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2024

Parade of Homes

Three weekends in October will bring the community together to showcase and celebrate the building industry in East Tennessee What do you get when an aerospace engineer marries the sales and marketing director of a large regional
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Farewell to a Friend

Vietnam veteran Randall Leyshon found healing after a half-century of mournful memories "Did you hear about John?” the young man asked warily, as he and several other 9th Infantry Division Army soldiers chatted with then-1st Lt. Randall
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Italian Knoxvillian

There’s a lot more to Italian cuisine than pasta—but there’s also the pasta. Growing up, a night out at a nice restaurant with the family almost always meant Italian. Perhaps it’s just that my parents found that spaghetti was a safe
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Tennessee Tailwaters

Finding time for my sons on the South Holston River brings back memories of a simpler time with just as good company We are just below the small weir dam on the South Holston River outside Bristol. Waiting for the water to come on gives
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Vive la France

From Paris to Annecy and Back—Enjoying the City of Light and the Venice of the Alps in one vacation We flew from JFK Airport to Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris and settled into our room at the Hilton Paris Opera, an ornate building
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