11/08/2009

Community calendar: East, north
Sandra Brown , a No. 1 New York Times best-selling author, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Frisco City Hall, 6101 Frisco Square Blvd. Brown will mingle with guests before speaking. Tickets for the meet-and-greet reception plus author event/ book-signing cost $35; tickets for just the author event/book-signing are $20. Buy tickets online at www.friscolibrary.com or from the Circulation desk. 972-292-5669. Allen

11/05/2009

McKinney home sales
Home sales recorded Oct. 2-16.

11/04/2009

Collin County cities in race to one-up one another
The $52.6 million Allen Event Center opens Friday, and Allen officials tout the 8,600-seat arena as the finest entertainment venue in Collin County. But Frisco Mayor Maher Maso isn't impressed. He says his town's recently renovated Dr Pepper Arena has better acoustics and more seating configurations.

10/29/2009

Texas Higher Education Board approves Collin Higher Education Center in McKinney
For those who want to get a four-year degree or even a graduate degree in Collin County, there will be a new place to do it, beginning in January.

McKinney home sales
Home sales recorded Sept. 17 to Oct. 9.

Heard museum in McKinney battles water district over sewer line
The Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary is growling over plans for a sewer line across its property.

Road projects, traffic jams grow on Central Expressway
The road work on Central Expressway starts in Plano and does not seem to end until suburbia gives way to prairie beyond McKinney.

10/28/2009

Heard museum in McKinney battles water district over sewer line
The Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary is growling over plans for a sewer line across its property.

Road projects, traffic jams grow on Central Expressway in Collin County
The road work on Central Expressway starts in Plano and does not seem to end until suburbia gives way to prairie beyond McKinney.

10/25/2009

McKinney police blotter
Selected crimes reported from Oct. 6-8.

10/23/2009

McKinney home sales
Home sales recorded Sept. 2 to Oct. 1.

10/21/2009

McKinney mixed-use development tops Dallas-Fort Worth's long foreclosure list
A McKinney mixed-use development tops the long list of North Texas commercial properties scheduled for foreclosure next month.

10/19/2009

McKinney police blotter
Selected crimes reported from Sept. 30 to Oct. 4.

10/18/2009

Education notes for Collin County and east Dallas County

10/16/2009

McKinney home sales
Home sales recorded Sept. 8-25.

10/12/2009

McKinney police blotter
Selected crimes reported from Sept. 26-28.

10/11/2009

Something strange in the neighborhood? Call NeighborsGhosts!
Who doesn't love a creepy old ghost story? I do.

10/10/2009

James 'Durwood' Hayes: Award-winning photos chronicled Dallas life
James "Durwood" Hayes documented life in mid-20th-century Dallas.