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Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future: Sewanee Elementary’s Centennial

For 100 years, Sewanee Elementary has been at the heart of our community. On Friday, May 8, we invite you to walk down memory lane as we celebrate Read more...

SUD Drought Worries

by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer “It’s not looking real good for this year as far as drought goes,” said Sewanee Utility District Read more...

Uncozy Mystery Writer Riner’s Book Two Challenge

by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer Transforming muddy wet beets and the unfulfilled promise of a saltwater pool into mystery novels that dare Read more...

SAS Names New Chaplain

St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School, after an extensive search, is pleased to announce that the Rev. Nicholas I. Phares will serve the school as chaplain, Read more...

Presidential Historian Jon Meacham to Deliver 2026 Baccalaureate Address at Sewanee

The University of the South is pleased to announce that Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer and presidential historian Jon Meacham, C’91, H’10, Read more...

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...
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