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Franklin County Commission Appointee Holmes Seeks Election
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
On March 23 the Franklin County Commission voted unanimously to appoint Sewanee resident Susan Holmes to Read more...
Franklin County Schools: ESP, BLC, Public Comment
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
“It’s really hard to get employees to work for what we’re paying them,” said Extended School Read more...
MGTA Provides Patrol Bikes for Sewanee Police Department
The Mountain Goat Trail Alliance recently spearheaded an initiative to give the Sewanee Police Department two e-bikes for patrolling the campus and Read more...
Finding a Home for the Mooney’s Legacy
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
“Mooney’s has always told me what to do,” said Joan Thomas, Mooney’s Market and Emporium owner and Read more...
A Story of Good
The new menu at the Blue Chair Tavern is a story about where the trail from the Low Country meets the road of Appalachia.
“The Blue Chair Tavern Read more...
A Prayer for What Being Southern Means
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
“Everybody knows what the caste system does to the people under the boot, but we don’t often talk about Read more...
Monteagle Council Refuses to Fire Police Officer
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
In a split vote at the March 29 Monteagle Council meeting, the council voted down Alderman Dean Lay’s Read more...
Sewanee Council Grapples with Speeding Complaints
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
At the March 23 Sewanee Community Council meeting, council members John Gilmer and Laura Willis raised red Read more...
Social Enterprise Receives Gift of New Kitchen
On a chilly morning on March 12, the opening of a new commercial kitchen for Out of the Blue Granola marked another major milestone for Blue Read more...
University Outsources Golf Course, Green’s View Grill
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
Claiming the distinction of having more golf properties named among the top 100 than any other golf Read more...
Register for the MGTA 2026 Race
Join us on Saturday, April 4 as we celebrate 20 years of the Moutain Goat Trail Alliance at the Mountain Goat Trail Race, sponsored by Mountain Read more...
SUD Sewer Capacity Concerns
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
In a discussion at the March 17 meeting about sewer service to the University apartments scheduled for Read more...
‘How Flowers Made Our World’ Reading
David Haskell will give a reading from his new book, “How Flowers Made Our World,” followed by a book signing. The event is at 7:30 p.m., Read more...
‘The Barn’ Reading and Conversation
Wright Thompson, author of the acclaimed new work about the 1955 murder of Emmett Till, will read from his book during a visit to the Sewanee area Read more...
Conversation Behind the Scenes at ‘King James’
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
Behind the scenes at the Sewanee production of the award-winning play “King James” is a triad of Read more...