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Franklin County Schools’ Challenges: Virtual Academy, Vouchers
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
“Just a little over a year ago we realized we were losing students to homeschool programs,” said Rachel Read more...
Monteagle CDBG Grant Options, Ups and Downs
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) can provide up to $1 million in funding for counties and Read more...
Monteagle: New Site Plan for Underway Building
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
“The [revised site plan] showing the way we originally approved it, is not how it’s built” said Read more...
Easter Semester Convocation to Feature Installation of the Dean of the College
The University’s Easter Semester Convocation will be at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 16, in All Saint’s Chapel. The ceremony will feature the Read more...
Savage Gulf State Park Expanded by 670 Ecologically Significant Acres
In the fall of 2024, TennGreen Land Conservancy, The Nature Conservancy in Tennessee, and The Conservation Fund successfully acquired 670 acres of Read more...
Initial Stages for the University Apartment Construction Process to Begin
Following an Oct. 22 announcement to the community, Sewanee Village Ventures (SVV) will begin initial stages of the construction process for 48 new Read more...
Donations Work Here
The 2025-26 Sewanee Community Chest Fund Drive is underway! We’re halfway to our $118,500 goal to support 19 local organizations providing Read more...
SUD Commissioner Election: Meet the Candidates
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
The three candidates scheduled to appear on the ballot for the upcoming Sewanee Utility District Board of Read more...
SUD: Commissioner Election, University Apartments, Water Pumps
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
At the Dec. 16 meeting, the Sewanee Utility District Board of Commissioner approved a slate of three Read more...
Critical Park Inholding Purchased for Protection
The Tennessee State Parks Conservancy and Friends of South Cumberland State Parks today announced that they have partnered to purchase a critical Read more...
Monteagle to Pursue Tree City Recognition
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
At the Dec. 15 Monteagle Council meeting, Alderman Nate Wilson reviewed the benefits of receiving Tree City Read more...
Monteagle to Pursue Tree City Recognition
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
At the Dec. 15 Monteagle Council meeting, Alderman Nate Wilson reviewed the benefits of receiving Tree City Read more...
Swing into the New Year with Cumberland Community Dance
Cumberland Community Dance is putting on an evening of square dancing from 5–7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, at the old gym in the Littell-Partin Read more...
The Hospitality Shop is on the Move
The Hospitality Shop Auxiliary Board has completed negotiations with the University to assume the lease of the building at 574 Georgia Ave., that Read more...
Winter Solstice Market Party and Potluck
The South Cumberland Farmer’s Market is hosting a Winter Solstice Market Party and Potluck from noon to 3 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 21, at the Sewanee Read more...