Custom-built Luxury in Old Highland Park

The Ravello, a luxury mid-rise residence to be constructed on the northeast corner of Lomo Alto Drive and Fairway Avenue, will consist of six units, two on each of three floors, averaging about 5,000 square feet each. The homes are expected to sell for between $3.5 to $4 million. (People Newspapers)

Mockingbird Construction on Schedule

By Cassie Clark / People Newspapers

As crews remain hard at work reconstructing Mockingbird Lane, Park Cities drivers can rest assured they won’t be inconvenienced any longer than originally promised. Despite a few hiccups, the $13.9 million project to reconstruct Mockingbird Lane between Hillcrest Avenue and the Dallas North Tollway remains on schedule. Full Story

HPISD Looks to Fill Up to 90 Teaching Slots

The district hopes to hire between 60-90 more teachers like Bogdovitz from an expected pool of more than 400 applicants as at this year’s job fair, which will be held March 29 at the middle school.

The annual event allows applicants to meet face-to-face with principals and teams of teachers from every campus that come to screen applicants to fill positions at their schools. (People Newspapers)

University Park Artist Makes Top 20 in New Yorker Contest

"Nearly 300 drawings poured in to suggest redefinitions of Eustace Tilley, "the presiding dandy" of The New Yorker magazine.

Entries ranged from the "erotic to the pontifical," according to staff. There was "Leather Daddy Eustace" by an artist from California. And "Torched Tilley" by a Floridian.

Jennifer Culbertson of University Park submitted "Henri Touleustace La Tilley" at the last minute.

The magazine ran a few of the winners in its anniversary issue, which portrays Eustace as Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on the cover. Other winners were posted on the magazine's Web site.

Two other winners were from Texas – Ben Rollman of Pfugerville and David DeGrand of Fort Worth." - Dallas Morning News

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