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This Week in Local History
David Brown
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
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In this week’s archives of the Cherokee Scout and Andrews Journal:
Sick children can be anyone they imagine with help
Anngee Quinones-Belian
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
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Ranger Lee Anne Parsons has done some neat things in her life. She was born in 1951 in Bedford, Ind., growing up in Muncie. In her early years, she would do some baby-sitting.
A friend to many remembered at local business
Anngee Quinones-Belian
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
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Ranger – If anyone has ever been to Decker’s Flea Market at 75 Blairsville Highway, at some point they have run into James Michael Asherbranner, known affectionately as “Ponytail M
‘We can do that’
Anngee Quinones-Belian
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
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Andrews – The town got a bit more colorful in mid-May, when Hillside Nursery & Garden Center hung 92 floral basket arrangements on downtown streets.
No fees charged at city boat ramp
Randy Foster
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
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Murphy – Local residents are concerned about infrastructure additions at the boat ramp and parking lot off Hiwassee Street, across from the Murphy Fire & Rescue Department down
Probe: No law broken in shooting
Randy Foster
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
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Southards said he had just arrived at the police department headquarters and finished a phone call in his vehicle. As he got out of his vehicle, he gathered some vehicle parts to take inside the building to put into storage.
Murphy releases 119 into wild
Randy Foster
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
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The ceremony started at 8 p.m. under a warm, clear sky, but organizers began preparing hours earlier, setting up chairs and stages, putting out water and confetti poppers, distributing programs and organizing 117 rising adults in their proper order.
Andrews celebrates 48 graduates
Justin Fitzgerald
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
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It was an unexpected, but simple way to sum up the graduation ceremony, which took place Thursday at Hugh Hamilton Stadium. Despite rain in the hour before and after the ceremony, the weather held off for the 48 graduates’ final moments as students and their first as alumni of Andrews High.