Covid, unsurprisingly, has had an impact on the Rotary Club of Farragut. Like most organizations, businesses and schools, the club meets online each Wednesday now, and it has impacted our …
Grumpy in the seventh-inning stretch
Stupid groundhog.
I mean really. Would it have hurt him to just blink a little and say, “Naw, that’s not my shadow. Spring is on the way!”
Truthfully, I know I’m in …
Time travel to old Concord landmarks
We all do it. We whiz up and down the roads of Concord/Farragut never giving a thought as to why the roads have the names they are given. Consider the …
Farragut’s Black History Month event goes virtual
The virus has taken away many, many events in Farragut, but one of the more painful losses is the Black History Month program presented by the Farragut Museum committee each …
Fewer people adds a lot of magic at Disney World
For years I struggled with putting a trip to Walt Disney World on my “must do” list.
That’s a very strange reaction to the “happiest place on earth” from someone who …
Meet the new face of Town Hall
Gwyneth Carrell and her husband, Stephen, moved to the Farragut area on Memorial Day weekend, but she didn’t find the right job until October, when she became the new Farragut …
Friends of the Smokies working on park’s issues
On Sept. 2, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the most heavily visited of the country’s 63 national parks, will turn 81 years old. That has caused two major issues …
Feeling a whole lot ‘country’
One of the “oldies” of country music I love is “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool.” Back when it was a hit, I could identify with most every sentiment …