Oak Ridge Today has added a classifieds section.
Our first post in that section lists job openings at Emory Valley Center. We also included a link to the job openings in the right sidebar.
Please contact John Huotari at [email protected] or (865) 951-9692 if you would like to advertise there.
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The three anti-nuclear weapons activists pictured above allegedly cut through fences and vandalized a high-security building at the Y-12 National Security Complex in July and now face federal charges of property destruction, property depredation, and injuring national defense premises. From left to right the three are Michael R. Walli, Megan Rice, and Greg Boertje-Obed. (Submitted photo)
Four of the Top 5 stories on Oak Ridge Today in 2012 were related to the July 28 security breach at the Y-12 National Security Complex.
Of those four, the most viewed—and also our most viewed story of the year—was the one we wrote the day of the intrusion: Y-12 protesters enter high-security area, spray paint, splash blood. That’s when three anti-nuclear weapons activists allegedly hiked over Pine Ridge, cut through fences, and splashed human blood and spray-painted slogans on the Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility, where bomb-grade uranium is stored.
Other stories related to the security breach that ended up in the Top 5 were:
Christmas lights on Browder Circle in Oliver Springs
Oak Ridge Today has published a limited number of stories today (Monday, Christmas Eve), and we don’t plan to publish on Tuesday, Christmas Day, unless something major happens.
We want to enjoy this day with our family and friends. We hope you are able to enjoy the day as well.
We wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, and we’ll see you again on Wednesday.
Oak Ridge Today has added a YouTube channel. It’s available at www.youtube.com/oakridgetoday.
Our first video features the Oak Ridge High School marching band at the Dec. 8 Christmas parade. Enjoy.
Oak Ridge Today has added an events calendar. You can get to it by clicking on Events in the navigation bar at the top of each page.
It’s taken us a while to find the right event calendar system, but we like this one. One of the nice features it provides is offering you the option of viewing events in a calendar or as an upcoming events list. Those two options are available as two buttons at the upper right of the events page, underneath the main navigation bar.
We will add events as often as we can.
Please let us know if you have any questions. You may submit an event by sending it to [email protected].
Since we began operating about seven months ago, readers have regularly recommended that we require those who comment on Oak Ridge Today to use their real names.
In the beginning, this wasn’t much of an issue. Most people who commented on our site used their real, full names. And our readers said they appreciated that.
But recently, it seems that an increasing number of readers, maybe even most, have commented using pseudonyms.
We are testing a new theme on Oak Ridge Today. You may notice significant changes to the website as we transition from the previous theme to a new one.
We’ve been reluctant to change. Readers had told us they liked our previous theme because it made good use of white space and was easy to read and navigate.
