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Drone and autonomous vehicle food bank deliveries lift off in Arlington
The Tarrant Area Food Bank expects to deliver 300 packages of groceries to east Arlington clients over the next year.
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UT Arlington’s entrepreneurship center celebrates ‘excitement in the chaos’
The UTA center leverages both big and small ideas, from patents to developing North Texas regional business hubs.
Arlington, Mansfield reelect incumbents in city, school board races
Arlington incumbent candidates for City Council and school board elections were reelected, and voters rejected three Mansfield ISD bond proposals.
Arlington homeless people receive free showers, laundry, haircuts from nonprofit
Cloud Covered Streets is in Arlington on first, third and fifth Wednesday of the month. In Tarrant County, 10% of homeless people are in Arlington.
At age 30, Choctaw Stadium’s future looks promising
First The Ballpark in Arlington, then Globe Life Park, Choctaw Stadium has a mixed-use design that makes things complicated, but the city is bullish on its future.
KERA: Arlington City Council delays vote on median park improvements due to misunderstanding
The vote Tuesday would have set new boundaries for a public improvement district that will fund improvements to the median park along Lamar Boulevard.
UT Arlington completes $2.5M project to renovate bridges over Cooper Street
The new bridges are intended to create a welcoming gateway to UT Arlington. The university and students collaborated on the project.
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Government
Arlington ISD elects Mike, reelects Fowler. Mansfield ISD elects Crutchfield, reelects Newsom
Voters in Arlington and Mansfield will elect trustees to three-year terms. Three Arlington ISD seats and two Mansfield ISD seats were on the ballot.
Galante, Hogg win contested Arlington City Council races
Mauricio Galante was elected to the open race for Arlington City Council District 1 representing North Arlington and Bowie Hogg, District 7 council member, won his re-election bid.
Here are the results of May 4 election in Tarrant County
Voters decided on City Council representatives, school board trustees, appraisal district board members and more. Only 6.52% of registered voters cast ballots.
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Education
Arlington ISD school board approves 2024-25 meeting dates
Trustees unanimously approved a new calendar at their May 2 regular meeting. The board will meet most Thursdays.
Here are dates for Arlington students’ last days of school, graduation
The last day of school and high school graduation dates vary among traditional public schools and charter networks in Arlington.
Arlington ISD maximizes benefits for increasing numbers of special education students
The district has 6,424 special education students as of October 2023. Arlington ISD has multiple ways to support staff, teachers and students.
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Arts
Theatre Arlington to present original stage production of ‘Steel Magnolias’
Fans across the Dallas-Fort Worth area can catch the show at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays, May 3-19.
Arlington to celebrate city, diversity with free music festival at Levitt Pavilion
Levitt Pavilion will present DreamFest on April 26-27. The festival offers live music, food trucks, vendors and kid-friendly activities.
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Business
Prime Arlington property hits the market, brings ‘opportunity to really impact’ community
The site at 201 E. Abram St. is being marketed as a potential mixed-use development not far from the city’s Entertainment District and the University of Texas at Arlington.
Tarrant County voters OK millions in school upgrades
Voters in the Mansfield, Grapevine-Colleyville, Castleberry and Everman school districts approved most bond proposals in the May 4 election.
UTA, TCC want to keep talent in Tarrant County. Leaders outline goals
At an event organized by the Greater Arlington Chamber of Commerce, college leaders list accomplishments and chart a path forward.
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other News
UTA instructor arrested as students protest war in Gaza, demand university divestment
With Gaza protests engulfing campuses nationwide and one arrest at UTA, Arlington students are determined. They plan to continue their “camp” protest.
Graduation at Tarrant County colleges, professional schools approaches. Here are the dates
From UTA to TCU and beyond, the class of 2024 get ready to mark the completion of their degrees in commencement ceremonies.
FAFSA glitches persist, locking out Arlington students from completing their financial aid
In Arlington, the number of completed financial aid applications is down by nearly a third, compared with last year.
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