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🌱 What Duncanville’s new city manager will tackle first on Nov. 2.

Duncanville, Texas Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hello Duncanville! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • What Duncanville’s new city manager will tackle first on Nov. 2.
  • What investigators are asking about voting records at Duncanville Library.

Also on today's calendar: Dinner with Entrepreneurs: Small Town Small Business Edition | Duncanville and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you get if you buy a French ax and have it shipped? 🤔 (Answer below!)

☑️ Important voting information: The Nov. 3 general election is coming up. Official Texas election resources: Find your polling place | How to register to vote | Check your registration | Vote by mail or absentee | Early voting.

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Mostly cloudy, showers around, with a high of 69 and low of 60 degrees.
  • Sunday: Mostly cloudy and humid, temps: high: 76, low: 63.
  • Monday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 78 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Duncanville names new city manager (ramblernewspapers.com) — Duncanville has appointed Dr. Ana Alvarez as the new city manager starting Nov. 2, while city leaders also move toward a committee to rethink plans for a costly new police facility. At the same meeting, the fire department detailed record call volumes, staffing vacancies, and the need for a third station and local training facilities, and the city previewed a public performance dashboard to track services and projects.
   

• Tarrant County Conviction Puts Focus On Illegal Voting As Early Voting Proceeds (wbap.com) — A state election complaint is focusing on possible double voting and altered records at the Duncanville Library polling site during early voting, though no criminal wrongdoing has been established so far. As federal prosecutors highlight a separate noncitizen voting conviction in Tarrant County, state and county officials are being pressed to preserve Duncanville poll records and clarify whether more than one ballot from a single voter was ever counted.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Saturday October 31
  • Creative Writing Club: Writing Marathon
    Dallas Public Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas
    10:00 am
  • Keyboard Class
    Dallas Public Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas
    10:00 am
  • IntelliChoice Math Tutoring K-12 →
    Martin Luther King Jr Library and Learning Center, 2922 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Dallas
    10:00 am
  • Local Author Event – Dr. Yolanda Carter →
    DeSoto Public Library, 211 E. Pleasant Run Rd., DeSoto
    12:00 pm
  • Cuentos & Stories - Bilingual Storytime →
    DeSoto Public Library, 211 E. Pleasant Run Rd. Ste C, DeSoto
    1:00 pm
  • Saturday Movies
    Dallas Public Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas
    1:00 pm
  • Central Chess Club
    Dallas Public Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas
    1:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Here's our dad joke for pre-Friday (10/29).
    My wife told me I've grown as a person. Her actual words were "You've gotten fat", but I knew what she meant ;-) (Nextdoor West Park)
  • Estate Sale 10/31.
    9am-2pm furniture, accessories, art and more …. 1001 Frost Hollow Dr Desoto TX (Nextdoor Irwin Keasler Red Bird North)
  • CDS (Club Demonstration Services) posted a job opening for Part Time Weekend Product Demonstrator in Costco in Duncanville. Apply here.
  • Wendy's posted a job opening for Crew Member in Desoto. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Duncanville here.

🗞 Nearby News

DeSoto

  • 10 D-FW taquerias open 24/7 for tacos whenever you're hungry (dallasnews.com)
  • Texas high school football rankings: King, Randle survive scares (usatoday.com)

Cedar Hill

  • Rethinking Your Lawn (Without Overthinking It) (audubon.org)
  • Universal Health Services's Q3 earnings call: our top 5 analyst questions (stockstory.org)

Grand Prairie

  • Plano East sweeps South Grand Prairie in bi-district match (murphymonitor.com)
  • Around Town Oct. 29–Nov. 1: Festivals, Trick-or-Treating & Día de los Muertos (audacy.com)

Ok Duncanville! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you get if you buy a French ax and have it shipped?" — You have a foreign ax-sent (accent) (Thank you Carrie E. for sending it in!)
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