By Steve Williams It’s not too late for a Summer Vacation trip. In fact, the way CARE 365 founder Dave Moore sees it, a ride in the Family Truckster may be just what many Americans need after recent disturbing events. Moore has converted the Truckster’s Christmas Vacation look this past winter to Summer Vacation style. […]
Beginning Sunday, August 7, the Beck Cultural Exchange Center, Inc., will kick off a weeklong series of events to commemorate its Second Annual Eighth of August Jubilee that will culminate on Saturday, August 13 at Chilhowee Park. Sunday, August 7 beginning at 6 p.m. at the Freedmen’s Mission historic cemetery adjacent to Knoxville College, an […]
The Anderson County Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Tennessee Small Business Development Center (TSBDC) will host a free workshop for small business owners and entrepreneurs who want a better understanding of starting a new business. The TSBDC advises and assists entrepreneurs and small business owners in our area at no cost to them. […]
Join us for the Great Smoky Arts & Crafts Community Marketplace in downtown Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Sugarlands Distilling Company will host local artists Saturday, August 13 from 10 a.m. to 4. p.m. Come experience, first hand, the craftsmanship and beauty that goes into broom making, clay sculpting, glass blowing and wood carving and burning. Featured […]
Top Blount County restaurants to offer samples of their fare Let the friendly competition begin. Taste of Blount, a collection of savory food favorites from restaurants, caterers and gourmet grocers, returns for its 15th year at the Theater in the Park in Maryville (across from the Blount County Courthouse) Thursday, Sept. 8 from 6–8 […]
Have a blast with the past at the East Tennessee History Fair! The “History Hound” Dog Costume Contest is a feature event of the 9th Annual East Tennessee History Fair being held on Saturday, August 20. Bring your canine companion in his best historic costume to have him crowned History Hound! Local celebrities will be judging […]
Southern Constructors Inc. crews paved this block of Cumberland Avenue, between 21st and 22nd streets, on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. This paved lane covers what had been a strip of gravel, and it will be the future westbound lane of Cumberland. The new pavement establishes the roadway and connections with cross streets at the correct new height while providing better access to the entrances of businesses. To the right are wide new sidewalks, with decorative bricks and silva-cell structures that will nurture healthy root growth for new trees.
The schedule for overnight pavings along a three-block section of Cumberland Avenue has been adjusted to include Friday night and early Saturday morning, Aug. 5-6. The series of pavings – involving the future westbound lane of Cumberland and closures of one-block sections of 19th, 20th and 21st streets north of Cumberland – initially was […]
As Tennessee schools are starting back to school, the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) wanted to make drivers aware of the rules and penalties for improperly passing a school bus. Tennessee Law 55-8-151 addresses the overtaking and passing school busses while unloading/loading passengers and the penalties. The Tennessee law states: The driver of a […]
The downtown intersection of Church Avenue and South Gay Street will be closed from Thursday, Aug. 4, through Friday, Aug. 12 – part of a $1.5 million rebuild of the 700 block of South Gay Street, between Cumberland and Church avenues. The rebuild of the Church Avenue intersection with Gay Street, on the north […]
On Saturday, Aug. 6, 7 a.m.-noon, Knox County Schools’ teachers and teaching assistants will have the opportunity to shop for free classroom supplies when the Knox County Schools/PTA Teacher Supply Depot opens for the first time in the 2016-2017 school year. The Teacher Supply Depot provides Knox County Schools’ teachers and others with new and […]