Posts Tagged ‘water’
Diamond in the Mud
Can gas bucks turn shabby, shallow Lake Worth into a blue-green gem?DAN MCGRAW and NANDINI BALIAL
Leanna Johnson and her kids had Camp Joy Park all to themselves. Johnson sunned herself on a towel in the grass while her kids splashed in the waters of Lake Worth.
Stranger Than Fiction
Big TicketIt’s odd that artists who are extremely prolific tend to be viewed with suspicion rather than being celebrated for giving the audience so much.
On Site
Thanks to a web forum, and one crotchety wonk, the architecture debate that won’t die returns. Aggghhhhh!Kultur
In response to one of my recent columns, about the aggressive architecting of Big D (“Alarming Heights,” April 11), the forum at John Roberts’ award-winning FortWorthArchitecture.com lit up.
A Mighty Stream of Money
Lobbyists are having a field day at the Tarrant Regional Water District.DAN MCGRAW
The Tarrant Regional Water District has long portrayed its Trinity River Vision plan as a done deal.
Hot in the Neighborhood
Global warming comes to a garden, a stream, a statehouse near you.Gayle Reaves
You wouldn’t think that small things like begonias making it through the winter could have international significance.
Water, Water … Where?
The hose might not reach far enough in North Texas.Jeff Prince
The worst drought on record in these parts lasted for much of the 1950s. While city folks were discovering tv and cars with fins, North Texas farmers and ranchers suffered. Stock tanks dried up in the blistering heat, grass gre...
Annexing Trouble
Some who were forced into Fort Worth say they’re paying more to get lower quality services.Peter Gorman
Cindy Owens remembers the night in chilling detail. Her daughter had been struck by a car. She’d called an ambulance and waited 45 minutes for its arrival. “It was nighttime, pouring rain, there was a lot of blood. We’d j...
Rollin’ on the River
ELIZABETH BASSETTThe travel and expense policy for the Tarrant Regional Water District is simple. It says that the district will pay for business-related meals only if employees submit a receipt, a list of the diners’ partaking, and a stateme...
Night Swims
KRISTIAN LINLately, the “M” in M. Night Shyamalan has started to stand for “maddening.” Like his underappreciated previous film The Village, his current movie Lady in the Water has its share of bad moments but isn’t a bad movie s...