The 14th Annual Spring Plant Sale and Festival at Crabtree Farms will be held Friday, April 11 and Saturday, April 12 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Sunday, April 13 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free and open to the public, Crabtree Farms’ Spring Plant Sale and Festival will once again offer gardeners healthy, sustainably-grown fruit, vegetable, flower, and herb plant ... (click for more)

Preface: an Introduction to Artists’ Books exhibition, opening to the public March 28-June 15, will offer a small sampling of how contemporary artists are transforming books.   The Anxiety Alphabet by Emily Martin looks like a regular book, but the artist has placed pins into the cover of the book to embody a sense of dread. The book narrative lists anxiety inducing activities ... (click for more)

The County Commission may act as soon as next Wednesday on getting architects moving on new county schools and additions. County Mayor Jim Coppinger said he will confer with individual commissioners prior to the next commission meeting to try to get a consensus on which of six school priority building programs should go forward now. He did not give a specific figure on how ... (click for more)

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc., (NYSE: CBL) today announced that construction will start in June on its newest community center development, Parkway Plaza, at Fort Oglethorpe. The grand opening is scheduled for spring 2015 for the 134,100-square-foot project.  Once complete, the 16+ acre site will offer several big name retailers that are new to the area, including ... (click for more)

How does the city of Chattanooga really think it saves money by only picking the brush when someone calls 311. I called the other day and they came and picked up my brush and passed 10 other piles of brush in my area, some of which were only a few doors down from my house. Now they will have to come back 10 more times as people call in and some will not call so those piles will ... (click for more)

I can remember a time in my life when I could recognize a person’s handwriting. It was back when we used to send and receive letters and postcards and love notes with our friends. But the biggest reason I am wildly in favor of a bill now in the Tennessee Legislature that will hopefully make it a law that all children must learn to write and read in cursive by the third grade is ... (click for more)