FOOD & DRINK
Porky's Hobby Corner: Weekend trip to Bulls Gap Train Show includes museums
Welcome back to Porky's Hobby Corner. We will come back to slot cars next month, so don't worry. Go run some more warm-up laps. This month, Porky’s Corner is hitting the road. It’s time for a train show review and visit. I had the opportunity to attend the second annual Bulls Gap Train Show on Saturday, April 13. I would like to call this event "The Biggest Little Train Show" in East Tennessee because it's exactly that with real trains rolling on the nearby tracks, model trains a walk away and the outstanding Southern Railway Museum to admire some “railroadiana.”
RaceTrac Travel Center site plan gets tentative OK
NEWPORT — The Newport Regional Planning Commission met in regular session on Tuesday afternoon. It gave tentative approval for the site plan for RaceTrac Travel Center at 1100 West Highway 25-70 pending staff approval of minor revisions. The site plan required some revisions per the recommendations of Planner Kathryn Baldwin. Baldwin explained there is an ordinance that requires landscaping between the building and public street and while the plan was good for the side of the building on Generation Drive there needed to be some...
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