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IN DEPTH: Growing Knoxville; KNIA and KRLS

Knoxville Economic Development Directors focusing on Downtown, VA Campus

Letter to the editor: Turner has 'dedicated much of her life to public service' The Item I'm writing to support Alix Turner as a selectman in Lancaster. I have known Alix for years, and although we don't agree on a lot of national political issues, we always agree on what is good and right for the Town of Lancaster.  We need Alix as a selectman now more than ever.  She has dedicated much of her life to public service here in Lancaster and throughout Central Massachusetts and she is exactly what this town needs to help us through these difficult times. 

The Knoxville City Council approved entering into a $5,000 retainer contract with 571 Polson Developments at its meeting Monday evening. The purpose is to receive consulting assistance and advice as redevelopment work continues at the VA campus. Interim City Manager Heather Ussery says that they will continue working with Glenn Lyons, who has been the primary consultant for the project since the start. “He’s started negotiations with General Services Administration, and produced the Land Use Strategy for the VA campus. He’s been highly involved through the whole process. As we get to th...

Months of pandemic teleworking have left some missing their commute Katherine Shaver Even when Shayne Swift works from home, the high school principal ends her day behind the wheel of her forest-green Jeep Liberty, chatting by phone with family and friends. But Swift isn’t driving. Usually, she said, she sits parked in her driveway in Northwest Washington — the closest she often gets to something she has dearly missed during the pandemic: her commute. Of course, she said, she doesn’t miss the traffic. It’s the 30 to 45 minutes built into her mornings, when she ...