Grant to improve Anchor Park

Sandra ClarkFarragut, Feature

The town of Farragut has won a $325,000 grant that will be used for improvements at Anchor Park. Renovations will include a reconstructed and expanded restroom and entrance plaza and …

Soccer fan on any continent

Sherri Gardner HowellFarragut, Feature

My best friend and I are planning a trip to Spain together. We travel together fairly well, in spite of being very different in what fuels our passions. We’ve had …

Harkins retires (again)

Tom KingFarragut, Feature

In the last nine years, Ben Harkins has sat at a computer and watched more than 8,500 hours of videos. He’s sent $50 citations to, among others, a sister-in-law, a …

Services today for Richard O’Brien

Sandra ClarkFarragut, Feature

Richard H. O’Brien, 85, of Farragut, passed away Aug. 22 and will be honored at 2 p.m. today (8/27) at East Tennessee State Veterans’ Cemetery, 5901 Lyons View Pike.
He was …

Finding comfort in the kitchen

Sherri Gardner HowellFarragut, Feature

I don’t know for an absolute fact that Southerners invented the term “comfort foods,” but I wouldn’t hesitate to bet on it. Even the list of common comfort foods on …

Rotarians find joy in service

Tom KingFarragut, Feature

Load after load went into the washers and load after load had to be dried. Then the clothes, sheets and whatever else had to be folded and shirts and slacks …

Adorante is at home at Farragut Intermediate

Tracy Haun OwensFarragut, Feature

The years from third to fifth grades are important ones, says Farragut Intermediate School principal Deborah Adorante. The stakes for statewide tests are higher, and the children are learning good …