Your Tuesday at a glance:
- Weather: High 81; cooler, spotty showers and storms
- What to eat: Specialty cuts at Spek Artisan Meats, a whole animal butcher shop recently opened in Cambridge Square in Ooltewah.
- What to do: Buy a bike – if you aren’t already among the thousands of cooped-up Americans snapping up new bicycles.
- What we’re excited about: Drizly, the nation’s first and largest alcohol e-commerce marketplace, which has now expanded its delivery service to Chattanooga.
Greetings, Chattanooga!
Did you hear about the real-life “Lord of the Flies” scenario, making headlines since the Guardian published the story in early May? As it goes, in 1965, a group of Catholic boarding school boys “borrowed” a boat and drifted to an uninhabited island 500 miles away. They lived there for more than a year before being found.
In the book, if you remember, the stranded boys quickly descended into debauchery and violence. So, did life intimate art in this case?
Not. Even. A. Little. Read the full story here.
And then, read these:
As gyms across the country reopen, here are a few changes you can expect, along with a few tips on staying safe.
Meet Hamilton County’s 92-year-old who’s been doing (more than) her part to help those affected by the coronavirus pandemic and the Easter tornadoes.
And, check out the first astronauts of SpaceX: hip new spacesuits, gull-wing Teslas and a sleek rocket ship – color coordinated, of course, thanks to Elon Musk.
– Sunny Montgomery, smontgomery@timesfreepress.com
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