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Live in Comfort With This Historic Building Turned Texas Hill Country Escape

By CandysDirt | June 23, 2023 |

Anybody can have a lake house as their getaway spot when city living gets too hectic. It takes someone who understands the essence of what it is to be cool to have their second home be the Rathskeller building in the charming little town of Comfort, Texas.  A throwback to what could easily be considered…

Will They Pave Candy Montgomery’s Como Motel Paradise And Put Up a Parking Lot?

By Karen Eubank | June 22, 2023 |

Richardson’s Como Motel has been a midcentury fixture for decades. The iconic sign beckoning weary travelers off of North Central Expressway has changed through the years, but it’s still so cool you can’t miss it. That is until it all gets torn down. That seems to be the fate of yet another piece of our…

Dallas Infrastructure, Crime Prevention Are Top Priorities in The City’s 2023 Community Survey

By April Towery | June 22, 2023 |

Infrastructure and crime prevention are the priorities among a small percentage of Dallas residents who responded to a 2023 community survey, city officials said Wednesday.  A decrease in local satisfaction was reported in access to quality affordable housing, but the matter — while charting high in cities nationwide — did not make the top three…

Rangers Fan? These Arlington Open Houses Knock it Out of The Park

By Joy Donovan | June 22, 2023 |

If you’re describing the Texas Rangers baseball team, it could be said it’s like having a player on third base with no outs. Things are lookin’ pretty good right now for the Arlington team’s first season under new manager Bruce Bochy. The French-born manager has taken teams to the World Series four times, winning it…

Freestone County Commissioners Court Decries Use of Eminent Domain to Acquire Fairfield Lake State Park

By Joanna England | June 21, 2023 |

The saga of Fairfield Lake State Park continues as the Freestone County Commissioners Court has stepped into the ring. The battle between Todd Interests, the developer that purchased the 5,000 acres that comprise Fairfield Lake and the state park land, and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission that voted to condemn the property and acquire…

I Got 99 Problems, But is My Water Heater One?

By Brenda Masse | June 21, 2023 |

As the temperature rises, you may not be too worried about your water heater, but you’d be wrong. In fact, water heaters problems are one of the most common plumbing repairs during the summer months. There are two factors contributing to this. Your water heater is almost always located in an unconditioned space in your…