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Bright & Early: See You In Court Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The Contributor street newspaper, with help from the ACLU, will be suing the City of Brentwood over an ordinance that keeps their vendors from selling newspapers on streets and sidewalks, allegedly depriving them of their right to free speech. Eight vendors have already been cited and fined for violating the ordinance, which [...]
Bright & Early: Is It Really May Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Brrr! We’re standing strong and repeating the mantra “we will not turn on the heat in May,” but we’re probably fighting a losing battle as temperatures won’t return to the 70′s until Thursday. The good news is that this chilly weather has been confusing the cicadas, silencing their noisy song at least [...]
Bright & Early: Remember This One Thing Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The city is getting ready to take on a big improvement project in the “North Gulch” which, as you might guess, is the area just north of the Gulch proper. The area they’re hoping to improve includes 12th Avenue South between Broadway and Demonbreun as well as McGavock Street between 11th and [...]
Bright & Early: Out Of Our Shell Edition
Good morning, Nashville. While we’re busy wading knee-deep through cicada skeletons, Metro is ramping up its War on Mosquitoes by sending out the Health Department troops to look for properties with breeding grounds and set up traps to identify the ones that carry West Nile. Last year’s mosquito problem was pretty terrible with all the [...]
A Milkshake Truck Update: The Shaking Starts Today
When we wrote about Moovers & Shakers a few weeks ago, they were trying to raise $5,000 in just a few days to make their dream of bringing a mobile soda parlor to Nashville a reality. The good news is that they met their goal! The even better news is that Moovers & Shakers will [...]
Bright & Early: Get To Work Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Davidson County Criminal Court Clerk David Torrence could be penalized up to losing his job after WSMV planted a camera outside his house and found that he only works three days per week and pulls in a six-figure, taxpayer-funded salary. They also found that he uses his county car for liquor store runs [...]
Bright & Early: Tightening The Belt Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The Board of Education approved the 2011-12 budget for Metro Schools last night, which means it’s well on its way to Metro Council and Mayor for final approval. Thanks to some federal stimulus funds ending, they expect to suffer a net loss of 430 positions next year including 80-100 classroom teachers. Though the [...]
Bright & Early: The View From Here Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Ever since the May flood, the folks at Gaylord have been working with the Army Corps of Engineers to figure out a way to better protect the Opryland Hotel and surrounding properties from future flooding. They’re now proposing to raise the levee enough to keep the water out during a 500-year flood, [...]
Happy Hour: Something That Isn’t Snow
Belmont University President Bob Fisher announced this afternoon that the university will be extending their nondiscrimination policy to include sexual orientation. The new clause will be added to all student, faculty and staff handbooks. [Belmont Vision] Melrose Lanes, the abandoned bowling alley above Melrose Billiards on Franklin Pike, may turn into some condos soon. According [...]
Bright & Early: Groggy Monday Edition
Good morning, Nashville, and happy Monday. It’s going to be a short one this morning: Don’t count on too much snow tonight and tomorrow. At the moment, we’re pretty much looking at a half-inch or less. [Nashville WX] And again, TDOT has been putting down brine ahead of the expected snow. Except they’re running out [...]
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