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More than a Meal: Remembering Miss Olivia’s Table

Eating at Miss Oliviaโ€™s Table in Maryville felt less like dining out and more like being welcomed into someoneโ€™s home, like stepping into a grandmotherโ€™s house while she prepared a...

Blount County Resolves

2026 Resolutions from Our Friends and Neighbors “Write on your heart that every day will be the best day of the year,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. And here in Blount...

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Summer Fun in Blount County

Maryville, Tennessee is the perfect place to be during the summertime. Not only is it perfectly nestled between the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and...

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Shelf Indulgence

Good Books and Great Vibes

Southland Provides a Welcoming Spot for Readers and Browsers Bookstores are places of magic: Imagination, ideas, connection. Southland Books is all that with a huge dose of heart. With 70,000...

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Writers Build Community in Nature

Tremont Writers Conference to Present Library Panel October brings vibrant fall colors to Tremont. For three years now, it also brings world-class writers. The Tremont Writers Conference, begun in 2023,...