Dish Journal: Dish, Texas, Is Named After Satellite TV Company

Dish, Tex., got its name as part of a deal with the Dish Network satellite TV service. But the town is not exactly TV land, and the arrangement did not turn the place into a household name.

Contest to Name Brooklyn Park Lawn Is Halted as It Gets Personal

Brooklyn Bridge Park started a contest to name one of its lawns, but when a campaign arose to name it after Chris Hondros, a war photographer from Brooklyn who died in 2011, the park declined.