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Posted: Thursday - Nov. 5, 2009
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Schools offer $1.4 million in scholarships
Robert Maddox didn’t expect an immediate scholarship from the Infinite Scholars Scholarship Fair Wednesday, but Stillman College offered him $3,500.
Posted: Tuesday - Nov. 3, 2009
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Mayor calls CHA ‘embarrassment’
Mayor Ron Littlefield has called the Chattanooga Housing Authority “an embarrassment” to the city and said its conduct “continues to defy common sense.”
Posted: Monday - Nov. 2, 2009
Chattanooga: Mayor objects to Fairmount apartments work, sends letter to HUD
Mayor Ron Littlefield expressed opposition to the Chattanooga Housing Authority’s plans to increase density at Fairmount Avenue Apartments this afternoon during a special called CHA board meeting.
Posted: Monday - Nov. 2, 2009
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Fairmount residents concerned about project impact on traffic
Putting a 48-unit apartment complex on Fairmount Avenue would be too dangerous for the one-lane street that already has too much traffic, according to several homeowners.
Posted: Saturday - Oct. 31, 2009
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Blacks caution on erosion of their voting power
If Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield's plans for a combined city-county government or annexation are successful, gains that blacks have made in government representation over the past 20 years will be lost, several black Chattanoogans say.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 30, 2009
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Nancy's House decks halls
In February, doctors diagnosed Melanie Willis' 29-year-old son with AIDS and gave him six to 12 months to live.
Posted: Monday - Oct. 26, 2009
CHA houses homeless veterans
The Chattanooga Housing Authority and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will provide housing and social services for homeless veterans by the end of this month.
Posted: Thursday - Oct. 22, 2009
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Rising Fawn retirees complete trail
It's been less than a month since Dane and Connie Ward, both in their mid-50s, finished walking 2,178 miles.
Posted: Wednesday - Oct. 21, 2009
Hunters feed the city's homeless
A former Chattanooga business owner said he would have found food in garbage cans if he hadn't been able to eat Tuesday at the Chattanooga Community Kitchen.
Posted: Sunday - Oct. 18, 2009
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Brainerd summit Friday offers look at future
If Brainerd residents get their way, it will be easier to take walks down Brainerd Road and Lee Highway within the next five years.
Posted: Saturday - Oct. 17, 2009
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Accessibility 2009 art show set for Cleveland
Cleveland State Community College art teacher Mark McLeod wants to make the kind of art expected in larger cities available to local residents.
Posted: Thursday - Oct. 15, 2009
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Funds to stimulate green public housing
About $1.7 million in stimulus money will build 10 energy-efficient apartments for low-income housing in North Georgia, officials say.
Posted: Thursday - Oct. 15, 2009
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NAACP honoree rejects award, event as 'scam'
A 2009 recipient of an award from the Chattanooga-Hamilton County NAACP has denounced the local honor and called the award presentation event a sham.
Posted: Monday - Oct. 12, 2009
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Bessie Smith museum has new vision
The Bessie Smith Cultural Center is expanding its aim of preserving the history of blacks in Chattanooga to preserving the history of blacks throughout the world.
Posted: Sunday - Oct. 11, 2009
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More H1N1 flu vaccines available
Every year Courtney Humphreys' whole family gets flu shots, and every year they bypass getting the respiratory illness.
Posted: Thursday - Oct. 8, 2009
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Brownfield update planned today
In Alton Park, a developer can't build a playground or business before checking with a state or federal environmental agency to see if the land is toxin-free.
Posted: Tuesday - Oct. 6, 2009
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Brainerd schools promote their best
In less than a decade Brainerd's graduation rate increased from about 30 percent to more than 70 percent of its students earning a high school diploma, school officials said.
Posted: Monday - Oct. 5, 2009
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Weed and Seed reaches out to elderly
At age 91, Hazel Adams lives alone with good blood pressure, stable blood sugar and no immediate health concerns.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 2, 2009
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Services Fair in South Pittsburg on Saturday
Christine Gutterman trains dogs to provide emotional and physical therapy for people with disabilities, but she says the disabled have plenty of other unmet needs.
Posted: Thursday - Oct. 1, 2009
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Public housing going green
The Chattanooga Housing Authority was one of only two housing authorities in the state to receive federal funding to create green public housing.
Posted: Thursday - Oct. 1, 2009
Museum now Bessie Smith Cultural Center
The former Chattanooga African-American Museum and Bessie Smith Hall has a new name and a new vision.
Posted: Tuesday - Sept. 29, 2009
CHA gets out of Mayfair on Market project
Chattanooga Housing Authority officials and local developers came to an agreement Monday that ends CHA's involvement in the building project known as Mayfair on Market.
Posted: Monday - Sept. 28, 2009
Pact ends CHA's part in Mayfair on Market project
Chattanooga Housing Authority officials and a development group came to an agreement today that ends CHA’s involvement in a former proposed mixed-use building project called Mayfair on Market.
Posted: Monday - Sept. 28, 2009
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Ringgold Girl Scouts plan packages for soldiers
If some Tennessee Army National Guard soldiers aren't home for the holidays, a Girl Scout troop from Ringgold, Ga., wants to send some holiday comforts to them.
Posted: Monday - Sept. 28, 2009
CHA discusses Mayfair on Market
Nearly a year after the Chattanooga Housing Authority was cited in a lawsuit for defaulting on the Mayfair on Market project, CHA officials say they expect to reach an agreement today with the development partners.
Posted: Thursday - Sept. 24, 2009
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Discovery looking for Delta Queen ghost
Capt. Mike Williams was asleep in his bunk on the Delta Queen riverboat when he heard someone whisper "psssp" in his ear. He even felt the person's breath, he said.
Posted: Wednesday - Sept. 23, 2009
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Supporters of public option for health insurance hold rally
Doctors spend more than a decade studying health care, but someone employed by an insurance company will determine whether or not a person receives a medical procedure, state Rep. JoAnne Favors said.
Posted: Tuesday - Sept. 22, 2009
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Chattanooga: Midday rally supports public health insurance option
Health insurance companies do not exist to produce health, local physician Dr. Matt Hine said.
Posted: Saturday - Sept. 19, 2009
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Unity aim of community events
Dr. Clark White stood on the corner of Hawthorne and Oak streets playing his harmonica as he warmed up for the second annual Blues in the Knob concert today.
Posted: Saturday - Sept. 19, 2009
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Energy-measuring meters available in Georgia libraries
TRENTON, Ga. -- Gov. Sonny Perdue didn't just issue a challenge to lower energy consumption, he equipped the state's libraries this month with a tool to help people do it.
Posted: Friday - Sept. 18, 2009
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New program to provide more options for elderly care
More than 1,000 people in Tennessee will be able to receive assistance for home-based or community-based elderly care on Oct. 1 when a freeze on Medicaid money is lifted.
Posted: Sunday - Sept. 13, 2009
Homebuyer seminar expected to draw 200
Hamilton County is one of five counties in the state that helped account for more than 60 percent of Tennessee's foreclosures last month, but local lenders still say this is a good time to purchase a home.
Posted: Friday - Sept. 11, 2009
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Aquarium, Comcast provide fifth-graders with interactive classroom
Eli Mitchell smiled at his fifth-grade teacher as he waited to hear about the next pollutant invading the Tennessee River.
Posted: Thursday - Sept. 10, 2009
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Racking horses strut for charity
CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- First prize for tonight is a trophy and about $80.
Posted: Thursday - Sept. 10, 2009
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Neighborhoods grants decision is due today
Chattanooga has about $3 million that will be spent to fund neighborhood improvements around the Brainerd, South Chattanooga and East Chattanooga communities, city officials say.
Posted: Monday - Sept. 7, 2009
Public schools undecided on Obama school remarks
President Barack Obama's planned nationwide speech to schoolchildren Tuesday has caused concern among some Hamilton County parents, and Superintendent Jim Scales is leaving the viewing choice to his principals.
Posted: Friday - Sept. 4, 2009
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Arts and crafts festival set at Red Clay State Park
The Tennessee state park that once served as the seat of government for the Cherokee nation will be the site of an arts festival this weekend to benefit the Flint Springs Ruritan Club and the Red Clay State Park.
Posted: Wednesday - Sept. 2, 2009
Housing authority sues auditor
The Chattanooga Housing Authority is suing the auditing company that concluded the housing agency had no significant deficiencies in its financial control system.
Posted: Tuesday - Sept. 1, 2009
Chattanooga: Housing authority files lawsuit against auditing firm
The Chattanooga Housing Authority is suing the Reznick Group, P.C. of Bethesda, Md., the auditing company that found the authority had no significant deficiencies in internal controls.
Posted: Tuesday - Sept. 1, 2009
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Car show looks ahead to Christmas
More than 1,600 underprivileged children in Walker County are expected to get Christmas gifts this year because of the 2009 annual Labor Day Car & Motorcycle Show.
Posted: Saturday - Aug. 29, 2009
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Ready by 21 helps youths advance to adulthood
Only four out of 10 young adults are doing well -- healthy, connected and ready for college, work and life -- despite an increasing number of government programs for at-risk youngsters, an advocate for youth says.
Posted: Friday - Aug. 28, 2009
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City officials, residents discuss how to spend $2.9 million
Chattanooga has $2.9 million and two years to spend it on stabilizing East and South Chattanooga neighborhoods that have been hard hit by foreclosures and blight.
Posted: Thursday - Aug. 27, 2009
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Restaurant helps relight LFO stadium
It's been three decades since Fort Oglethorpe residents got together and raised money to buy stadium lights for Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School. The school's football boosters and local Chick-fil-A employees want to do the same thing again.
Posted: Thursday - Aug. 27, 2009
Neighborhood stabilization meeting on MLK tonight
Chattanooga is expected to spend about $2.1 million to buy abandoned properties and clear blight from South and East Chattanooga neighborhoods.
Posted: Wednesday - Aug. 26, 2009
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Public housing residents may see utility bill increase in October
Elderly and disabled residents in Chattanooga Housing Authority high-rise buildings now will have to pay for their air conditioning for the first time.
Posted: Monday - Aug. 24, 2009
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Gospel extravaganza coming to Churchville
More than a dozen churches will meet in September to highlight neighborhood improvements and host a gospel extravaganza at a site Churchville residents used to call a drug-infested, high-crime area.
Posted: Saturday - Aug. 22, 2009
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Collectors gather for Dalton coin show
DALTON, Ga. -- Phillip Hulsey pulled one of several $20 gold certificates from a folder Friday at the Northwest Georgia Trade Center.
Posted: Saturday - Aug. 22, 2009
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Guitarist takes blues to school
Vasti Jackson started by playing the 72-year-old song "Cross Roads Blues," written by Robert Johnson.
Posted: Wednesday - Aug. 19, 2009
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Weatherization funds to enhance area homes
Hundreds of low-income residents in North Georgia can expect to save energy and money because of local weatherization stimulus money.
Posted: Wednesday - Aug. 19, 2009
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Draft of land use plan to be unveiled next week
The defunct Charles A. Bell School has been a contaminated Alton Park eyesore for more than 20 years, but within a year the building is expected to be demolished, the site cleaned and prepared for recreational use, officials said.
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