DOWNTOWN CLINTON
A construction crew pours concrete for the new sidewalks on Market Street on Friday (Feb. 13) in Historic Downtown Clinton. The $9.9 million downtown improvement project began in February 2025. - G. Chambers Williams III
Construction workers are busy pouring the concrete for the new sidewalks on Market Street in Historic Downtown Clinton as the city pushes to get them finished in time for the Clinch River Spring Antique Festival May 1-2. “We should have the sidewalks ready and all store entrances open by the time of the festival, and we plan to have Market Street open for the street vendors, even though the paving probably won’t be done yet,” Clinton Mayor Scott Burton said late last week. And despite some confusion about the upgrades on social media, the new sidewalks and store entrances will all be handicapped accessible as promised, Burton said. Several Market Street merchants have posted over the past two weeks or so that they were having to close for a few days to allow the pouring of concrete for the sidewalks in front of their businesses – the ones that don’t have rear entrances available. Burrville antiques at 355 Market Street was closed for several days while sidewalks were poured, but reopened Friday.
Read MoreLibrary board takes action to address national, state policies
Clinton resident Dr. Darryl Taylor advocates for age-appropriate materials to be available in the children’s section of the public libraries, during the Feb. 12 Anderson County Library Board meeting. - Courtesy ACTV
The Anderson County Library Board recently passed several measures inspired by a recent executive order and statements by state and national officials. The new policies, approved Feb. 12, are separate from policies adopted in previous years regarding how individuals may challenge books, how parents may limit their children’s library cards, and which books may be placed behind the counter with only their covers displayed. Those earlier measures preceded recent state and federal actions that prompted the latest votes. One new policy calls for books in juvenile sections “to be reviewed to be in compliance with President Donald Trump’s executive order, Secretary of State Tre Hargett’s directive and the age-appropriateness law.” The directives are linked to library funding. Jess Ann Cole, who made the motion, said librarians had already begun the review. However, she said she made the motion “so that we can really define what I thought was really clear in Hargett and Trump’s orders.” “I think we can be thorough,” she said, encouraging librarians, community members and board members to help with the process.
Read MoreNorris expects work to begin on Sawmill
The Tennessee Department of Transportation is expected to award the first contract for construction of the Sawmill Road extension from an industrial park in Norris to connect with Norris Freeway (U.S. 441) in March, Norris City Manager Bailey Whited told the City Council last week. It’s a project the city has been dealing with since 2019 or earlier, and which was nearly abandoned in 2022. Since then, the state has been acquiring right of way for the project, and Whited said a contract award is imminent. In July 2022, the City Council gave the project new life by voting to spend an additional $213,000 in city funds to help pay for right-of-way acquisition. The project, whose actual construction will be paid for entirely by the state, would extend Sawmill Road from its current terminus off Orchard Road to Norris Freeway. On June 20, 2022, residents and council members agreed during a public meeting on the issue that the city should go ahead with the project, and the council made good on that decision during its July 2022 regular meeting.
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Sports
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Community
Children’s Museum presents International Festival Saturday, Feb. 28 Read More
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School
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