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Peanut Butter Drive Ends Sept. 30

There’s still time to donate jars of peanut butter to the annual North Texas Food Bank Peanut Butter Drive and help it reach the goal of collecting 300,000 pounds—the drive ends Thursday, Sept. 30.

State Fair Begins Today; DART Announces Related Schedule Changes

State Fair of Texas, which began today and continues through Oct. 17, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) has announced the following schedule changes that started earlier this week:

DART Now Accepting Contactless Payment

Streetcar service, expanding touch-free payment options (other touch-free options already in place include the GoPass® mobile app and GoPass® Tap card).

Results of NNO Can Do Food Drive

The Richardson Police Department’s 2021 Can Do Food Drive was held Saturday as a pre-National Night Out (NNO) event and brought in 2,600 pounds of food. The food will benefit Network of Community Ministries’ Food Pantry and Mobile Food Pantry.

Pavement Replacement to Close Lanes near Belt Line/Bowser

In two phases, the right lanes of eastbound and westbound Belt Line Road between Bowser Road and Grove Road and then the left lane of westbound Belt Line Road in the same area may be closed to traffic alternately from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Network “Fork Off” Sept. 25

Network of Community Ministries will host its second “Fork-Off” Saturday, Sept. 25, at its new headquarters at 1500 International Pkwy., with a VIP reception beginning at 5:30 p.m. and the main event beginning at 7 p.m.

Senior Center Wellness and Safety Fair Sept. 30

The Senior Center hosts its annual Wellness & Safety Fair Thursday, Sept. 30 beginning at 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Tales for Tails Sept. 26

Tales for Tails Sept. 26
Readers in grades K-4 can improve their reading skills while reading to real dogs thanks to the Library’s “Tales for Tails” program.

FOL Book Sale Begins Oct. 1

More than 30,000 books (and CDs, DVDs and other media) await attendees of the Friends of the Richardson Library (FOL) Book Sale, Oct. 1-3 in the Library’s Basement Program Room.

Happening At The Eisemann Center

Here’s what’s happening at the Eisemann Center.