Updated: Council authorizes final design for Preschool, Senior Center
Note: This story was updated at 9:45 a.m. May 15. The Oak Ridge City Council on Monday authorized the final designs of the Senior Center and the Preschool and Scarboro Park Renovation. The two...
View ArticleUpdated: Council approves Rails to Trails engineering contract
Note: This story was updated at 10:15 a.m. May 15. The Oak Ridge City Council on Monday unanimously approved an engineering contract for the Rails to Trails project, which would convert a former CSX...
View ArticleElection 2018: Progress PAC endorsements for City Council, School Board
Note This story was updated at 10 a.m. Four candidates for Oak Ridge City Council and all three candidates running for Oak Ridge Board of Education running in the election today (Tuesday, November 6)...
View ArticleFour incumbents re-elected to Oak Ridge City Council
Note: This story was last updated at 12 a.m. The four incumbents—Mayor Warren Gooch, Council members Kelly Callison and Ellen Smith, and Mayor Pro Tem Rick Chinn—were re-elected to four-year terms on...
View ArticleGooch, Chinn will seek re-election as mayor, mayor pro tem
Oak Ridge Mayor Warren Gooch will seek re-election as mayor later this month, and Mayor Pro Tem Rick Chinn wants to serve again as mayor pro tem. The Oak Ridge City Council will elect two of their...
View Article(For members) Divided opinion, split vote for revised Main Street plan
The Oak Ridge Municipal Planning Commission and City Council discuss the revised plan for the second phase of Main Street Oak Ridge during a non-voting joint work session in the Municipal Building on...
View ArticleCouncil rejects revised plan for Main Street Oak Ridge
Note: This story was last updated at 1 a.m. The Oak Ridge City Council on Monday narrowly rejected a revised plan that would have allowed four national retailers to build stores at Main Street Oak...
View ArticleCouncil approves plan for apartments at former AMSE site
The Oak Ridge City Council on Monday approved a plan that would allow apartments at the former American Museum of Science and Energy site on South Tulane Avenue. The apartment proposal requires a...
View ArticleCouncil members suggest next steps for Main Street Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge City Council members on Tuesday suggested next steps for Main Street Oak Ridge. The discussion occurred about a week after Council rejected a revised plan for the second phase of the...
View ArticleCouncil approves revised Main Street plan
Note: This story was updated at 11:20 a.m. May 14. After rejecting an earlier version, the Oak Ridge City Council voted 6-1 on Monday to approve the latest version of the revised plan for Main Street...
View ArticleCouncil interested in proposed test, motorsports track
The Oak Ridge City Council is interested in a proposed test track and research facility or motorsports park at Horizon Center. The seven City Council members unanimously expressed interest in the...
View ArticleFor members: New stores planned at Main Street, but construction suspended
A crew works in the area of the second phase of construction of Main Street Oak Ridge on Thursday, March 5, 2020. The construction work has since been suspended. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge...
View ArticleSmith estimates 600-700 COVID cases in Oak Ridge zip code
Oak Ridge City Council member Ellen Smith has estimated there could have been between 600 to 700 cases of COVID-19 in the city’s main zip code through October 14. Oak Ridge’s main zip code is 37830....
View ArticleCity alarmed by 12.5 percent COVID positivity rate
In a press release Thursday, the City of Oak Ridge said it is alarmed by the 12.5 percent positivity rate for COVID-19 in the Oak Ridge area, and wastewater testing shows the disease is present across...
View ArticleFor members: Chinn opposes pool spending, affecting chlorine purchase
The Oak Ridge Outdoor Pool on Providence Road is pictured above. (Photo by City of Oak Ridge) Oak Ridge Mayor Pro Tem Rick Chinn, who proposed closing the city’s outdoor pool two years ago, objected...
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