July 25 - 31, 2014
Photo by Annette Joyce/NWO
Residents of Cadet Drive in Oak Ridge have obtained their daily water from this water tanker for the last several months.
Water woes may soon end Neighborhood hopes to hook up to community well system ... soon by KRISTEN KUBLY OAK RIDGE – Water woes have been plaguing residents in and adjacent to the
Cadet Drive neighborhood, just off Oak Ridge Road, for the last several years.
the residents until they could dig a new well away from the contamination.
In the 1990s, wells for the homes in the Cadet Drive neighborhood were contaminated by gasoline from an old service station located on the corner of Linville Road and Oak Ridge Road. The state provided bottled water for
That well served the residents for several years, but went dry as the number of residents in the Cadet Drive area began to increase. In June 2012, the N.C. Department
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Phase II of town park is on go Town will move forward with next phase of park despite not getting PARTF matching grant by PATTI STOKES OAK RIDGE – Though the Town of Oak Ridge recently learned it did not receive a Parks and Recreational Trust Fund matching grant that it applied for in January, the Parks and Recreation Commission still plans to move forward this fall with its next phase of the town park. Four main items are proposed for Phase IIA: a performance pavilion/amphitheater, additional restroom facility, additional paved
parking and a small playground suitable for younger children. Almost every Music in the Park and Movies in the Park event has drawn 200 to 300 people, said Parks and Recreation Commission Chairman Bill Edwards last January when he first presented the commission’s proposal for the park’s Phase IIA to the town council. A performance stage/pavilion would offer a better entertainment venue for these types of events, and at an estimated cost of $90,000, Edwards said the money would be well spent and would eliminate the need for assembling and disassembling portable stages and move
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Photo by Annette Joyce/NWO
Visitors to the Oak Ridge Town Park will enjoy additional park features the town hopes to have completed by late spring 2015.