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Jolene Monaco: Tales of Moving Terror and What You Can Do About It

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / August 6, 2025 /

By Jolene Monaco “I love moving,” said no one ever. Moving is inherently stressful. There was a time in my life when a move was a welcome change. The feeling of a new beginning softened the disruption to my life that moving inevitably causes. When life was simpler in my 20s, I’d get a group…

Gushers and Grit: ‘Landman’ Strikes Black Gold Again in Fort Worth

By Joy Donovan / August 5, 2025 /

I’m from Oklahoma. Tulsa, to be exact, which was once the “Oil Capital of the World. So I ‘ve known a landman or two in my life. You can recognize those in the old bidness by their swagger and their ostrich-skin boots. They’re slick talkin’ with a parlance mixin’ talk of mineral rights, title documents,…

Will the Latest Jobs Report Finally Force the Federal Reserve to Slash Rates?

By Charles Grand / August 5, 2025 /

Last week’s disconcerting jobs report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics may have bolstered the case for a September rate cut. However, President Donald Trump is calling the report politically motivated and “rigged,” despite his own demands that the Federal Reserve slash rates. As everyone likely knows by now, Trump prompted fresh outrage on Friday…

Hush Now: DART Silver Line Quiet Zones Take Effect in Dallas, Plano, and Other Member Cities

By Mimi Perez / August 5, 2025 /

Future commuters and nearby neighborhoods alike are going to have some peace and quiet, courtesy of the DART Silver Line Regional Rail. The new 26-mile regional rail service — coming to seven North Texas cities including Grapevine, Coppell, Dallas, Carrollton, Addison, Richardson, and Plano — has begun activating quiet zones near its tracks and stations.…

A Tale of Two Seascapes: West Plano Homes Are Just Steps (and Several Zeroes) Apart

By Shelby Skrhak / August 5, 2025 /

They may share a street name and a ZIP code, but these two homes on Seascape in West Plano are swimming in different waters — one’s floating in the deep end of high-end luxury, while the other’s making a strong case for practicality with perks. And with both located in Willow Bend Lakes, a prime…