Jonesborough specialty plate proposal on hold for year

A proposal for a special Tennessee license plate to help promote tourism in Jonesborough and raise funds for town beautification projects will wait another year for the legislative approval needed to begin the process.
http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/News/article.php?id=100049

Published: Tue, 01 May 2012 19:34:57 -0700

You Ask, We Investigate: Traffic light update in Jonesborough

The addition of a proposed traffic light could ease traffic troubles in Tennessee’s oldest town.
http://www2.tricities.com/news/2012/may/08/you-ask-we-investigate-traffic-light-update-jonesb-ar-1900486/

Published: Tue, 08 May 2012 15:19:41 -0700

Ancient white oak in Jonesborough towers above homes, businesses

Many people in and around Jonesborough are familiar with the big Shanks Oak on Main Street. Seventy-seven-year-old John Shanks Jr. knows a bit more about the tree than most.
http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/News/article.php?id=100002

Published: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:19:56 -0700

Tenn. oldest town archiving historical documents

Tennessee's oldest town has begun the monumental job of archiving its history.
http://www.volunteertv.com/news/headlines/Tenn_oldest_town_archiving_historical_documents_152147805.html

Published: Sat, 19 May 2012 08:56:52 -0700

Jonesborough's Rep. Ford says 'ghost voting' acceptable in Tennessee Legislature

State Rep. Dale Ford, R-Jonesborough, said Wednesday he was bushwhacked last week by Nashville’s NewsChannel 5 when a reporter suddenly appeared from behind a partition and quizzed him on why his “seat mate” had been casting votes for him in his absence and vice versa.
http://www.timesnews.net/article/9046153/jonesborough39s-rep-ford-says-39ghost-voting39-acceptable-in-tennessee-legislature

Published: Thu, 03 May 2012 13:12:15 -0700

Jonesborough officials continue to work toward building visitors center annex, relocating historic cabin

Efforts to secure state grant funding for a visitors center annex in Jonesborough’s downtown historic district are continuing.
http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/News/article.php?id=100026

Published: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:34:57 -0700

Family trying to find out about old cemetery

JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (AP) — A family in East Tennessee is trying to find information about the family buried in an old cemetery recently rediscovered. Jerome Cohan said he discovered the headstones last fall and secured permission from the property owner to clean it up. According to the Johnson City Press (http://bit.ly/JgCOno), Cohan has put up an electric fence to keep cattle out of the ...
http://www.wdef.com/news/state/story/Family-trying-to-find-out-about-old-cemetery/X7KvnBESu0uokhGOX1P9ew.cspx?rss=3458

Published: Mon, 21 May 2012 15:09:09 -0700

Popular bluegrass series to benefit Johnson City Ronald McDonald House

Beginning tonight and for the rest of this year, 100 percent of the proceeds from the popular Historic Jonesborough Bluegrass Series will go to the Southern Appalachia Ronald McDonald House in Johnson City.
http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/News/article.php?id=100378

Published: Fri, 18 May 2012 15:19:57 -0700

Residents In Elizabethton Get A Lesson On Senior Citizen Safety

It was part of the Senior Expo at Sycamore Shoals State Park.
http://www.wcyb.com/news/31056412/detail.html

Published: Sat, 12 May 2012 20:48:55 -0700

ETSU at 125: Committee looks to future

The vision for what East Tennessee State University should be at its 125th anniversary will begin to be formed this summer, the school’s president announced Thursday in a meeting of the school’s endowment foundation.
http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/Living/article.php?id=100228

Published: Thu, 10 May 2012 19:19:56 -0700