I'm Ellen Smith, member of the Oak Ridge City Council from June 2007 to November 2012. Thank you for visiting my blog and reading my views on public and private life in and around Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This website is my own (and has been used for my campaigns). To add your own comments, click on the topic title to open a comment box. To read posts about a particular topic, scroll down to "Categories" (in the sidebar) or use the "Search" box in the sidebar. Look under "Archives" to see collections of past posts organized by date.
I’ve gotten these messages twice in the past week. The alleged sender is someone who has sent me e-mail in the past and is now supposedly stranded in London and is asking me for money. It looks like a scammer has gotten hold of people’s e-mail contacts lists and is spamming the contacts. My messages [...]
Publicity in town hasn’t exactly been overwhelming, but Thursday night the Oak Ridge High School Masquers organization takes the stage again for the first time in several years, performing “Better Football Through High School Chemistry” in the ORHS auditorium. Different sources give different schedules, but I think the show starts at 7 pm 7:30 pm [...]
This announcement from this page should be welcome news to residents who have been asking me when Oak Ridge would be doing this: On Saturday, November 13, 2010, the Oak Ridge Police Department will be conducting “Operation Medicine Cabinet” from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Residents will be able to drop off any old and/or [...]
This coming Saturday, area residents can drop off fluorescent light bulbs, batteries, and cell phones for recycling at the Oak Ridge Wal-Mart store, where Keep Anderson County Beautiful and Anderson County Solid Waste will be celebrating America Recycles Day with a collection event and educational activities for kids. It’s scheduled from 10 am to 2 [...]
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