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Endangered 8 includes Magnet Mills, Oliver Springs railroad depot

Posted at 2:51 pm April 15, 2016
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Magnet Mills in downtown Clinton (Image courtesy East Tennessee Preservation Alliance)

 

A list of eight endangered historic properties that was announced on Friday includes the Oliver Springs Southern Railroad Depot and Magnet Mills, a former hosiery mill in Clinton.

The East Tennessee Endangered 8 is announced each year by the East Tennessee Preservation Alliance.

Here is more information from an ETPA press release: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: All-East Tennessee Orchestra, East Tennessee Endangered 8, endangered heritage sites, ETPA, Former Tennessee Military Institute, Historic Downtown Dandridge, Knox Heritage, Magnet Mills, New Salem Baptist Church, Old Jefferson City Hall, Oliver Springs Southern Railroad Depot, Stonecipher-Kelly House, Tanner School

ORHS Orchestra shines in New York City

Posted at 8:30 pm March 20, 2016
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The Oak Ridge High School Orchestra is pictured above at Ellis Island in New York City on March 14, 2016. (Photo by ORHS Orchestra via Twitter)

 

Submitted

Oak Ridge High School Orchestra is in the mist of a record-setting year. During the past month, 28 ORHS Orchestra students earned All-East Tennessee Orchestra honors, and 13 earned All-State Tennessee Orchestra recognition. Both of the previously mentioned accomplishments were the most of any orchestra program in East Tennessee.

Also, the orchestra performed in the East Tennessee Band and Orchestra Concert Festival this month and earned all superior ratings in every category and sub-category for all four judges at the event. This was the first time in ORHS Orchestra’s history to achieve this feat.

This past weekend, the orchestra traveled to Washington, D.C., and New York City to compete in a national orchestra competition with schools from Tennessee, Georgia, Missouri, California, Texas, and Arizona. ORHS Orchestra stole the show with 11 total awards including: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Entertainment, Front Page News, K-12, Music, Top Stories Tagged With: Alek Wereszczak, All-East Tennessee Orchestra, All-State Tennessee Orchestra, Carl Strommen, Eagle Yuan, East Tennessee, East Tennessee Band and Orchestra Concert Festival, Evelyn Pieper, Maureen Hynes, Mike Carubia, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge High School Orchestra, orchestra, ORHS, ORHS Orchestra, ORHS Orchestra Boosters

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