NEW BIGGER LOCATION SEQUOYAH BIRTHPLACE MUSEUM, VONORE The 6th Annual Monroe Life Balloon Fiesta will return to East Tennessee at The Sequoyah Birthplace Museum in Vonore, Tennessee. Enjoy balloon rides, live music, food, games, an inflatable Kid’s Zone and much more all while supporting CASA Monroe. The two-day Balloon Fiesta…

Coming soon to Monroe County is an inaugural event you will not want to miss -- Art on the Square!This two-day art extravaganza will feature fine art, crafts and jewelry for both show and sale in the Historic Town Square of Tellico Plains. Come on down September 12th and 13th…

On September 12, 2015, the 1965 Class of Sweetwater High School celebrated their 50 year class reunion. This reunion was held at Springbrook Country Club in Niota. There were 54 classmates, along with some spouses, in attendance. We have sadly lost 23 of our classmates in the last fifty years.…

Announcing the 2nd Annual Rocky Top Run!  It will be held in beautiful downtown Sweetwater on October 26, 2014, at 2:00 P.M.Our initial Run was also held last year in October in memory of Greg Collette, with proceeds benefiting the Greg Collette Scholarship through the Sweetwater Education Foundation.   The “visualization”…

The 11th Annual Pumpkintown Festival will be held as always on the second Saturday in October, this year October 11th from 10 until 5 in historic downtown Athens.  This year will be different though, due to the tragic accidental death of long-time Pumpkintown Committee member, Scott Crisp, who coordinated all…

America’s First Grape, the Muscadine.  My mouth involuntarily puckers just thinking about eating them.  Having stomped these squishy monsters at the first annual National Muscadine Festival, I have a special relationship with muscadines.  I dare say few people have had muscadines stuck to every surface of their body like me…