The City of Richardson has installed new bike lanes on Custer Road and Grove Road. The reaction has been mostly positive. Since these are new to Richardson, what do drivers and bicyclists need to know when driving in or near these lanes?
 

Bill McCalpin reflects on the 40 year relationship of UTD and Richardson. He also tells us his own exprience in UTD's early days  near the 40th anniversary of the creation of UTD and the signing of the "Tier One" University bill at UTD.

Gov. Rick Perry signed House Bill 51 – legislation aimed at creating more national research universities in Texas – on Wednesday morning at The University of Texas at Dallas.

Richardson Community Has International Appeal This School Year UT Dallas and Dallas International School Collaborate and Open New High School Campus

For several generations, the Space Age themed playground at Heights Park has fascinated and affixed Heights Park as one of the few truly unique places in Richardson’s suburban landscape. That era is about to come to an end. Starting July 14, without any ceremony or recognition of Richardson’s past, the equipment along with other "non compliant" equipment will be removed.

Cheaper by the Dozen at the Richardson Theatre Centre on July 11 and running through August 2. What do you get when you mix a blunt-talking, famous efficiency-expert father and a brilliant, compassionate psychologist mother with twelve rambunctious offspring of various sizes? You get one of America 's all-time best- loved memoirs. This Christopher Seagel dramatization is based on the 1946 book by Frank Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey.

Rebecca Earnest, a student at J.J. Pearce High School, has been chosen to compete for a $50,000 college scholarship at the 2007-08 Young Epidemiology Scholars (YES) Competition sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and administered by the College Board. She will travel to Washington, D.C. to present her at the competition on April 4 – 7, 2008.

The Mayor and the city council helped light up Santa's Village last Saturday. We have video of the lighting ceremony.

There have been four residential burglaries reported within the Arapaho and Reservation Homeowner Association areas between November 15 and 16. Read the full article to get a description and get prevention tips.

At its November 12 regular meeting, the city council rejected, by a unanimous vote, a plan to add condominiums, restaurant space, and further residential near the existing Home Depot. The vote surprised many in attendance, including the developer, who thought the only issue was from traffic concerns near the proposed restaurant space. The council stated protection of the neighborhood, density, and condominium size in its rejection. The developer expressed shock because the plan commission had approved the plan.

This past July two J.J. Pearce High School seniors, David Rehfuss and Paul R. Miller, won outstanding student awards from the Military Order of the World Wars, a national organization for military officers.

We have gotten a great response since we unofficially launched a few weeks ago. In this article, we will tell you about our plans for the next few weeks.

DeVry University, one of the largest private learning institutions, is opening a center in Richardson. DeVry will be moving its Plano location to Richardson and hopes to start classes in in January 2008. Not surprisingly it was the strengths of the Telecom Corridor that attracted DeVry to Richardson.

Multiple law enforcement agencies are asking for help from the public and the media with the identification and apprehension of a serial home invasion suspect. The suspect is said to be involved with multiple offenses in seven metroplex cities including Richardson. The agencies released a sketch and details of the suspect on Thursday. A special tip line has been established in order to aid in collecting information about the suspect.

A sewer line, operated by a private company under contract from the City of Plano, broke on the evening of Thursday, August 9, 2007. This resulted in the dumping of significant amounts of wastewater into Prairie Creek. The valve was shutoff after it was discovered and clean up is now underway.