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Retired DOE contractor employees, spouses have annual meeting Oct. 19

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The Coalition of Oak Ridge Retirees, or CORRE, will have its annual meeting on Monday, October 19.

CORRE is an organization of retirees that works to improve the welfare of more than 12,000 former employees and surviving spouses of the various managing contractors of U.S. Department of Energy facilities in Oak Ridge, a press release said.

The October 19 meeting starts at 2 p.m. at the Heritage Fellowship Church at 121 North Illinois Avenue in Oak Ridge. Parking is available at the Heritage Fellowship Church.

“All retirees, their spouses, and surviving spouses are urged to attend and are encouraged to bring other retirees,” a press release said. [Read more…]

Violent sex offender arrested after church reports theft, city says

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Gregory Scott Tyree

Gregory Scott Tyree

Oak Ridge police officers arrested a violent sex offender after a church alleged that he stole mail, officials said Friday.

The Oak Ridge Police Department was dispatched to the Heritage Fellowship Church on North Illinois Avenue at 8:50 a.m. Tuesday to respond to a report of mail theft, the City of Oak Ridge said in a press release.

ORPD Sergeant Robert Pitts located the suspect, Gregory Scott Tyree, 48, of Oak Ridge fleeing westbound on Robertsville Road near Willow Brook Elementary School, the press release said. Pitts also recovered evidence along Robertsville Road across from Robertsville Middle School with the help of the pastor who witnessed the theft and followed the suspect, the release said. [Read more…]

CORRE has annual membership meeting on Monday

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The Coalition of Oak Ridge Retirees will have its annual meeting at 2 p.m. Monday, October 20, at the Heritage Fellowship Church in Oak Ridge.

CORRE is an organization of retirees that works to improve the welfare of more than 12,000 former employees and surviving spouses of the various managing contractors of U.S. Department of Energy facilities in Oak Ridge. All retirees, their spouses, and surviving spouses are urged to attend and are encouraged to bring other retirees, a press release said.

CORRE expects about 200-250 retirees and spouses to attend, and invitations have been extended to members of the East Tennessee congressional delegation. [Read more…]