Festival marks milestone
The opening day for last weekend’s Clinch River Fall Antique Festival, on Friday, was busier than usual, downtown merchants reported. - G. Chambers Williams III
Even with some light rain early on Saturday and occasional sprinkles throughout the day, this year’s 25th-annual Clinch River Fall Antique Festival was called a great success by its organizers. Showcasing the recent $5.9 million in downtown renovations, the festival took over Market Street and part of Main Street on Friday and Saturday, hosted by Historic Downtown Clinton. Merchants reported what may have been a record crowd on Friday, under clear, sunny skies, while attendance may have been down a bit on Saturday because of the forecast of rain. “We had so many businesses and vendors tell us how incredible their sales were with the huge crowds, [with] Friday being much bigger than anyone expected,” said Katherine Birkbeck, executive director of Historic Downtown Clinton.
Read MoreEarly voting starts Oct. 14 at 3 sites
The County Clerk’s office in the Anderson Crossing shopping center on Andersonville Highway in Norris will be one of three early-voting sites in Anderson County. The others are in Clinton and Oak Ridge. - G. Chambers Williams III
Early voting for the Nov. 3 general election will begin next Wednesday, Oct. 14, and continue through Thursday, Oct. 29. Among the choices voters will make in the election is the successor to Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, among other offices. The front-runner in the governor’s race is Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, who faces Democrat Jerri Green, a Memphis environmental activist, and 13 independent candidates. Republican U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty is facing Democrat challenger Marquita Bradshaw and eight independent candidates. Tennessee District 3 U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, a Republican, faces Democrat challenger Anna Golladay and five independent candidates. The three locations for early voting in Anderson County are: • Anderson County Fair Association Building, 218 Nave St., Clinton. • Midtown Community Center, 102 Robertsville Road, Oak Ridge. • Anderson County Government Offices, Anderson Crossing Shopping Center (Norris/Andersonville), 3324 Andersonville Highway, next door to Anderson Crossing Pharmacy.
Read MoreChurch faces hurdle; Norris planners say no
The seven-member Norris Planning Commission voted unanimously Monday night to reject a request from a real estate developer to add “churches and places of worship” to the list of allowed uses in the city’s C2 commercial business zones. Ken Seaman of the 3310 Real Estate Partnership brought the request to the Planning Commission to facilitate his sale of the former Hensley’s IGA property on Andersonville Highway to a Knoxville church, which wants to convert the old supermarket space into a sanctuary for a new church. But Norris City Planner Kathryn Baldwin recommended strongly against the zoning change to the commission, saying that it would “not be in the best interests of the people of Norris.” She noted that the property is part of the Anderson Crossing shopping district, which she said is the only C2 commercial district in Norris.
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