Hope’s Gate Thrift Store is now open at 201 E. Butler St. in Wylie. The store carries clothes, accessories, home décor and much more. Allison LaBrot/The Sachse News Thrifters now have a place to shop closer to home. The newly opened Hope’s Gate Thrift Store offers a...
The filing period for the city of Sachse’s May 3, 2025, city council election officially opens Jan. 15. This marks the beginning of the process for residents interested in running for one of three available city council seats: mayor, currently held by Jeff...
I’m fairly certain my dreams have a drug dealer. What is it with dreams? Sleep is supposed to be an 8-hour window (mine’s never that long) when we rest, regenerate, and arise feeling as refreshed as the person in the Folger’s commercial who throws back the covers and...
As New Year’s Day 2024 approached, millions of individuals were preparing to make changes they hoped would improve their fitness. In a Forbes Health/One Poll survey of 1,000 adults in the months leading up to the start of 2024, nearly half (48 percent) of respondents...
A Bond 2023 review and recognitions were part of the final Garland ISD trustee meetings in December. Both a special and regular meeting were held on Dec. 17, 2024, to review district projects, approve funding allocations and hear public comments. The special meeting...
I especially love this time of the year! The Christmas season brings back so many fond memories from my childhood. Growing up in the humble neighborhoods of Brooklyn didn’t allow us to have much other than the music of Nat King Cole and Johnny Mathis. I was too young...
As 2024 draws to a close, our coverage of the city of Sachse reflects on a year marked by significant milestones, community achievements and moments of both triumph and challenge. From local elections to new developments, crime updates to educational honors,...
John Moore continues to shop at mom and pop stores for may reasons stating where else do you get a free calendar every year? Courtesy John Moore When Wal Mart grew, warnings that it would put the mom-and-pop businesses under seemed to come true. Now, online businesses...
In the movie “The Big Chill,” a group of old friends gather for the funeral of one of their own, and it turns into a reunion. Recently, a group of my old friends gathered for a reunion, and it turned into a gathering for a funeral. I got the call on the way to the...
