Lake Highlands Advocate

09/24/2025

Did you ever think you'd see the day?

After years of construction, the Skillman Street Bridge opened to traffic over the weekend following a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Skillman Bridge looking east. The multi-year process, part of the wider $1.74 billion TXDoT 635 East project, reached a symbolic milestone in the

09/24/2025

There are estimated to be one or two family groups of water nutria living at White Rock Lake. “They do a little bit of a mess right around that little dock area of Sunset Bay. But they haven’t really disrupted or displaced any of our native populations of rodents or other animals, and they don’t seem to have just destroyed an entire marshland,” says Dallas Department of Park and Recreation biologist Chris Morris.⁠
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Weighing 15 to 20 pounds as an adult, the average nutria is about one-third the size of an adult beaver, although it may look similar due to its brownish coat and teeth. Much like the beaver, nutria are nocturnal herbivores who split time in the water and on land. The majority of its diet consists of aquatic plantlife, seeds, flowers and other plants found near wetland habitats.⁠
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The nutria mainly seem to stick to the east side of the lake, with the greatest concentration found in the Dixon Branch Creek wetland between Winfrey Point and the Bath House Cultural Center. ⁠
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https://lakehighlands.advocatemag.com/2025/08/28/white-rock-lake-nutria/

09/24/2025

Lake Highlands neighbors,

We’ve had a great time reminiscing on the neighborhood’s dining past over the past few months. For November, we are going to explore the future of eating out in the neighborhood. What are your favorite restaurants right now in Lake Highlands? What do they say about the direction the neighborhood is going in? Have any thoughts on concepts you would like to see open in the future? If so, please message us or email [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you all. Thank you for being a reader!

09/24/2025

Neighbors say they are seeing an increase in coyote and bobcat traffic in the neighborhood. Officials at the City of Dallas and Texas Department of Wildlife have tips if you see animals on your evening walk.

Sign near Flag Pole Hill warns visitors to be aware of increased coyote presence in the area. Photo by Carol Toler. It was well before 7 a.m. last Sunday morning when Phillip Cannatti first spotted the lone coyote near the pickleball courts at the

09/23/2025

Neighbors can tune to Channel 33 this Thursday starting at 7 p.m. to watch as the Wildcats open district play against J.J. Pearce.
https://lakehighlands.advocatemag.com/2025/09/22/lake-highlands-high-school-cw/

09/23/2025

Rest well 'Olive Garden Lady.' You served your community well.

Marilyn Hagerty. Courtesy of The Grand Forks Herald. Small-town North Dakota newspaper columnist Marilyn Hagerty died last week at the age of 99. She went viral in 2012 for her earnest review of the "long-awaited" new Olive Garden in her neighborhood. At the time,

09/22/2025

Lochland's is hosting an Oktoberfest Dinner this Thursday as Oktoberfest Dallas draws closer.

Lochland’s Food and Spirits is celebrating the harvest season with a special Oktoberfest dinner next week. The neighborhood isn’t a stranger to seasonal specials with events like its annual St. Patrick’s Day party or holiday menus. However, the four-course pre-fixe

09/22/2025

If the equations in this Google Doodle look familiar, you may have legendary Lake Highlands teachers to thank, and the multi-billion-dollar global corporation took time last week to honor those teachers from our neighborhood, courtesy of LHHS grad Cecelia Stewart Cox. https://lakehighlands.advocatemag.com/2025/09/22/googles-cecelia-stewart-cox-pays-tribute-to-wildcat-teachers/

09/19/2025

One of the top fall festivals in the country returns this weekend. As part of this year's theme, ¡Mundo México!, 110,000 pumpkins, gourds, and squash were imported from severen different regions around the country.

The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden is set to kick off Autumn at the Arboretum this weekend with the unveiling of its annual pumpkin village. Each year, the Arboretum transitions to fall attractions and programming in late September as part

09/18/2025

KERA: Dallas residents will pay lower property taxes following the city council's approval early Thursday of a $5.5 billion budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year.

The Dallas City Council approved a more than $5 billion budget for the fiscal year 2025-26 early Thursday.

09/18/2025

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09/18/2025

In August 2024, Lake Highlands neighbor Teresa Gant and her coworkers noticed an emaciated, sickly looking young German shepherd constrained by a collar too tight for comfort, wandering around a vacant lot next door. Colleagues would bring offerings of food and water, but it seemed as though nothing would bring the 1-year-old shepherd inside. ⁠
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“I knew he was out there, and he was going to die if nobody got to him,” Gant says. “People at my office tried to get him, and they didn’t have any luck. So I decided I wanted to try to get him.” It took several attempts with her husband, her son, food and patience, including sitting for 45 minutes talking to the dog without success. Finally, on one trip, Grant was able to rescue the dog and take him home. “I was excited. I was shocked. I couldn’t believe I did it. I’ve never literally rescued an animal like that.”⁠
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Kobi, as he was named by his new family, was in relatively good health aside from malnourishment, weighing only 44 pounds. A trip to the vet discovered no fleas or disease, and a bath the next day restored his lush black and gold coat to beauty. For Gant, finding Kobi was a dream come true. “Every time he eats and drinks water, it just makes my heart happy because he wasn’t getting any water, and he was starving,” she says. “But just knowing that he trusted me and I’m his person, you could tell that I’m his person. So it’s very heartwarming to me.”⁠
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https://lakehighlands.advocatemag.com/2025/08/28/lake-highlands-rescue-dog/

It was a blisteringly hot August day as Lake Highlands neighbor Teresa Gant and her husband drove to her office building. She wasn’t going to work — it was a Saturday. Gant was on another mission. In the months leading up to Aug.