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Free Community Meal on Friday, April 28, at Oak Ridge church

Posted at 2:41 pm April 21, 2017
By Maureen Hoyt Leave a Comment

On the final Friday of each month, the Stone Soup Ministry team at Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church, or ORUUC, invites its neighbors to a free community meal, a press release said.

You can join them on Friday, April 28. On the menu will be Mexican bean soup, turkey sandwiches, peach cobbler, and fresh fruit, the press release said. Dine-in or take-out will be available from 5 to 6 p.m. ORUUC is located at 809 Oak Ridge Turnpike (close to traffic light number 2.)

“Bring your family, your neighbors, or just yourself,” coordinator Jinx Watson said. “It’s a great place to come to meet new people for fellowship and too, if you just don’t feel like cooking. Some non-perishable family friendly groceries will be available for free to anyone in need.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Churches, Community Tagged With: community, community meal, Hank's Market, Honey Baked Ham Café, Jewish Congregation of Oak Ridge, Jinx Watson, Kroger, news, Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church, ORUUC, ORUUC Congregation, Stone Soup Ministry

Free community meal on Friday at Oak Ridge church

Posted at 12:07 pm January 25, 2017
By Maureen Hoyt Leave a Comment

The Stone Soup Ministry team at Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church will be serving a free community meal on Friday, January 27. Dine-in or take-out will be available from 5 to 6 p.m.

ORUUC is located at 809 Oak Ridge Turnpike (close to traffic light number 2) in Oak Ridge. Homemade white chicken chili, cornbread, fresh fruit, and cookies will be on the menu. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Churches, Community, Front Page News Tagged With: community meal, Hank's Market, Jewish Congregation of Oak Ridge, Jinx Watson, Kroger, Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church, ORUUC, Stone Soup Ministry

Hank’s Market opened Tuesday

Posted at 11:27 am August 27, 2015
By John Huotari 1 Comment

Hank's Market Ribbon-cutting

Hank’s Market opened before this ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday morning. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

Hank’s Market, the new grocery store in east Oak Ridge, opened Tuesday. It’s in the space formerly used by Food Lion on Emory Valley Road.

It’s the second Hank’s store. The original store is in Washington, Indiana.

Hank’s has been interested in the former Food Lion site since Food Lion closed its Oak Ridge store last summer, said Tony Malanga, an East Tennessee-based district manager for the parent company, Houchens Food Group in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

“We had an opportunity with the Food Lion closing here,” Malanga said at a Tuesday morning ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce.

The new store opened at 7 a.m. Tuesday, and it is open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Business, Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Slider Tagged With: Chris Johnson, Emory Valley Road, Food Lion, grocery store, Hank's, Hank's Market, Houchens Food Group, Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce, Parker Hardy, Tony Malanga

Hanks’ Market has ribbon-cutting on Tuesday, Goodwill moving

Posted at 6:16 pm August 22, 2015
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Hank's Market

The new Hank’s Market grocery store in east Oak Ridge has a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

The new Hank’s Market grocery store in east Oak Ridge has a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, August 25.

Hank’s Market #45 will be in the space formerly used by the Food Lion grocery store at 691 Emory Valley Road.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony is from 10-11 a.m. Tuesday, with the ribbon-cutting at 10:15.

Food Lion confirmed its plans to close its Oak Ridge store in June 2014. The company said it was not renewing its lease on the property.

The spaces where Curves and Briarcliff Realty used to be next to Food Lion have been under renovation also, and in July, Goodwill confirmed that it is moving to Emory Valley Road. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Business, Front Page News, Meetings and Events, Oak Ridge, Slider Tagged With: Briarcliff Realty, Curves, Erin Rosolina, Food Lion, Goodwill, Goodwill Industries Knoxville, grocery store, Hank's Market, ribbon-cutting

Hank’s Market hopes to open by Aug. 25

Posted at 8:51 pm July 19, 2015
By John Huotari 8 Comments

Hank's Market Grocery Store

Hank’s Market grocery store plans to open at the former Food Lion in Oak Ridge by August 25.

 

Hank’s Market grocery store plans to open at the former Food Lion in east Oak Ridge by August 25.

Hank’s Market #45 will be at 691 Emory Valley Road.

The company has responded to several queries from local residents on its Facebook page. Here’s one response:

Our Oak Ridge store is scheduled to open later next month (August). We are hoping to have the doors open on the 25th of August.”

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Business, Oak Ridge, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: Briarcliff Realty, Curves, Emory Valley Road, Food Lion, grocery store, Hank's Market, The Real Estate Office

Former Paragon Athletic Club demolished

Posted at 7:10 pm July 19, 2015
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Paragon Athletic Club Demolition on July 19, 2015

The former Paragon Athletic Club on Emory Valley Road has been demolished. This picture was taken on Sunday, July 19, 2015. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

Note: This story was updated at 7:52 p.m.

The former Paragon Athletic Club on Emory Valley Road has been demolished.

The building, which hadn’t been used for years, has been knocked to the ground, although debris remains at the site.

The former fitness center is near the former Food Lion grocery store in east Oak Ridge. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Business, Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: Bayside Holdings LLC, Emory Valley Road, Food Lion, Hank's Market, Paragon, Paragon Athletic Club, R.T. Clapp Company Car Care Center, RBU Development LLC, Robert R. Vandergriff, RT Clapp

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