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3 weeks ago |
timesfreepress.com | Lisa Denton
Visiting all seven of Chattanooga's sister cities would require a passport, airfare and a healthy dose of wanderlust. But it's possible to get a glimpse of each city without packing your bags. You might want to pack a picnic, though. Coolidge Park, on Chattanooga's North Shore, has a representative tree from several of its sister cities growing near the carousel, along with a few bonus species.
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3 weeks ago |
timesfreepress.com | Lisa Denton
Advertisement Advertisement Chattanooga-area cookbook clubs combine interests for book lovers, foodies April 1, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. Staff photo by Abby White / The various cookbooks rented for the Cookbook Club’s St. Patrick’s Day get together. The Katie Lamb Public Library hosts a Cookbook Club, where Collegedale locals rent a cookbook and bring a dish prepared from the book. Tuesday, March 18, 2025.
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1 month ago |
timesfreepress.com | Lisa Denton
Mark "Porkchop" Holder, a Chattanooga-based musician praised by his peers as the embodiment of the blues, has died. Friend and former Black Diamond Heavies bandmate John Wesley Myers said Holder, 52, died Thursday morning under hospice care at his home in Dayton, Tennessee. "His health had declined rapidly over the last couple months," Myers said in an email.
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1 month ago |
timesfreepress.com | Lisa Denton
The Seven Wonders of the Modern World may be wondrous indeed, but seeing them requires international travel. So what about the marvels a little closer to home? Our list of homegrown wonders may not be as awe-inspiring as the Great Wall of China or the Taj Mahal, but they're impressive nonetheless. Here are seven examples of structural, architectural and mechanical engineering marvels around Chattanooga.
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2 months ago |
timesfreepress.com | Lisa Denton
Here's what's happening this week in the Chattanooga area. Presidents Day remembranceFor Presidents Day, the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville is highlighting James Knox Polk, the 11th president of the United States, who served from 1845 to 1849. Polk, for whom East Tennessee's Polk County is named, had previously served in the Tennessee House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives and as Tennessee governor.
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