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Residents tell Bluff City board of needles, odors and public-safety concerns on Old Elizabethton Highway
Summary
Residents reported ongoing public-safety and sanitation problems — including needles, fighting and sewage odors — in a neighborhood near Old Elizabethton Highway, asking the board and police to act after years of recurring issues.
Bluff City — Residents from the Old Elizabethton Highway area told the Bluff City Board of Mayor and Aldermen that a multi-year pattern of disorder — litter, discarded needles, noisy fighting and sewage odors — is making the neighborhood unlivable and prompting some residents to move.
"There's needles, you know... I can't have my grandkids come over anymore because of fighting,…
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