Extended family relationships in close families – especially in small towns – often defy the labels they carry. Cousins are more like siblings. Aunts and uncles fill roles beyond the …
Facing the giants
Last week, Farragut Town Administrator David Smoak traveled to Nashville to sit down with Verizon and AT&T leadership to discuss the town’s concerns about the installation of small cell structures …
Farragut Rotary says goodbye to ‘Mother Rotary’
A packed house of Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Farragut, joined by 13 members of the Rotary Club of Tellico Lake, said goodbye to its “Mother” yesterday – Joan …
Old age and Thin Mints
There are many – too many – signs in my daily life that let me know I’m getting older! The one that has hit home the hardest recently has to …
Concord Farragut’s first restaurants
Years ago, in the Concord Farragut community, farm hands were called in at dinnertime for a hearty meal and families gathered around the table together at suppertime to enjoy home …
‘The hay’s in the barn’
For now, the door-knocking is done, the flyers have been mailed and phone banks will soon grow still. It’s game time, kickoff set for this morning, March 3, when the …
Dr. Russ Frazier: Caring professional heads KCR
He has his collection of Knox County Rescue (KCR) uniforms and an array of hats, coats, shirts and boots. There’s a formal uniform and working clothes – and yes, at …
Food, fun and friends attract residents to The Villages of Farragut
Don Olson was one of the first to sign a lease for an independent living apartment at The Villages of Farragut, so he got to choose his apartment.
“I picked the …