Complete records of food service establishments are public records and are available for public viewing at the Blount County Health Department in Maryville.
GATLINBURG – Managers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park have announced that the section of the un-completed Foothills Parkway extending west from Wears Valley Road has been re-opened to non-motorized recreational use. Kevin FitzGerald, Deputy Superintendent at the Smokies said, “Now that construction activity has been completed for the time being, we welcome the public [...]
GATLINBURG – Managers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park have announced that the Newfound Gap Road (U.S. 441) between Cherokee, N.C. and Gatlinburg, Tenn. will be closed from sunset on Tuesday, September 1st until late afternoon on Wednesday, September 2nd. The closure will allow the park to conduct a 75th Anniversary Park Rededication Event at [...]
Former Townsend students and alumni met this past weekend at the former Townsend High School for their annual reunion, held the first Saturday in August each year. Townsend High School closed with the graduating class of 1977, and consolidated with Walland, Porter, and Everett high schools to become Heritage High School in Maryville.
The Mary E. Tippitt Memorial Library in Townsend will be holding its first children’s programs on Tuesday, August 4th. The Pre-School program will be for children ages 3 – 5 and will run from 10:15 to 11:30 a.m.; the theme is Shapes, Colors, and Numbers. The After-School program will be for children in grades K [...]
Mother of Marvin Burns and his wife, Donna of Townsend MARYVILLE, Tenn. – Trula M. Burns, age 73 of Rockford passed away, Friday, July 31, 2009 at the family home. Preceded in death by parents; John and Ida Bales; brothers, Bill, Bud and Paul Bales. Survived by husband of 54-years, Mayford Burns; daughter and son-in-law, [...]
Diane E. Skene, age 58, of Townsend, formerly of Bradenton, Fla., passed away Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at Blount Memorial Hospital. She was a wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother, and will be deeply loved and missed by all who knew her. Survivors include: husband of 30 years, Garry Skene of Townsend; children, James M. & [...]
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, along with the University of Memphis, will be conducting a study on the distribution of rabbit and squirrel species in Tennessee in the upcoming hunting season. Tennessee is home to three species of rabbits which are the eastern cottontail, Appalachian cottontail, and swamp rabbit. It is also home [...]
Vacation Bible School Kinzel Springs Baptist Church is holding Vacation Bible School this week from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The church, located on E. Lamar Alexander Pkwy. in Townsend is inviting the community to participate. “It all comes back to Jesus” — Pastor Dean Mullins This year’s theme is ‘Boomarang Express,’ “It all comes back [...]