From the Maryville Daily Times, Maryville Mayor Joe Swann responds to Vulcan threatening the citizens of Maryville with an expensive lawsuit:

"This is a response to the charge that the city of Maryville is 'wasting' money in its lawsuit to prevent the expansion of the quarry owned by Vulcan Materials Inc.," Swann wrote in the letter. "It is the job of the city to enforce its zoning laws and to protect citizens from operations that diminish the quiet enjoyment of their homes and property."

The John Sevier Area Residents group announce a Maryville City Meeting to discuss the impact of the new intermediate school on the Sevierville Road area. The details are as follows:

The City of Maryville has scheduled the next meeting, to be held at John Sevier School library on Tuesday evening, February 12, at 6 PM. Watch for an announcement in the newspaper. You are urged to attend, and to get the word out to folks whose neighborhoods were not represented in the first meeting last month, particularly residents along Everett High Road.

If you have questions, please reply to jsars.school@yahoo.com, which is monitored by Jennifer Franklin and Connie Miller, co-chairs of the former John Sevier 2020 group.

The most wonderful time of year is here! Festival season! With so many to choose from I thought it would be nice to hear opinions on some of the ones coming up this month. These two are my favorites.

Museum of Appalachia Fall Homecoming October 11, 12, 13, and 14

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Music, music, fine crafts and more music. My favorite is James Garland, master of the gourd instrument. That man makes gourds sing. You will have to beg him to sell you one of his CDs.

Mountain Makin's, Rose Center, Morristown October 27 and 28

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This event has music but the level of the fine art and craft is outstanding. Civil war reenactors, story tellers and local authors make this a wonderful event. I just wish we had a Rose Center here in Maryville. Their programs and class offerings are outstanding and affordable.

The Daily Times is now charging to view those archived articles we have all grown to know and love. Will $2.95 an article save the way local politics are handled?

According to this link Link... the Daily Times is owned by the Horvitz Newspapers Inc.

They also own The Peninsula Daily News. You will notice that our local Daily and this Daily out in Washington have very similar websites. Link...

There is a difference since Port Angles readers still have free access to the archived articles.

So, here we are. They want us to shut up and go away. Y'all think we should do that?

Robinella performs at the Blount County Library's Hot Summer Nights Concert Series.

Thursday Aug 23, 2007
7 PM
Outdoors- Bring your own chair
No admission charges