Current Headlines
SCA Spotlights Mountain Goat Trail’s 20th Birthday
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
What began as an idea spawned by a St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School Earth Day event has evolved into one of Read more...
Community Action Committee Thanksgiving
The holiday season is right around the corner, and CAC is preparing to support our neighbors with Thanksgiving food boxes filled with a turkey and Read more...
Learning from a Renaissance Man: Sandy Gilliam
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
“The students will ask me if I went to school at the University and where I learned to do all this,” Read more...
Natural Gas Pipeline: Why, Where, When, No?
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
“The proposed pipeline route runs approximately two miles along an eastern portion of the Domain near Read more...
SUD: New Development, Outside Boundaries Service, Election
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
At the Oct. 27 meeting the Sewanee Utility District Board of Commissioners approved the application for Read more...
Monteagle: Rate Increase the Town Hopes to Repeal
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
At the Oct. 26 meeting, the Monteagle Council took two unprecedented actions regarding water and sewer Read more...
43rd Annual Holiday Open House at Taylor’s Mercantile
A time-honored tradition returns Nov. 6–8 with the 43rd annual Holiday Open House at Taylor’s Mercantile in downtown Sewanee. Ken and Lynn Read more...
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...

