State cost-share funding opens in October for local farmers
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State cost-share funding opens in October for local farmers

Agritourism, honeybees, organic products, livestock and equipment are just a handful of eligible programs for Tennessee Department of Agriculture’s state Agricultural Enhancement Program(TAEP), cost-share program for producers.The reimbursable grant program opens for applications to Tennessee farmers and growers Oct. 1-7, 2022.Since the program’s inception 17 years ago, TAEP has provided a little more than $224…

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Lake County food distribution scheduled for Thursday

Food distribution for Lake County residents is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 22 from 10 a.m. until noon. There is a limit of a three person pickup per vehicle.The location for food pickup is at the Ridgely M.B. Church, located at 522 Bishop Street (corner of Riley Rd and Bishop St.) in Ridgely.A current ID is…

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Updated Covid-19 boosters now available at Lake Co. Health Department

The updated COVID-19 booster is now available at the Lake County Health Department.All individuals over the age of 12 years are eligible to receive an updated COVID-19 booster if they have completed the primary series and it has been at least two months since their last COVID-19 vaccine. “Vaccination remains the best protection we have…

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Foundation set up to fund youth sports programs

The Lake County Youth Sports Foundation was set up in September of 2022, to address a situation that hit a personal chord.As parents and coaches of the peewee football and little league baseball programs, we realized that there really isn’t any funding for youth sports programs in our little county.We identify that the kids are…

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Music of Motown to be held at Strand Theater

Maybe you have “Heard It Through the Grapevine” that Friday, September 30 at 7:30 p.m. in the historic Strand Theater “Blue Eyed Soul” will preform the music of Motown.They will entertain the audience with music by groups like the Temptations, Four Tops, and Smokey Robinson and the Miracles just to name a few music greats.The…