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Celebrate 4th of July With Lancaster & DeSoto This Sunday
Lancaster, TX – The City of Lancaster will be hosting this year’s 4th of July Celebration in a joint effort with the City of DeSoto. The 4th of July event will take place on Sunday, July 4th, at the Helen Giddings Amphitheater located inside the 94-acre Community Park at 1700 Veterans Memorial Parkway, Lancaster, TX 75134. This will be the first major in-person event hosted by the City of Lancaster since the beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The City of Lancaster and the City of DeSoto annually partner together to provide a fun and
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Kindergarten teacher Temnit Muldowney and Nicky Hylton-Patterson pose with a basket filled with donations from local businesses to welcome a new family in Saranac Lake. (Provided photo Naj Wikoff)
On Dec. 2, 2019, Nicole Hylton-Patterson was hired as the Adirondack Diversity Initiative’s first director. A year later, she’s now providing a bundle of gifts gathered from area shops to an African American family that’s recently settled in Saranac Lake. This is one of many initiatives she’s launched to make the region more welcoming to visitors of diverse backgrounds and, in this case, a family that’s taking up residence.