Jenna and the Accidentals perform Friday night at A.K. Bissell Park in Oak Ridge during this year's first Secret City Sounds concert. The next concert, on May 11, features Aftah Party.
New assistant manager at DOE Oak Ridge Office
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Federal officials have selected a new assistant manager for environmental management for the U.S. Department of Energy in Oak Ridge.
Mark Whitney, who has worked in nuclear nonproliferation for the National Nuclear Security Administration, will become an assistant manager at DOE’s Oak Ridge Office effective August 2012.
Selma Shapiro tribute at Children’s Museum Satuday
A Saturday afternoon tribute at the Children's Museum of Oak Ridge will honor former executive director Selma Shapiro, pictured above at center.
A Saturday afternoon program that features student musicians and artists will honor Selma Shapiro, former executive director of the Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge.
Shapiro, who led the museum for almost 32 years, retired in 2004, when she was 80, but she continued to serve as a volunteer until she died in May 2011.
Oliver Springs city manager pick delayed
The Oliver Springs Town Council agrees to interview a third candidate for city manager. Pictured above from left are Council members James Brummett and Terry Holland, Mayor Chris Hepler, and Council members Omer Cox and Maurice Walker.
OLIVER SPRINGS — The self-imposed deadline to hire a new city manager has already passed, and the Oliver Springs Town Council agreed Thursday to wait another two weeks so they can interview a third candidate who didn’t respond to an earlier interview offer.
The candidate, John Hannah of Waynesville, N.C., now says he is very interested in the job, Oliver Springs Mayor Chris Hepler told Council members. But Hannah hasn’t explained why he didn’t respond to an earlier interview offer, Hepler said.
Hannah, a civil engineer who has been an adjunct professor and project manager, had been one of eight finalists for the position, which has been open since former City Manager David Bolling resigned in February to take a job in Newcastle, Maine.
Linden Carnival is Friday night
Linden Elementary School in Oak Ridge is having its Spring Carnival on Friday night.
The carnival includes food, games, face-painting, balloon animals, a photo booth, inflatables, and a cakewalk. Games start at 5 p.m. and run through 8 p.m.
NFL dream ends in fatal fall from truck
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OLIVER SPRINGS — Like most young men, Brady Walls had big dreams.
Walls, 17, wanted to become a famous football player, family members and friends said during a candlelight vigil in Oliver Springs on Tuesday.
“He wanted to go to the NFL and buy his daddy a Jeep,” said friend and neighbor John Simms, a junior at Oliver Springs High School.
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School board OKs change in ORHS debt payments
The school board has approved it, and the city council has rejected it. It’s not clear what will happen next.
At issue is a resolution unanimously approved by the Oak Ridge Board of Education on Monday and informally rejected by City Council a week earlier.
The resolution would allow the city’s school system to keep a portion of more than $700,000 in Anderson County sales tax revenues generated each year under a sales tax increase approved by voters in rural areas and Norris in 2006.
Wednesday session of Oak Ridge Farmers Market starts today
The Oak Ridge Farmers Market has already opened for the season on Saturday mornings, and starting today, the market will also be open on Wednesday afternoons.
The farmers market, one of the oldest continuously operating markets in Tennessee, is in the parking lot just north of Jackson Square. Vendors sell locally grown produce, meats, honey, eggs, plants, and flowers.
Sheriff’s $2 million request rejected
Anderson County Sheriff Paul White, left, presents his budget request to Budget Committee and county staff members Tuesday. Also pictured from center are Anderson County commissioners Tim Isbel, Dusty Irwin, Buzz Patrick, Mayor Myron Iwanski, and county budget staff members Connie Aytes and Chris Phillips.
CLINTON — The sheriff wants an extra $2 million in his budget, but the county mayor opposes his request.
For now, it seems the mayor has prevailed.
Chief: Don’t fight your own fires
A photo submitted by Oak Ridge Fire Department shows an April fire on East Drive possibly caused by an electrical problem.
So far this year, two Oak Ridge homes have been destroyed by fires after residents tried to fight the flames themselves and calls to 911 were delayed by five minutes or more, Oak Ridge Fire Chief Darryl Kerley said in an e-mail to the media Monday.
Now, Kerley is urging residents to call 911 immediately if they see smoke or fire. “We’re trying to notify the public to please, please call us,” he said.
Relay For Life fights cancer June 1
More than 25 fundraising teams are expected to participate in a June 1 cancer-fighting fundraiser at Oak Ridge High School.
Money raised at the all-night Relay for Life will support American Cancer Society efforts to help fight cancer and find a cure for it. Organizers hope to raise $80,000.
