🌱 Pharmacist Of The Year + New Restaurant/Outdoor Game Space

Happy Tuesday, people of McKinney-Frisco! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started. Here's everything happening today in McKinney-Frisco.

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First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy; breezy, warm. High: 88 Low: 65.

Here are the top stories today in McKinney-Frisco:

1. A McKinney pharmacist won a national award for"Best Pharmacist of the Year." Jennifer Bourgeois, Pharm.D., was selected by the Best of the Best Pharmacy Awards for her commitment to her patients behind and beyond the counter. Bourgeois has worked as a pharmacist at Market Street for the past eight years and has developed close relationships with many of her past and present customers. She and her family also started the non-profit organization A New View, which collects and helps distribute used eyeglasses to people with visual impairments. (SingleCare)
2. Restaurants with sprawling outdoor spaces are all the rage around Dallas-Fort Worth, and now McKinney has one of its own. The Stix Icehouse is a new restaurant/bar and outdoor space that celebrated its grand opening over the weekend at 301 Eldorado Parkway. In addition to food and drinks, the 14-acre complex offers a nine-hole disc golf course, wiffle ball, corn hole, ping pong, swings, and a treehouse. (CultureMap Dallas)
3. If you're not ready to give up the Halloween spirit just yet, the Frights 'n Lights experience in Frisco will remain open until Nov. 6. (WFAA.com)
4. Seven nursing schools — including a partnership between Collin College and Tarrant County College — will be launching new programs amid shortages. (Becker's Hospital Review)
5. Towne Lake Park was filled with ghosts and goblins over the weekend as the City of McKinney hosted its annual Trick or Treat Trail. (North Texas e-News)

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Today in McKinney-Frisco:

• Breakfast Bunch Trip - Allen Cafe - McKinney Parks and Recreation (9:00 AM)
• Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting (6:30 PM)
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— Nicole Fallon-Peek

About me: Nicole Fallon-Peek is a journalist and copywriter with a degree in Media, Culture and Communication from New York University. She has served as a freelance reporter, managing editor, copy editor, and editorial director for a variety of B2B news outlets. She currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.