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Barbara Ferrell has sold the building and sales are planned. She'll continue to be the main person behind the Lavender Festival for now.

The Oak Ridge Lavender Festival and the "Katie the Calutron Girl" videos resulted in two awards for tourism and marketing.

A letter thanking everyone that made the Flatwater Tales Storytelling Festival happen.

Columnist John Job reviews the Lavender Festival, the Summer Sessions concert series kickoff, and a concert at Buds Farmhouse ... all last weekend.

Texas has had a string of recent bicycle accidents, killing multiple riders passing through the state.

A former Boston College professor died after a motorist crashed into a group of bicyclists while they were making their way through Texas on Saturday. Read more on Boston.com.

Storytelling festival goes virtual on June 5 D. Ray Smith/Historically Speaking Of the many things about Oak Ridge history that are so special, one is the wide variety of culturally entertaining opportunities usually found only in much larger cities. We are indeed fortunate to be able to avail ourselves of such things as the Oak Ridge Playhouse, the Oak Ridge Civic Music Association, and the Art Center. These date back to the early days and they have one significant thing in common. They came a...

Irena Szewinska (© Christel Saneh) Only one athlete in history has set world records at 100m, 200m and 400m: Irena Szewinska – the brightest star of Polish athletics. The first lady of Polish sport, as she was called by Poland’s president Andrzej Duda, is a five-time Olympian and seven-time Olympic medallist, with her achievements including three gold, two silver and two bronze medals.  Her Olympic journey Szewinska was born in Leningrad in 1947 to a Ukrainian mother and Polish father. Sh...

Irena Szewinska (© Christel Saneh) Only one athlete in history has set world records at 100m, 200m and 400m: Irena Szewinska – the brightest star of Polish athletics. The first lady of Polish sport, as she was called by Poland’s president Andrzej Duda, is a five-time Olympian and seven-time Olympic medallist, with her achievements including three gold, two silver and two bronze medals.  Her Olympic journey Szewinska was born in Leningrad in 1947 to a Ukrainian mother and Polish father. Sh...