Five Points Grocery appears to be getting at least a temporary stay on its recently imposed death sentence.
According to Town Administrator Bob Browning, the Tennessee Department of Transportation has not made a decision yet whether to construct a traffic circle or install a traffic signal at the dangerous intersection where the grocery sits — and has put designs for the intersection on hold until it can gather more information.
With a traffic circle, Five Points Grocery, which falls in the right-of-way, would be bought and torn down by the state. With a traffic signal, grocery owner Kelly Street would keep her building, but see her already tiny parking lot made even smaller. More...
Words like “pleased” and “excited” are being used by state and local leaders after Tennessee was named one of 16 contenders for a piece of $4.35 billion in competitive grants designed “to encourage and reward states that are pursuing education innovation.”
Locally, Washington County Director of Schools Ron Dykes said he is very excited about last week’s news that the state has been chosen as a finalist.
“We certainly wish the team traveling to Washington luck with their presentation,” Dykes said. “Not only will this impact Tennessee’s Department of Education if they’re successful, but it would also mean that $1.5 million [spread over four years] would flow into the Washington County Department of Education.” More...
Jonesborough leaders sorting out sewer situation
At its March 8 meeting, the Jonesborough Board of Mayor and Aldermen took the first step toward annexing three parcels of property off Anderson Drive into the corporate limits of the Town.
Terry Orth, of Orth Construction, requested the annex for the property, where he intends to build Ashley Meadows Subdivision. The motion passed its first reading.
The proposed subdivision, Ashley Meadows, came before the BMA about four years ago, when the Town agreed to eventually allow the property to be sewered and annexed, according to a Town report. More...
