“Fresh Picks” features the top stories posted by our contributors at neighborsgo.com for and about the Allen area after the deadline for this Saturday’s print edition.

You can find quick links to all of them and lots more on the “Noteworthy” blog at http://www.neighborsgo.com/blog/allen_noteworthy.

ALLEN

Texas history comes alive for Green Elemtary fourth-graders

http://neighborsgo.com/stories/16338 

Shea Johnson to attend Varna ballet competition

http://neighborsgo.com/stories/16211

Walking through history: Connemara founder visits preserve

http://neighborsgo.com/stories/16255

Norton class raises money in effort to end world hunger

http://neighborsgo.com/stories/16238

Teachers, students honored at Top Ten Luncheon

http://neighborsgo.com/stories/16316

Norton Knights of the Week

http://neighborsgo.com/stories/16304

Green announces Accelerated Reader champions

http://neighborsgo.com/stories/16341

Allen High’s Annette Terry named KLAK Collin County Teacher of the Year.

http://neighborsgo.com/stories/16369

Things to do:

June 7: 2008 Spring Garden Tour. Tour books available for $10 donation at Puckett’s Nursery and Landscape at 811 East Main St. in Allen.

June 10: Songwriters’ variety show, 8 p.m., The Venue, 441 Stacy Rd. in Allen.

http://neighborsgo.com/stories/16186

June 14: Horse Industry Tour, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Collin County Extension Office parking lot, 825 N. McDonald in McKinney. http://neighborsgo.com/stories/16204

Next-door Neighbors

McKinney “Noteworthy”: Fresh Picks

http://neighborsgo.com/blog/mckinney_noteworthy

Plano/Murphy “Noteworthy”: Fresh Picks

http://neighborsgo.com/blog/planonoteworthy