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2026 Community Council Candidates

Six elected seats have terms ending in December 2026: one seat in each of Districts 1, 2, 3, and 4, plus two at-large seats. Candidates are still Read more...

Crow Fest Brings Three Days of Music, Food and Community to Sewanee

Crow Fest on the Mountain comes to Angel Park in Sewanee from Friday, Oct. 30 through Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. The three-day festival celebrates Read more...

St. Mary’s Sewanee Invites Community to ‘Buy One, Donate One’ This Thanksgiving

St. Mary’s Sewanee: The Ayres Center for Spiritual Development is once again offering Thanksgiving catering to the community, and this year there Read more...

Voting Information

Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, is the State and Federal General Election. For municipal elections held with the November election, the qualifying dates Read more...

True or False: 148 Unmarked Sewanee Graves

by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer True. This is an uncanny story, bordering on the unbelievable. But it is not a Halloween story. It is the Read more...

Monteagle Council Election: Meet the Candidates

by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer Five candidates are seeking election to the Monteagle Council with two seats open. Incumbents Dan Sargent Read more...

Franklin County Schools Laud National 4-H Youth Leader

by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer “Being young doesn’t mean you know what your plan is and you know what your future is going to be. It Read more...

Four One-Eyed Giants, and Other Thoughts about ‘The Odyssey’ on Screen

Friends of the Library of The University of the South invites you to attend a talk at 4:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 15, in Naylor Auditorium in Gailor Read more...

THE REMEMBERINGS – Memorial Spike Ceremony

A ceremony to recall and commemorate the lives of the people of Sewanee’s St. Mark’s community whose graves in the historic cemetery have Read more...

Monteagle: Resident Challenges Resolution Green-Lighting Petro

by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer “A city council cannot use a resolution to override, waive, or grant an individual exemption from a Read more...

SCA: Glimpse of Lost Cove Trail Secrets

by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer “We don’t know exactly why it’s called Lost Cove, but our theory is because the water gets lost. We Read more...

Radiating Humble Brilliance: Caki Wilkinson

by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer It’s not uncommon for a poet’s work to be informed by his or her experience as a member of a particular Read more...

Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Indigenous Peoples’ Day this year falls on Monday, Oct. 12, and Sewanee will celebrate with a variety of events throughout the day, organized by Read more...

‘Bright Star’ Opens Oct. 14

by Blythe Ford, Messenger Staff Writer The University of the South Department of Theatre and Dance will present “Bright Star,” a bluegrass Read more...

Mural Project at Taylor’s Mercantile

The University of the South is the recipient of a $25,000 grant for Tennessee America 250 initiatives from the Tennessee Commission for the United Read more...
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