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Jefferson drug store, soda fountain wins award for historic …
1 天前 — The Oak Ridge Heritage & Preservation Association (ORHPA) recently selected Jefferson Compounding & Soda Fountain for its 2024 Historic Preservation Award. The award is a way to recognize the maintenance and preservation of historic structures in Oak Ridge. Owners Jack Greene and his wife, Connie, began working in the store in 1971 and are much ...
Improving public housing, constructing affordable apartments in …
2024年8月23日 — The Oak Ridge Housing Authority unveiled plans Friday morning to begin work early next year to renovate 128 existing public housing units scattered around the city and and construct 104 new affordable rental units in the Scarboro community for the area's workforce at a total cost of $56 million. "This is a historic moment for the Oak Ridge ...
Oak Ridge Tennessee launches improved city website
2024年1月11日 — City of Oak Ridge launches improved website. The city of Oak Ridge has a new website. The link, www.oakridgetn.gov, will not change from the previous city website, but the look will be new, a news release said. The new site is easier to navigate and includes a search feature that’s prominently placed in the center of the homepage, the release ...
Mirari Brass Quintet to perform in Oak Ridge on Oct. 20 2024
2 天之前 — The Oak Ridge Civic Music Association (ORCMA) will present the Mirari Brass Quintet for a chamber concert Sunday, Oct. 20, at First United Methodist Church, 1350 Oak Ridge Turnpike. The performance will take place at 3 p.m., with a pre-concert talk at 2:30. Known for their fusion of classical and contemporary brass repertoire, the Mirari Brass ...
Oak Ridge cleanup contractor awards $45K for STEM projects in …
2024年5月31日 — 3:27. Drones, a manufacturing simulator lab, and hands on meteorology are among the classroom projects United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR) will fund through the $45,000 in mini-grants the cleanup contractor awarded to 29 East Tennessee schools, including four in Oak Ridge. UCOR's mini-grants will fund 41 projects for K-12 teachers, according to a ...
The takeaways from council candidate Hope's answers to questions
4 天之前 — Here's the takeaways. Chuck Hope was the lone candidate at a recent election forum and told the audience he'd answer all the questions they had. And they took him up on the offer. Four people, including three incumbents, are seeking the three seats up for election in the Nov. 5 Oak Ridge City Election. Council members Hope, Derrick Hammond and ...
Candidates for Oak Ridge school board seem to agree on most …
4 天之前 — Three of the five candidates for the two open seats on the Oak Ridge Board of Education answered questions from Oak Ridgers during a forum Oct. 1, with the three candidates seeming to agree on topics ranging from removing books from school libraries to educators arming themselves. The League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge sponsored the forum at ...
'Secret was out': The gates of Oak Ridge were opened 75 years ago
2024年3月18日 — The Secret City had been gated for seven years when, on March 19, 1949, four of the main gates were opened allowing unrestricted access for the public to the city. The Elza, Edgemoor, Solway and Oliver Springs gates were opened and new gatehouses were placed in operation to isolate the three plant sites of K-25 (on the Oak Ridge Turnpike to the ...
6 out of 7 Oak Ridge schools earn an "A" under new grading system
2023年12月22日 — Tennessee has released letter grades for every public K-12 school in the state and Oak Ridge Schools received an A at six of the seven schools graded, making those schools among the highest rated ones in the state.. While Woodland Elementary School's student achievement numbers outperformed the state average in every area, the school received a C letter grade overall due to the weight applied ...