The Jellico Board of Mayor and Aldermen met Sept. 7 for a special called meeting, but residents of surrounding areas, including Newcomb, showed up in force with a different agenda.
When Mayor Les Stiers brought Jellico’s plans to expand beyond its current borders before the planning commission on Sept. 1, he predicted opposition. It came almost immediately. Rumors of annexation spread, and people from High Cliff, Wooldridge, Brick Plant Hollow, Old Standard and Newcomb, came last Wednesday to show their disapproval.