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Rackard named new Oak Ridge fire marshal Special to The Oak Ridger The city of Oak Ridge has named Eric Rackard as its new fire marshal. Rackard, who has recently served as an Oak Ridge Fire Department battalion chief, takes on the new role following Travis Solomon’s promotion to fire chief last month, a city news release stated. He joined the department in November 2007. “I am honored by this promotion and greater opportunity to serve the citizens of Oak Ridge,” Rackard said in the news ...

ABI Wellness Expands Cognitive Recovery System through Brain Trust Canada In Time for January PRWeb FacebookTwitterEmail VANCOUVER, British Columbia (PRWEB) February 06, 2021 ABI Wellness, creators of the integrated patient care, tracking, and reporting approach designed under CEO Mark Watson, today announced that its Brain Enhance and Recovery System (BEARS) is now available through the Brain Trust Canada in Kelowna, B.C., Canada. This new system, which integrates all aspects of cognitive reco...

Biden Is Now the President, But Does That Matter For America’s China Policy? Biden may make different choices, but the general trajectory towards greater competition with China was already set before even Trump was president. As he made clear in his recent speech in Davos, Chinese President Xi Jinping would surely love to see U.S. President Joe Biden—whom many have criticized as being soft on China in the past—ease simmering tensions between the two nations. But despite an apparent break...

Oak Ridge Today Posted at The City of Oak Ridge has named Eric Rackard as its new fire marshal. Rackard, who has recently served as an Oak Ridge Fire Department battalion chief, takes on the new role following Travis Solomon’s promotion to fire chief last month. Rackard joined the department in November 2007, a press release said. “I am honored by this promotion and greater opportunity to serve the citizens of Oak Ridge,” Rackard said in the press release. In the role of battalion chief,...

Council chooses architect for conference center Oakridger The Oak Ridge City Council recently and unanimously approved an agreement with an architectural firm of up to $185,000 to design and renovate a conference center in the space next to the American Museum of Science and Energy. A memo from Oak Ridge City Manager Mark Watson stated the funding will come from the state of Tennessee rather than city tax funds, and Council will need to vote on any expenses above $185,000. The memo states the c...

‘It’s OK to give them cheese sandwiches every day’ – the parenting lessons we’ve learnt in lockdown As Angelina Jolie reveals her parenting experiences during the pandemic, we asked other parents what theyve picked up while at home Angelina Jolie has been talking about her experiences in lockdown Credit: Richard Shotwell/ AP/Invision Spare a thought for Angelina Jolie. Locked down in Los Angeles with her six children, she told British Vogue that all this time at home has made her rea...

City manager’s contract extended; nearly $183K Oakridger Oak Ridge City Manager Mark Watson will serve another year as city manager and will get a  $1,000 bonus “for his efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic.” Watson is a city employee rather than an elected official, but he is in charge of running the city’s various departments and often advises Oak Ridge City Council on decisions. He began working in Oak Ridge on Aug. 9, 2010. This extension will extend his contract through Aug. 8, 20...

Dunn appointed new Oak Ridge city attorney The Oak Ridger The city of Oak Ridge has appointed Senior Staff Attorney Tammy Dunn as the next city attorney.  She assumes her new position recently, when current city Attorney Kenneth Krushenski retired. Dunn, a native Oak Ridger, has been with the city’s Legal Department for more than 20 years, beginning while she was still in law school, a news release stated. “Technically, I worked for the city even earlier than that. I worked at the Oak Ridg...

In a virtual confirmation hearing, former SPIA Dean Cecilia Rouse, President Biden’s nominee to chair the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA), discussed the COVID-19 pandemic economy and fielded questions on wealth inequality in the United States.&nbsp&#x3B;

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