Addison's National Night Out Against Crime

On Tuesday, October 7, 2008, communities all over Texas will celebrate the "25th Annual National Night Out" (NNO), a unique crime/drug prevention event sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch (NATW). In other parts of the country, the event was celebrated on August 5, but we waited for cooler weather!

NATIONAL NIGHT OUT is designed to:

• Heighten crime and drug prevention awareness;
• Generate support for, and participation in, local anticrime programs;
• Strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships; and
• Send a message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.

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Tolls to increase at Wycliff Avenue gate on Dallas North Tollway

September 23, 2008

By DAN X. McGRAW / The Dallas Morning News

The North Texas Tollway Authority is raising tolls at the Wycliff Avenue gate of the Dallas North Tollway to make them consistent with those at other toll booths.

Beginning Oct. 1, tolls will go up a dime to 70 cents for TollTag customers and a quarter to $1 for other motorists, the authority said today.

The tolls had been lower because of construction between Lemmon Avenue and Interstate 35. Wycliff Avenue sits in the middle of the construction. The construction had limited toll road access to two lanes in each direction. But on Aug. 29, a third lane opened, marking completion of a $50 million renovation project.

Urban Reserve changed former dumping ground to eco-friendly development

September 25, 2008

By DAVID DILLON / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News

Urban Reserve is not a subdivision, Diane Cheatham will tell you, more than once if she gets the chance. Nor is it just another pricey enclave for the overprivileged, even though it contains its share of million-dollar houses.

"It is a community of enthusiasts for modern architecture," points out Cheatham, founder of Dallas-based Urban Edge Developers Ltd. "People of all ages and incomes will be living there."


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