Below are headlines and links to stories posted this week by contributors for and about the Plano and Murphy areas.
Giving the gift of giving early this year
http://neighborsgo.com/stories/44129
Plano businesses offer shopper incentives
http://neighborsgo.com/stories/44076
Vote center brings added convenience to casting ballots
http://neighborsgo.com/stories/43701
Boggess Elementary carnival
http://neighborsgo.com/stories/43926
Collin College offers free dance seminars
http://neighborsgo.com/stories/43957
Alliance Data supports United Way ‘Day of Caring’
http://neighborsgo.com/stories/43938
Renner Middle School students learning to make good decisions
http://neighborsgo.com/stories/43933
National Charity League style show
http://neighborsgo.com/stories/43872
Project Linus delivers blankets of love for Camp Dragonfly
http://neighborsgo.com/stories/43843
Chamberlain Performing Arts hosts ‘Nutcracker’ auditions
http://neighborsgo.com/stories/43936
‘A Writer’s Garden’ book review and luncheon
http://neighborsgo.com/stories/43908
Cadette Girl Scout Troop 1022 making science fun
http://neighborsgo.com/stories/43854
Robinson Middle School choir wins national award
http://neighborsgo.com/stories/43699
GO AND DO
Oct. 17, 18: Prestonwood students present ‘The Best of Broadway’
http://neighborsgo.com/stories/44084
Oct. 24: ‘Pictures in the Pumpkin Patch’ at Plano Community Garden
http://neighborsgo.com/stories/43765
Oct. 24: Songfest to feature nine area choirs
http://neighborsgo.com/stories/43949
Oct. 31: Modeling, fashion workshop at Collin Creek Mall
http://neighborsgo.com/stories/43868
Nov. 3: JOB group offers advice, help for job seekers
http://neighborsgo.com/stories/44131
Nov. 4: Plano church offers parenting workshop
http://neighborsgo.com/stories/44133
Nov. 5: ‘Be Holiday Smart’
http://neighborsgo.com/stories/44115
Nov. 6, 7: UT Dallas presents ‘Best of Broadway II’
http://neighborsgo.com/stories/44134
Nov. 16: Surviving the holidays seminar at Messiah Lutheran
http://neighborsgo.com/stories/43986
ALSO ONLINE
Getting federal help with that fixer-upper
http://www.nbcdfw.com/around-town/real-estate/Getting-Federal-Help-With-That-Fixer-Upper-64186002.html
Plano’s Rex Burkhead suffers injury during Husker practice
http://new.khastv.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=18749
Plano drummer breaks Guinness record
http://www.lewisvilleleader.com/articles/2009/10/12/plano_star-courier/news/347.txt
DALLASNEWS.COM
Plano council approves request to use vacant movie theater for storage
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/collin/plano/stories/101309dnmetplanocouncilbrf.20f0a3a54.html
Plano boundary dispute raises one of public education’s key issues
http://educationfrontblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/10/plano-boundary-dispute-raises.html
Facing budget shortfalls, Plano drops sustainability goal
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/collin/plano/stories/101209dnmetgreenplano.409c0b7.html
God’s Food Pantry in Plano to keep its doors open
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/collin/plano/stories/DN-plpantry_08met.ART.Central.Edition1.4c18cd4.html
PLANO BLOG
Plano Poll: School boundary issues stir concerns
http://planoblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/10/plano-poll-school-boundary-iss.html
PISD reforms: Diversity vs. neighborhood schools
http://planoblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/10/pisd-reforms-diversity-vs-comm.html
Plano tax collections declining, though not as steeply
http://planoblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/10/plano-sales-taxes-decline-tho.html