September October 2024

Three generations, now with three locations David's Abbey Carpet & Floors is one of East Tennessee’s premier flooring providers, offering a complete selection of flooring from the industry's leading manufacturers that includes…
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Moving from your dream home can be a challenge, but a good home builder makes it a breeze. When Deb and Mike Held moved from Colorado to Rarity Bay, they didn’t expect to be moving out anytime soon. Yet less than half a decade after…
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September 15 begins a month of celebration of East Tennessee’s Hispanic and Latinx community In a few short weeks, it’ll be that time of year again – a time to celebrate the myriad of Hispanic and Latinx cultures and communities that…
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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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There’s a time in my life that’s been coming to mind recently. I was 35. I had lost pretty much everything I had. I was forced to sell my home, lost my business, had a failed relationship. I was in the dumps. As I listened to a self-help…
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Owl Ridge Raptor Center nurtures injured, displaced birds and returns them to the wild Beak was a tiny owlet, homeless and on the ground when a dog sniffed him out. A great horned owl, he was passed along to wildlife rehabilitator Lynne…
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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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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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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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Making Temporary Housing a Home Corporate Quarters celebrates 30 years of being a woman-owned company with a reputation for being the best of the best A lofa Porter, president of Corporate Quarters, is honored to continue the…
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