007. The rate has

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By City of Arlington - July 15, 2010S.J. Stovall, former Mayor of Arlington, passed away Wednesday evening, July 14 at the age of 84. He served as Mayor for the City of Arlington from 1977 to 1983 and as a council member from 1963 to 1977.For more than 20 years, S.J. Stovall was an important influence on Arlington's economic growth and leadership. Born in Lufkin, Texas, Stovall attended Texas A&M

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By Faith Chatham - DFWRCC - July 15, 2010This industry air test is referred to as "Fort Worth and Arlington" yet it does not include a representative sample from Arlington. In the preface of the study Titan says they coordinated with officials of City of Arlington and Fort Worth. I suspect that they included one Arlington site so that they could spin it to say that air in Arlington is not

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By City of Arlington Police Department - July 15, 2010Investigators are looking into what led a car's driver to veer off I-20, hit a pole, causing a fiery, fatal crash.Arlington Police Officers are investigating a fatal single-vehicle accident that occurred on Interstate-20 early Thursday (July 15, 2010) morning. Witnesses described seeing a car driving west on Interstate 20 near the Collins

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BY NATHANIEL JONES - fORT wORTH sTAR tELEGRAM - Jul. 14, 2010The worker who was fatally crushed Tuesday afternoon by drilling equipment at a gas well site in Arlington has been identified as 34-year-old Nabor Alvarado of Alvarado, the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s office reports.Alvarado is believed to be an employee of Trinidad Drilling, a Canadian company working for Chesapeake Energy,

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By Faith Chatham - DFWRCC - July 14, 2010Sometimes it is difficult to know what a complex is like until AFTER you move in. Check out the code compliance scores for multi-family residences. This shows that sometimes those complexes which look better on first glance aren't maintained up to par while some of the older ones are more consistently kept within code. The Arlington Police Department posts

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By ANGELA K. BROWN - Associated Press - July 8, 2010 FORT WORTH (AP) — An auction to sell the Texas Rangers was in limbo Thursday following opposition to the process that would have been controlled by Major League Baseball.Just days after seeking court approval for the July 16 auction, the team withdrew its motion Thursday following opposition from the court-appointed restructuring officer in

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Texas Hall, University of Texas at ArlingtonSaturday, July 17th - 8:00 p.m.Click here for more information and program details.Tickets available through Metropolitan Classical Ballet(817) 275-0598 or (817) 465-4644 ororder online at www.utatickets.comTicket Prices:Floor, Orchestra Front, Sections B, C, D: $30Floor, Orchestra Back, Sections B, C, D: $20Floor, Wings, Sections A and E: $10View UTA

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By Faith Chatham - DFWRCC - June 28, 2010On the State and Local levels (probably National too) Oil and Gas Industry Lobbyists and representative have been spewing out misinformation and misusing terms attempting to confuse and confound elected officials, property owners, media and regulatory agency staff. Two terms which get thrown up and out like a squashed soccer ball are "wet gas" and "dry gas

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By Faith Chatham - DFWRCC - June 27, 2010Kim Fiel, President of Arlington Old Town Neighborhood Association became concerned when she learned that Chesapeake was applying for a Special Use Permit to drill several Natural Gas wells under a water tower near her home. She began attending P&Z meetings, City Council Meetings. Kim takes notes and asks questions and goes home and researches what she

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By JEFF MOSIER - The Dallas Morning News - June 22, 2010Super Bowl XLV organizers said Tuesday they've dropped plans to build a temporary rail station in Arlington next year to bring thousands of fans to the game.Instead, they plan to use a Trinity Railway Express station in Fort Worth and take riders to the stadium in buses.Michael Morris, transportation director for the North Central Texas

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By ANGELA K. BROWN - Associated Press Writer - June 22, 2010The Texas Rangers will have to change its bankruptcy plan -- although not the amount paid to creditors -- to avoid having it killed by upset creditors, a federal bankruptcy judge said Tuesday. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge D. Michael Lynn said in a written ruling that creditors and team owners were adversely affected by the Rangers' plan to pay

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BY SUSAN SCHROCK - Fort Worth Star Telegram - June 23, 2010ARLINGTON -- In an attempt to reduce prostitution-related offenses in an entertainment district that includes top tourist attractions such as Cowboys Stadium and the Texas Rangers' ballpark, Arlington is considering creating an "exclusion zone" to try to keep prostitutes and their customers from frequenting the area.Police Chief Theron

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BY ROBERT CADWALLADER - Special to the Star-Telegram - June 23, 2010ARLINGTON -- The City Council on Tuesday rejected a drilling site near Cowboys Stadium and the city's entertainment district, siding with neighbors who complained that it was uncomfortably close to homes, schools and medical facilities.The action came hours after the council discussed proposed ordinance revisions that could

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By Faith Chatham - DFWRCC - June 8, 2010The City Council did not allow public comments on the Truman (Collins just north of Division) well zoning change. They voted to approve the zoning change. Council Woman Lana Wolff was the only member who voted against approval of the zoning change so that gas drilling can be considered on that site. They will have to open public testimony again when the

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By Faith Chatham - DFWRCC - June 8, 2010The Arlington City Council meets tonight(June 8) at 6:30 p.m. to approve zoning change to allow gas wells /frac ponds/gas pipeline within 1500 ft of Dallas Cowboy Stadium on major conduits in and out and between major trauma/ER center in area if there were an accident. Few people who are not mineral rights owners. I pray that they listen to P&Z who voted

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By CBS 11 / TXA 21 - Dec 10, 2009A federal grand jury has formally accused an Arlington couple of keeping a widowed, Nigerian mother of six in domestic servitude, or in essence holding her as their slave. According to the Justice Department, husband and wife, Emmanuel and Ngozi Nnaji, held the woman for nine years. Officials believe the Nnajis promised the woman that she would be paid, and there

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BY ROBERT CADWALLADER - Special to the Star-Telegram - Oct. 11, 2009PANTEGO — As Mayor Dorothy Aderholt lay dying of brain cancer in August, many found it difficult to see Pantego’s most energetic booster suddenly immobilized."I told her that I thought her legacy would be that she was always an incredibly hardworking mayor," said Mayor Pro Tem Jason Williams, who had filled in for her when she

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BY JOHN AUSTIN - Fort Worth Star Telegram - Sept. 11, 2009First, Men’s Health dubbed the city the fast-food capital of the nation. Now, Jay Leno’s people are on the case.A six-person crew from The Jay Leno Show hit Arlington this week to poke around the city’s soft middle.The story started when the magazine decided to take a look at, in its own words, "cities where fast-food reigns." Researchers

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CNN - Sat. June 15, 2009(CNN) -- In an effort to shed $1.8 billion in debt, popular theme-park chain Six Flags announced Saturday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The filing will not affect the operation of the company's 20 parks in the United States, Mexico and Canada, said spokeswoman Sandra Daniels."This restructuring will have no impact on families who come out to our parks. They

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By Faith Chatham - DFWRCC - June 3, 2009 Photo by Harriet Irby @2009By Faith Chatham - DFWRCC - May 3, 2009In Texas, local ordinance do not apply to pipelines. Current laws in Texas do not stipulate how far a pipeline must be from a house or structure. The industry lobbies consistently for "self-regulation" stating that it is better for the people because "too much regulation" will be too "costly

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By TRACI SHURLEY - Fort Worth Star Telegram - June 2, 2009ARLINGTON — Teachers in the cash-strapped Arlington school district often have stories of buying their own supplies.But, Pope Elementary art teacher Neina Chapman’s purchase was a big one.Chapman wanted a $650 projection camera to show students how to weave and draw. She knew the school couldn’t afford it, so she asked her husband to buy

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By Tx Sharon - Blue Daze - June 1, 2009STATE DATA SUPPORTS CONCLUSIONS OF EDF/SMU STUDY ON BARNETT SHALE EMISSIONSfrom the desk of Al Armendariz, Ph.D.May 27, 2009Dallas, TexasSTATE DATA SUPPORTS CONCLUSIONS OF EDF/SMU STUDY ONBARNETT SHALE EMISSIONSOil and gas sector emissions in the Dallas-Fort Worth area are significant, but cost-effective solutions are available to reduce the environmental

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Arlington, TX – The longest-running crime drama in television history, which has prompted two successful spin-offs now takes the stage at Theatre Arlington. The main difference between the Law & Order viewed on NBC every Wednesday, and the Law & Order that you will see at Theatre Arlington is, while the television series is geared for adults, the stage version is strictly for the young… and the

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CLICK HERE TO SEE NEWS 33 VIDEONews 33 Team - May 28, 2009Fort Worth - Texas lawmakers have just days until the end of the session, and the natural gas industry has emerged without a scratch."The gas industry has completely controlled the legislative process," said Rep. Lon Burnam of Fort Worth.Burnam was among the lawmakers who filed bills aimed at tighter regulations for gas companies. Those

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By Faith Chatham - DFWRCC - May 27, 2009State Rep. Lon Burnam wrote a good bill, which would have made life safer for residents in the Barnett Shale. The House Energy and Resource Committee, chaired by former Speaker, Rep. Tom Craddick, butchered Burnam's bill (HB1537), removing requirements for gas to be odorized and dehydrated at the wellhead, and relaxed pipeline inspection standards from 2

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The Associated Press - Fort Worth Star Telegram - May 16, 2009EULESS, Texas -- A minor earthquake shook parts of North Texas but no damage nor injuries had been reported.Jesse Moore with the National Weather Service in Fort Worth said Saturday's earthquake at 11:24 a.m. came in at 3.3, according to the National Earthquake Information Center.Moore said he had not heard of any reports of damage nor

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By MITCH MITCHELL - Fort Worth Star Telegram, May 17, 2009A minor earthquake centered in north Arlington shook residents as far away as Grapevine late Saturday morning, but no damage or injuries were reported.The earthquake registered a magnitude of 3.3, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.That is enough to disturb pictures hanging on the wall but not much else, said Jesse Moore, a

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By ROBERT CADWALLADER - Fort Worth Star Telegram - May. 02, 2009DALWORTHINGTON GARDENS — A police raid on a feed store this week netted about 240 dead animals and more than 700 live animals that were for sale as pets, the Humane Society of North Texas estimated Thursday.Sorting and counting the wide variety of exotic and livestock animals were still under way as the Humane Society prepared to

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By SUSAN SCHROCK - Fort Worth Star Telegram - Wed, Apr. 29, 2009 ARLINGTON — Council member Lana Wolff said revitalization and eradicating neighborhood blight are the top issues in her east central Arlington district, which includes downtown.Opponent Terry Meza agrees that urban renewal is a key concern, but she said demolition isn’t always the answer. She wants the city to build new parks,

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By LAURA ISENSEE - The Dallas Morning News - Tuesday, April 7, 2009WASHINGTON – Rep. Joe Barton's charitable foundation, which has drawn headlines for the Arlington Republican, has spent more in overhead than on public causes, according to a published report.A story in Monday's Washington Times noted that the charity started by Barton, the top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce

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By Gordon Dickson - Honkin' Mad - Fort Worth Star Telegram - April 2, 2009ARLINGTON — The Dallas Cowboys and Texas Rangers have reached a deal to share parking spaces. The move ensures there’ll be room for most ticket holders at the new 80,000-seat Cowboys stadium in Arlington to park within about a mile — or a 20-minute walk.It also means the two teams must work closely together each year on

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By SUSAN SCHROCK - Fort Worth Star Telegram - Thursday, April 2, 2009ARLINGTON — City Council member Lana Wolff is being attacked in e-mails and automated phone messages, but not by one of her challengers in the May election.Ex-council member and political consultant Dick Malec is again trying to convince voters that Wolff’s husband’s financial and legal troubles could impair her ability to

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By Andrea Ahles and Randy Galloway _ Fort Worth Star Telegram - Friday, April 3, 2009Rangers and Stars owner Tom Hicks is seeking investors to buy minority stakes in the teams.Hicks Sports Group, which owns the Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars, has failed to make interest payments on $525 million in loans, according to a report Friday morning.A financial website, FINalternatives, cited a source

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BY JEFF MOSIER - The Dallas Morning News 0 March 25, 2009ARLINGTON – Land acquisition for the new Dallas Cowboys stadium is complete after nearly four years and $80 million.The City Council approved a settlement Tuesday with Paul D. Jordan for his house and two duplexes, the last properties in dispute at the site of the $1.1 billion stadium, which opens in June.Years after moving, Jordan gets

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Dallas Business Journal - Wednesday, March 25, 2009A new lifestyle magazine catering to readers living on the West side of the Dallas-Fort Worth area has launched with some recognizable names featured in the masthead.360 West Magazine, a new lifestyle publication, will release its premier 100-page issue in April and has an online edition catering to readers who are looking for fashion, dining,

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By DAVE MONTGOMERY - Fort Worth Star Telegram - March 4, 2009AUSTIN — Beverly Branham’s message to lawmakers was neatly summarized in the four-word placard on her bright red hat: "No Stimulus Toll Road."The Fort Worth grandmother and scores of like-minded Texans fanned out across the state Capitol on Tuesday, demanding that legislators spend not one penny of federal stimulus money to finance toll

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By GENE TRAINOR - Fort Worth Star Telegram - March 5, 2009Area universities would be given incentives worth millions of dollars to become nationally recognized research institutions under plans filed by two state legislators.Rep. Dan Branch, R-Dallas, and Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, have filed separate bills that limit the competition to become a Tier 1 institution to research or "emerging"

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Theatre Arlington - January 10, 2009OPEN YOUTH AUDITIONS FORSchoolhouse Rock Live! Jr.Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009 at NoonAges 8 to 18 ONLYREQUIREMENTS: Prepare one upbeat song and one ballad. Bring sheet music in the correct key. Be dressed to move. Cold readings from the script. Perusal copies are available at the TA office.Auditions will be held at Theatre Arlington at 305 W. Main St. in downtown

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Fall Repertory - Richard Adler will be special guest.By MCB - Oct. 14, 2008ARLINGTON, TEXAS - Opening the 2008 / 2009 Season with a dramatic mix of Bolshoi and Broadway, Metropolitan Classical Ballet continues its distinctive artistic identity by offering the audience an incredible evening of ballet. The Fall Repertory production will be held on October 27 at 8:00 PM at the Nancy Lee and Perry R.

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By JEFF MOSIER - The Dallas Morning News - Tuesday, September 30, 2008 Arlington’s praised and briefly vilified 540-ton granite Caelum Moor monuments are about to re-emerge after nearly a dozen years in storage.The city intends to spend about $1 million to install the 22 pink Texas granite stones — arranged as five different monument sets — in a park near the new Dallas Cowboys stadium. The work

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Ex-land owners seek to invalidate lease for new Cowboys stadium By JEFF MOSIER - The Dallas Morning News - September 11, 2008FORT WORTH – The owners of some property condemned for the new Dallas Cowboys stadium are seeking to have Arlington's lease with the team invalidated and force the city to reacquire the land.A lawyer representing the owners of 17 parcels acquired via eminent domain argued

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Volunteers are needed to answer the 2-1-1 phones in four hour shifts between 7 am - 11 pm. If you are interested in helping answer the phones to help evacuees, please contact Sue Matkin at smatkin@uwmtc. org or Estela Jimenez at ejimenez@uwmtc. org . Training is provided. The 2-1-1 call center is located in Arlington.Arlington Organizations wishing to list calls for volunteers on this site:Send

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By Theatre Arlington - September 10, 2009Youth Auditions for The Little Mermiad Saturday, Sept. 20 at Noon Theatre Arlington is holding open auditions for our youth fall play The Little Mermaid by by Linda Daugherty and based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. This story was made famous by Disney's musical version with Ariel. This play adaptation focuses on the mermaid Pearl and the

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DISASTER RELIEFThe Volunteer Center of North Texas is working in collaboration with the American Red Cross, the North Texas Food Bank and The Salvation Army to prepare for a possible mass evacuation as a result of Hurricane Gustav.As of Saturday, August 30, it has been announced that 4,100 individuals will be evacuated to our area. However, depending on where the hurricane makes landfall, it has

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By Faith Chatham and Harriet Irby - DFWRCC - Aug. 10, 2008Several of my friends were in Starbucks in the Tom Thumb at W. Park Row and Bowen Road last night. Late evening shoppers were drifting in and out. Not very much seemed to be going on when one spotted two teen-age boys stuffing boxes of beer under their arms. Seated in view of the check-out lanes, my amigos noted that the lads had not paid

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By Faith Chatham - DFWRCC - June 15, 2008Robert Shephard and Jimmy Bennett were elected to the Arlington City Council At Large seats vacated by Ron Wright and Steve McCollum..Robert Shepard received 4,994 (65%) votes to Vera McKissic's 2,668 (35%) votes for the Place 6 At-Large Arlington City Council seat.For the Place 7 Seat of the Arlington City Council, Jimmy Bennett received 4,253 (55%) votes

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By MICHAEL A. LINDENBERGER - The Dallas Morning News - Sunday, June 15, 2008Just days after three workers were injured in a crane accident at the new Dallas Cowboys stadium, an electrician was electrocuted there Saturday while performing tests on some of its wiring. Timothy Mackinnon, 45, of Arlington was standing on a ladder when he touched a high-voltage line in the ceiling of the stadium's

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Fort Worth Star Telegram - Tuesday, May 6, 2008The Arlington Convention & Visitors Bureau Board of Directors announced Tuesday the hiring of Jay Burress to helm the destination marketing organization during its next phase of growth. He was most recently Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing for the Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau, and will begin his new duties on June 2. Jay Burress, 43

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By ANDREA AHLES - Star-Telegram Staff Writer - Mon, May. 05, 2008When Chris Cavanaugh moved into his house nearly two years ago, he expected to live on a tree-lined street lined with single-family homes in Arlington.But in about a year, Cavanaugh's house may be surrounded by a parking lot.Cavanaugh, who lives less than a block from the new Dallas Cowboys stadium, is one of a handful of residents

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By Robert Smith - April 2008The Visiting Nurse Association of Tarrant County will be conducting a grief recovery workshop called “Good Grief” for adults who have experienced the loss of a loved one. The workshop will be held Monday, May 19 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Visiting Nurse Association of Tarrant County office on 6300 Ridglea Place, Suite 801 in Fort Worth. Information and support will

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By Jeff Donn, Martha Mendoza and Justin Pritchard -Associated Press - Monday, March 10, 2008 A vast array of pharmaceuticals – including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones – have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation shows. The concentrations of these pharmaceuticals are tiny, measured in

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By JEFF MOSIER - The Dallas Morning News - Monday, March 10, 2008Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck said he would not name the lone pharmaceutical chemical found in the city’s drinking water but added that recent tests indicated it was present in the parts per trillion range. He said that chemical is not a danger in such small concentrations. The mayor said he authorized the test – which is not

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By Jake Batsell - WFAA - Tuesday, March 11, 2008A recent Associated Press investigation found that pharmaceuticals were detected in tap water supplies of at least 41 million Americans. While utilities maintain that their water is safe, follow-up questions were posed to two experts: Purnendu "Sandy" Dasgupta, chairman of the department of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Texas at

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By Faith Chatham - DFWRCC - Feb. 25, 2008Several thousand North Texans turned out with little advance notice to hear former President Bill Clinton address the public at a Get our the Vote Rally in Vandergriff Park in Arlington Sunday morning.PHOTO BY BRENDA MARTINEZ copyright 2008 President Clinton was introduced by Tarrant County Constable Sergio de Leon (pictured below), who President Clinton

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By Fort Worth Star Telegram - Feb. 25, 2008These are the candidates who have filed to run in the Arlington-area May 10 municipal and school board elections.Arlington City CouncilTerm: two yearsPay: $200 per monthWho's filedDistrict 1: Mel LeBlanc (i), 57, medical salesman, real estate investorDistrict 2: Sheri Capehart (i), 59, retired computer security analyst; Don Faram, 65, retired air traffic

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By Faith Chatham - DFWRCC - Feb. 24, 2008In Arlington, Democratic voters outnumbered Republican voters at all five polling places for each of the first five days of Early Voting. Countywide, over twice the number of Democrats voted early or by mail than Republicans.In Arlington this year, larger numbers of Democrats are voting than Republicans. Democratic turnout at the five Arlington early

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Join President Bill Clinton for an "Early Vote Rally" in Arlington!Sunday, February 24, 2008 at 9:30 AM - 12:00 PMat Vandergriff Park2800 South Center StreetArlington, TX 76014General Area: Near the Bob Duncan Community Center (an early voting site).(This park is between I-20 and Pioneer Parkway. There is also an entrance on Matlock Road.)Vote early for Hillary and then join President Bill

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By Faith Chatham - DFWRCC - Feb. 22, 2008On the third day of Early Voting, all Tarrant County voting sites except two reported more Democratic Voters than Republican Primary Voters.At Benbrook City Hall 104 Republicans voted early on Thursday and 98 Democrats voted early. At Nance Elementary 16 Republicans voted early and 10 Democrats voted early. A significant number more Democrats than

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By Faith Chatham - DFWRCC - Feb. 21, 2008 - Updated Feb. 22, 2008More Democrats cast early ballots during the first day of early voting at every Tarrant County early voting site. Democratic Primary voters exceeded the the number of Republicans voting even at sites which normally draw more Republican early primary voters than Democrats. County wide 5733 Democrats voted early on Tuesday while only

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By RANDY ROSS - Longview News-Journal - Friday, February 08, 2008Protecting the waters of Texas is a priority for Dale Henry.The 76-year-old Democratic candidate for the Texas Railroad Commission said the production of oil and gas in Texas does not matter if the industry destroys Texas' natural water sources."We have to stop wasting and contaminating our water," Henry said.Henry faces Art Hall of

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By SUSAN SCHROCK - Star-Telegram staff writer - Sun, Feb. 10, 2008ARLINGTON -- Pet adoption rates at the animal shelter will increase after the city hires a veterinarian to perform procedures at the shelter.In some cases, adoption fees would more than double from the current $60 fee. The higher rates cover the cost of new services that the city will provide, such as spaying or neutering, rabies

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By SHIRLEY JINKINS - Star-Telegram Staff Writer - Mon, Feb. 11, 2008ARLINGTON -- The Arlington school district is conducting public hearings on how to distribute merit pay increases among teachers.Teachers would be awarded $1,000 each based on students' academic performances, according to a proposal from a district committee made up of their peers.The money, totaling $2.8 million from state

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By Gordon Dickson - Star-Telegram Staff Writer - Jan. 18, 2008Long-awaited frontage road lanes on Texas 161 are expected to open today from Interstate 20 to Pioneer Parkway.The lanes may provide a smidgen of traffic relief for motorists stuck on I-20 or Texas 360.Traffic signals were already flashing red Thursday at intersections along Texas 161, said RaDonna Hessel, president of the Grand

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The Fort Worth Star Telegram - Jan. 18, 2008ARLINGTON — Authorities have identified a suspect in the burning of a Pomeranian on Saturday in far south Arlington.Adam Scott Pigue, 26, who lives in the 1000 block of Mazourka Drive, told police that he was intoxicated when he found Ronnie and Liz Villaire's 3 1/2-year-old dog, Spike, dead in his front yard.Pique told police that he was trying to

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By ROBERT CADWALLADER - Special to the Star-Telegram - Jan. 18, 2008KENNEDALE -- School district voters will decide how much of a raise teachers and other employees will get next year.The school board backed a proposal Thursday night to raise the property tax rate by 13 cents, to a state-controlled maximum rate of $1.17 per $100 of assessed value.If voters approve, the tax increase would fund a

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January 16, 2008 TO THE ADMINISTRATOR ADDRESSED: To resolve the conflict created by having Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) assessments scheduled for March 4, 2008, the same day as primary voting in Texas, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) has developed a revised testing calendar. Two changes are being made to the original schedule: first, the TAKS exit level social studies retest

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By ANDREA AHLES - Star-Telegram staff writer - Jan. 8, 2008Some were handwritten. Some were typed.And all of the protest letters received so far by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission were against Six Flags Over Texas and Six Flags Hurricane Harbor receiving permits to sell beer.The bureau's Fort Worth office has received a dozen protest letters and more than 600 calls of protest.Six Flags

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By JOHN AUSTIN - Star-Telegram Staff Writer - Jan. 3, 2008ARLINGTON -- Talking trash is one thing; doing something about it is another matter.The University of Texas at Arlington is trying the latter by cranking up its recycling and sustainability effort. Members of a university committee are hoping to win "green" status for the campus's next generation of buildings. There are smaller changes,

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By Steven Blair - DFWRCC - Dec. 28, 2007BEANZIR BHUTTO (June 21, 1953 -- December 27, 2007)Brief Biography -- Daughter of former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, she was the first woman sworn in as a head of Muslim country in 1988. She served 20 months before President Ghulan Ishaq Khan removed her from office on charges of corruption. She was again sworn in as Prime Minister in 1993 and

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By PETER GORMAN - The Fort Worth Weekly - Dec. 26, 2007Cards that arrive in the mail this time of year are generally filled with good cheer. But the notes that a group of families on Landmark Court in Arlington received on Dec. 10 were filled with anything but: They were notices that their new landlord had decided to end their month-to-months leases. Some of the tenants in the eight-unit complex

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Reprinted from Fort Worth Star Telegram Letters to the Editor - Dec. 10, 2007I find it fascinating that it takes a coalition of upper-tier neighborhoods to negotiate a neighborhood gas lease with better buffers and setbacks than those offered by Arlington's new and supposedly improved drilling ordinance. (See Tuesday news story "Lease offers bonus of $15,850 an acre.")I applaud the efforts of

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By Faith Chatham - DFWRCC - Dec. 21, 2007Christmas in Arlington is ....Christmas parades with bands and children and street vendors...Russian trained dancers filling Texas Hall with the NutcrackerShopping malls, decorations and holiday treats...Carolers and church services...School children and volunteers filling food baskets, providing coats and blankets...Toys for Tots drives not deterred by

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DISSOLVE TXDOT, REPLACE WITH ELECTED COMMISSIONER!By San Antonio Toll Party - Dec. 11, 2007TxDOT is up for sunset review in 2009. That means TxDOT as it exists today will cease without the Legislature voting to extend it. We think it's past time to dissolve TxDOT as we know it and replace the 5 UN-elected appointees on the Transportation Commission with a SINGLE, ELECTED COMMISSIONER who answers

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By JOHN AUSTIN = Star-Telegram staff writer - Sat, Dec. 08, 20Even though it will cost more to attend the University of Texas at Arlington over the next two years, the proposed increase might only be 4.95 percent or $150 per semester, whichever is greater.University of Texas System regents unanimously approved a resolution Thursday capping tuition at the system's nine universities. A final vote

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By SUSAN SCHROCK - Star-Telegram Staff Writer - Wed., Dec. 12, 2007and Zoning Commission is scheduled to vote today on a developer's request to rezone more than 2,000 acres in far north Arlington for the Viridian project.Huffines Communities of Dallas intends to build a development around the Lakes at Bird's Fort that would feature more than 1.2 million mixed-use square feet and nearly 3,900

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December 5, 2007 Dear Recipient: The Sunset Advisory Commission would like your help in reviewing and improving the State’s transportation system. The Legislature, through the Texas Sunset Act, has charged our Commission with reviewing the mission and performance of the Texas Department of Transportation. In general, the Sunset Commission periodically evaluates state agencies to determine if the

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By MIKE LEE - Star-Telegram staff writer - Sun, Nov. 18, 2007Over the next few decades, gas drilling in the Barnett Shale will produce millions of gallons of contaminated water. How best to get rid of it is the subject of a tooth-and-claw fight among the gas industry, city officials and environmental groups.The city is encouraging gas companies to recycle the water, but gas executives say that

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By MICHAEL A. LINDENBERGER - The Dallas Morning News - Friday, November 16, 2007AUSTIN – Plans to expand State Highway 161 into Tarrant County as a toll road could collapse over the next five weeks, taking with them hundreds of millions of dollars for Dallas County highways. The highly anticipated highway – running 11.5 miles through Irving, Arlington and Grand Prairie – has been touted for

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By SUSAN SCHROCK - Star-Telegram Staff Writer - Mon, Nov. 05, 2007ARLINGTON -- The city is looking for an even bigger windfall from the Barnett Shale.The Arlington City Council will vote Tuesday night to open up bidding to companies that want to lease gas and oil rights on 95 acres of city-owned land in north Arlington. The mineral lease would include Johnson Creek Linear Park, Doug Russell Park,

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By ISABEL C. MORALES / Al Día - DMN - Friday, October 19, 2007ARLINGTON – Latino residents of Arlington apartment complexes say they received letters threatening a visit from federal immigration agents if they didn't send $95 cash to a post office box. "People have fear, and more than anything because of what is happening in Irving," said Ruby Valenzuela, assistant manager of the Las Lomas

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By SUSAN SCHROCK - Star-Telegram staff writer - Nov. 3, 2007ARLINGTON -- The city hopes to pass three ordinances to combat prostitution, panhandling and drug use in motels and on the streets.At its meeting Tuesday, the City Council will consider the Police Department's proposal, which is part of the city's ongoing efforts to clean up criminal activity along Division Street in downtown Arlington

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By SALLY CLAUNCH - Star-Telegram Staff Writer - Oct. 17, 2007ARLINGTON -- By late 2008, loud train horns blaring through central Arlington neighborhoods could be a thing of the past.The city has been working with Union Pacific Railroad for more than four years to quiet the horns.The city plans to install $1.6 million worth of safety improvements, including new gates and medians, at five railroad

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By TxSHARON - BlueDaze - Oct. 31, 2007The fumes are so bad they wake us up. Barnett Shale

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