Oak Ridge officials claim the closure of Sears in the Oak Ridge Mall is just the silver lining in a cloud they’ve been looking for. “Our long-term plan for the space has been to create the world’s largest climate controlled storage facility,” explains Mark Watson, Oak Ridge City Manager. “We have an aging population, and…
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Oak Ridge leads the way by eliminating all postal deliveries
Based on a projected $8.3 billion loss this year, the postal service is scrambling to make up the lost funds. The Postmaster General has suggested cutting Saturday deliveries, bringing the delivery week to 5 days. The Oak Ridge Postal service has come up with a much more dramatic plan to cut costs. Starting September 1,…
Oak Ridge ‘Walking Man’ finds car, drives away
The ‘Walking Man’ has long been a fixture of Oak Ridge, even developing a following that brought him his own Facebook group. As it turns out, he has simply been looking for his car. Late Saturday evening, he was seen running towards a car near the Grove Theatre and yelling “I found it, I found…
Alexander Inn to accept reactor fuel from Y-12
As a last-ditch effort to save the Alexander Inn, members of the Oak Ridge Revitalization Effort (ORRE) have made arrangements to accept and process never-used reactor fuel from Y-12 nuclear weapons plant. The materials, previously slated for disposal in Nevada, will be shipped directly to the Alexander Inn at substantial savings. A spokesman for ORRE has…
Oak Ridge narrowly dodges Target
Another Target is being built in the region, but thanks to the forward-thinking officials in Oak Ridge, they’ve managed to dodge that bullet yet again. According to Tom Beehan, Mayor of Oak Ridge, “If Oak Ridgers wanted a Target, they’d clearly live in Knoxville or Minnesota. Plus we don’t want to compete with our thriving…