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Summer fun: Forney Starplex having End of Summer 80's Retro Film Fest in August
The Forney Starplex Stadium 12 movie theater is having an “End of Summer 80's Retro Film Fest” during the month of August. If you are ready to re-live old memories of 80's lore, and do it for a cheap price, you'll enjoy the Film Fest. If perhaps you were just being born in the 80's, then this is your chance to catch some great films that your parents probably know very well.
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The Hole Thing Donuts Great Donut Design contest winner is announced
The Hole Thing Donuts recently held a Facebook contest called the “Great Donut Design” to give their customers a chance to create the donut of their dreams. They gave inForney.com the exclusive honor of announcing the winner of this fun contest.
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Forney Bank of America robbery suspects arrested in Quinlan
The suspects involved in the May 18, 2012 robbery at the Forney Bank of America were arrested in Quinlan on Thursday, August 2. The two men are also suspected in a string of armed bank robberies in the Dallas/Fort Worth area that occurred this spring.
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Forney Food Pantry needs community's help: April tornado severely damaged their building
Taressa Adams has been managing the Forney Food Pantry for seven years and she recognizes that as the community has grown, so have the needs of the people living here. The food pantry, which use to be called the New Life Food Pantry, has been serving the neediest people in Forney for 24 years. Their ability to continue that service could be in jeopardy now, thanks in large part to the destructive EF-3 tornado that did severe damage to their building on April 3, 2012.
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Chili's of Forney to host Kaufman County Children's Center night
Forney's Chili's Grill and Bar Restaurant will play host to the Kaufman County Children's Center on Wednesday night, August 1st, 2012 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Chili's will donate 10% of all sales from tables that present or mention the flier for the event. (Click the print button below the article title to print the flier.)
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Forney's Antique Row: Still the Antique Capital of Texas?
In 1987, the Texas State Legislature officially proclaimed Forney as the “Antique Capital of Texas.” At that time, Forney was a small town of just 5,000 residents and over 100 antique dealers in the area, most along Highway 80 on Antique Row. Antiques put Forney on the map, but where does that industry fit in now?
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