Suzy Smith

• Home-cooking Published 08/16/2010 at 12:28 p.m.

  Nestled away on a meandering road behind Heritage High School is a special restaurant that not only serves up home-cooking like grandma made, but also serves up heartwarming smiles and friendship. The Rustic Barn captures the interest of tourists and ...

• Regional reflections Published 12/21/2009 at 1:02 p.m.

  Residents and tourists of Townsend have a new treasure in the Trillium Cove Shopping Village called Southern Fried Gallery. Southern Fried Gallery features regional artisans of handmade and handcrafted mediums that reflect the heritage of the area. “I’ve always had ...

• Ductz of Maryville is new opportunity for Tayloe and Baker Published 12/21/2009 at 12:49 p.m.

  Steve Tayloe knows duct work like a cardiologist knows a heart. “The air unit is like a heart,” said Tayloe, owner of Ductz of Maryville-Southern Knoxville, a new franchise in the area. He said that some lines to and from ...

• Gift to the community Published 12/10/2009 at 10:24 a.m.

  A 35-year-old tradition is being revived thanks to First Baptist Church Alcoa. “The Promise” is First Baptist Alcoa’s Living Christmas Tree presentation and will be the church’s first Living Christmas Tree since 1991. “We decided to bring it back,” said ...

• ‘God bless us, everyone’ Published 12/10/2009 at 10:23 a.m.

  The holiday season is not complete without a production of “A Christmas Carol,” and for two local children, the year is not complete without starring in the play. Lydia Harrison and Matthew Michaud are appearing in the University of Tennessee’s ...

• ‘As Seen on MIS’ Published 12/07/2009 at 11:31 a.m.

  While the Crack-O-Matic, VG Shorts and the Velcroganizer are not on store shelves, yet, these creations were proudly on display at the Maryville Intermediate School Invention Fair. According to MIS Science teacher, Kathleen Hammontree, each year, MIS fifth-graders are assigned ...

• Feeling good about shopping Published 11/25/2009 at 3:27 p.m.

  Debi Haas understands today’s women. “Sometimes when you go shopping at a department store, you feel worse (when you get home) than you did when you set out,” said Haas, owner of Divas, a plus-size consignment store. Haas said when ...

• Hendrixes share stories of cruising the world in a small ship Published 11/12/2009 at 1:55 p.m.

  Like a lot of retirees, Valerie and Tom Hendrix like to travel, but they have fallen in love with a different kind of travel - small ship cruising. “We started going on small ship cruises, and we’ve found them to ...

• Dressing up a casual look Published 11/05/2009 at 12:30 p.m.

  When people think “fashion” usually their minds leap to the latest women’s fashions and styles. However, during the upcoming holiday gatherings and parties, men like to get into the spirit of the season as well, dressing to look stylish at ...

• All dressed up… Published 10/29/2009 at 12:48 p.m.

  Have you seen them? The signs are everywhere. The holidays are coming, and there is no way to stop them, so the best bet would be to prepare yourself. It’s time to start thinking about what you will wear to ...

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