Carolyn Krause

1 week ago | oakridger.com | Carolyn Krause

In mid-2024, a community survey commissioned by the city of Oak Ridge asked residents this question: “What is the most important thing you think Oak Ridge can do to improve the quality of waste and recycling services?” More than 20% of respondents cited the need to “Improve communication about collection schedules and guidelines.”Here are the latest guidelines compiled by Robin Graham, the new chair of the Environmental Quality Advisory Board (EQAB).

2 weeks ago | oakridger.com | Carolyn Krause

Becoming a "preeminent destination for residents, workers and visitors" is city's visionCarolyn KrauseSpecial to The Oak RidgerFor decades, parents in Oak Ridge have expressed disappointment that many of their grown children don’t want to stay here. They tend to move away to get their education and start their careers and families. Wayne Blasius, the city’s planning and development director, knows the problem.

3 weeks ago | oakridger.com | Carolyn Krause

Carolyn KrauseSpecial to The Oak Ridger“Music is a resource to express the mind of the artist but also what is going on in society. Through music we can make a community.”Those were statements by Régulo Stabilito, conductor of the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra, as he reminisced about the 80th year of the Oak Ridge Civic Music Association and his second year as conductor of the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra.

3 weeks ago | oakridger.com | Carolyn Krause

“Roots and Rhythm: An American Dance Journey” will be presented Tuesday, April 22, at the Historic Grove Theater, 123 Randolph Road, in Oak Ridge as the third program in the Our American Roots series for 2025.

3 weeks ago | oakridger.com | Carolyn Krause

Session was a place for planning - and complainingCarolyn KrauseSpecial to The Oak RidgerIn the area where Oak Ridge High School students eat lunch, city residents gathered on Feb. 26 to learn about the comprehensive land-use plan being developed to make a growing city greater over the next 20 years. It was one of Oak Ridge’s public engagement events in the planning process. Attendees also responded to the opportunity to write their thoughts on provided “comment cards” and speech-bubble stickies.