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Hotel safety tips for travelers

Posted on June 12, 2013 at 9:02 am

As the school year comes to a close, many Tennesseans are turning their attention to family vacation plans. The State Fire Marshal’s Office asks that you remember to incorporate fire safety into travel plans before hitting the road for your summer retreat. “Hotels and motels become a home away from home for travelers, so it is important to become familiar with new surroundings and to have a plan in place

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  • TDOT and THP prepare for Bonnaroo traffic

    Posted on June 12, 2013 at 8:47 am

    For over a decade, the Middle Tennessee city of Manchester in Coffee County has hosted one of the most popular live music events in the country – the annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. The festival is a four-day, multi-stage music festival held on a 700-acre farm. Thousands of people from all over the country make the yearly trip to attend the festival, and Manchester becomes their temporary home for several days

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  • Leadership Grundy Class Of 2013

    Posted on May 28, 2013 at 1:49 pm

    Leadership Grundy Class of 2013

    Ten outstanding citizens of Grundy County completed an important milestone as they graduated from Leadership Grundy on May 21. The graduation ceremony was held at the Coalmont Community Center and at 6:00 p.m. The program included a wonderful catered meal, guest speaker, presentation of plaques, and an introduction of the 2013 Leadership Grundy project. Dr. Wayne Rollins, professor at MTSU, was the guest speaker, who brought a message of inspiration

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  • Women’s Health Report Card

    Posted on May 14, 2013 at 2:10 pm

    The state of women’s health in Tennessee continues to improve in many areas, according to a Tennessee Women’s Health Report Card, released recently. The take home message: Women’s health is moving in the right direction, but there’s much more work to be done. The report card, last issued in 2011, provides a comprehensive picture of the status of the state’s more than 3 million women. The report card gives grades

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  • Help SVEC Battle Copper Crime

    Posted on April 16, 2013 at 2:14 pm

    Metal theft—the crime that endangers lives and can result in thousands of dollars in damages ultimately paid for by you—continues to plague electric utilities all over America. Copper wire is appealing to thieves who look to sell it for scrap. Burglars often climb power poles, scale fences, and break into buildings to steal the precious metal—almost always endangering themselves and others in the process. Between 2001 and 2008, the price

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  • From The Grundy Election Office

    Posted on April 9, 2013 at 2:06 pm

    The Election Commission is required by state and federal law to have a Voter Address Confirmation system in place. All states have been under this directive for the past thirteen years. This is known as the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) and its purpose is to help counties maintain active voter registration information and keep office records current. Nearly 2,000 Grundy County Voters were sent Address Verification notices from the

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  • World War II Honor Flights

    Posted on April 2, 2013 at 1:39 pm

    October 8, 2008 saw the first Southern Middle Tennessee Honor Flight for World War II Veterans leave for a full day’s tour of Washington, DC. World War II Veterans visited “their” World War II Memorial, the Vietnam War Memorial, the Korean War Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery. The day began at the Winchester Wal-Mart parking lot at 7:00 a.m. and ended in the same location at 2:30 a.m. the next

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