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S Historic bridge hunter and aficionado Calvin Sneed resent a program about historic bridge preservation 11 a.m., Oct. 28 at the Coffee County Administrative Plaza meeting room. Sneed will be hosted by the Save Our Old Stone Fort Bridge group,…

N Event scheduled for Oct. 26 at Prater’s Barbecue The Manchester Rotary Club will host the fifth installment of its “Even Better” community fundraising and outreach event from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26 at Prater’s Barbecue in Manchester. The event…

JOHN COFFELTEditor The Manchester Finance Committee has recommended to the Board of Mayor and Alderman funding $1.5 million for the purchase of 85-acres of land in partnership with Manchester City Schools. The recommendation was made during the committee’s regular meeting…

N Board votes 4-4 and one pass For the second time in three months, Coffee County School Board members declined to renew the contract of Director of Schools Dr. Charles Lawson during its regular meeting Oct. 9. Board members voted…

N Inaugural Zombie Walk brings out Halloween fans   On the evening of Friday the 13th, a selection of local “zombies” assembled in Manchester’s Fred Deadman Park for the inaugural Manchester Zombie Walk. Event organizer Cliff Allen said he and…

N Manchester Parks and Recreation has partnered with Reese’s Gene’s Boutique for a Halloween Bash at Rotary Park Saturday Oct. 21. “We are doing food trucks, we are doing an outdoor movie with Hocus Pocus 2, we are planning on…

S Public meeting  to be 5:30 p.m., Nov. 6 at the Coffee County Administrative Plaza at 1329 McArthur St.  Tennessee State Parks officials will hold an open meeting Nov. 6 at 5:30 p.m. to hear public comments on a proposed…

JOHN COFFELTEditor Manchester residents will not have to travel far to enjoy ice skating this holiday season, as an artificial ice skating rink will soon take pride of place at Rotary Park. Rental of the rink will cost the city…

JOHN COFFELTEditor For 13 years, One Day of Hope has been helping those less fortunate in the Coffee County Community with an annual event held this year on Oct. 7 at the Coffee County Fairgrounds. According to One Day of…

S Westwood Boys get their first win of the year over Cannon Basketball season was back in full force at Joel Vinson Gymnasium, and the night ended with an absolute barnburner of a basketball game Thursday, October 12.  At first,…