* Commentary

    Andrews – Oktoberfest may be the biggest event in town this weekend, but it certainly isn’t the only thing available for people to do. And as Oktoberfest is held from 11 a.m.

    Andrews – After a quarter-century, the North Carolina Possum Drop will be officially retired.

    Andrews – Friends of the Andrews Library want to give someone a college scholarship, but no one has applied for it yet.

    Andrews – Town officials are negotiating to contract services from a non-profit organization that will handle part of the workload left behind by the former town administrator,

    Ranger – Through her membership with Master Gardeners, Lynne Corenbaum learned that raised gardens at local schools had been forgotten as years passed.

    Brasstown – IMI Florida Academy, the U.S.

    Marble – Tears flowed Friday evening as local police laid to rest one of their own.

    Robbinsville – Corridor K may eventually happen, but it will not be the one that was imagined some 50 years ago, when discussions to build it first began.