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F.C. Garden Club garners awards at state convention
The Franklin County Garden Club won a list of state and district awards that were presented during the Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs’ State Convention held last month in Murfreesboro.…
Opinion: Changes to Open Meetings Act
D The Tennessee Open Meetings Act hasn’t changed too much over the years, but this year, the General Assembly made two major improvements that were a long time coming. The…
Cowan Elementary School’s 100th anniversary – ‘Together we Can’
Cowan Elementary School hit a major milestone this year in turning 100 years old. With this birthday being a big one, staff and students chose to celebrate all year by…
Keith Springs requests municipal water service
E Residents on Keith Springs Mountain have cited a need to have their homes attached to a municipal water supply and have approached the county’s Long Range Planning Committee about…
Opinion: Ears to hear
G Busy times on the farm necessitate lunch deliveries to the fields. One such day recently, I was simply the delivery person. Our daughter-in-law had made the custom sack lunches…
Local couple celebrates 73rd wedding anniversary
A According to the U.S. Census Bureau, fewer than five percent of all marriages last 50 years and a much smaller number survive 60 years, but Joseph Carl Hice, age…
Staying in key with Mark Newman
C Hillsboro resident Mark Newman walks down his front steps, tapping his white cane as he makes his way across a concrete walking path to the shop where, for decades,…
Obituaries in June 1, 2023, edition
JAMES NEWSOM NEWSOM, James William, age 40, of Hillsboro, died May 23, 2023. Survivors: children, Austin Brown, Jeremy Brown, Matthew Brown; siblings, Wanda Brown, Sandy Baltimore; niece, Rachael Rollins; nephews,…

