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🌱 What Oak Ridge students gained from the latest school board decisions

Oak Ridge, Tennessee Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hello Oak Ridge! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • What Oak Ridge students gained from the latest school board decisions
  • How a proposed nuclear waste campus could reshape Oak Ridge’s future

Today's riddle: David's father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and... ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 82 and low of 71 degrees.
  • Sunday: A shower and t-storm; humid, temps: high: 84, low: 69.
  • Monday: Humid with periods of rain, with a high of 82 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Oak Ridge school board OKs NJROTC trips, new bleachers, dance team (oakridger.com) — Oak Ridge’s school board has signed off on new bleachers for a middle school, launched a dance team at another, and approved major educational trips for Oak Ridge High School’s NJROTC. Cadets will study military history aboard the USS Yorktown in Charleston next spring and are already planning a 2028 journey to Europe for the D-Day Memorial Parade.
   

• Tennessee volunteers to store the nation's nuclear waste (thelynchburgtimes.com) — Oak Ridge is Tennessee’s proposed site for a new federal ‘Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus’ that could bring fuel work, reprocessing, and long-term waste storage to the city. Nothing is built or approved yet, but state leaders are courting billions in investment while critics raise concerns about waste permanence, transport risks, and regulatory rollbacks that Oak Ridge residents should watch closely.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Sadly, my 16 year old cat passed away late last winter.
    She was part of our family. Anyone know of a female tabby kitten that needs a loving home? Not ideal, but I found the local shelters to be… (Nextdoor Burnham Wood)
  • There’s just no safe way to check notifications when you’re driving.
    Distractions are dangerous, even when there are no other vehicles around you. #HandsFreeTN (Nextdoor )
  • Centrus Energy Corporation posted a job opening for Tool Crib Attendant in Oak Ridge. Apply here.
  • The Home Depot, Inc. posted a job opening for Freight/Receiving in Oak Ridge. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oak Ridge here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lenoir City

  • Benjamin 'Benny' S Clark, 76 (bbbtv12.com)
  • Lenoir City man accused of shooting license plate reader cameras in Blount County (wate.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: David! (Thank you Linda S. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Oak Ridge

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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Oak Ridge

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