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Bright & Early: Even Elvis Needs Marshmallows Sometimes Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Owners of Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge, Broadway Brewhouse and Rippy’s have dropped $2.1 million on purchasing the old Seanachie Pub building at Fourth and Broadway, which has been vacant for nearly ten years. Since it was shuttered in 2002, the building has changed hands a couple of times between banks and out-of-town investors, [...]
Happy Hour: Nevernude
Tennessee’s unemployment rate jumped from 9.4% to 9.6% last month. It’s still a bit higher than the national average of 8.9%. [WTVF] Lakewood city officials are trying to get a list of the 905 people who voted in this week’s election to dissolve the city charter and join Metro. Voters chose to dissolve it by [...]
Bright & Early: All Things Grow Edition
Top o’ the mornin’ to ya, Nashville. We’re on a tight schedule this morning, so here is your abbreviated Bright & Early: Remember last year when someone kilted the naked statues near Music Row for St. Patty’s Day? Oops, they’ve done it again. This is a tradition we fully endorse. [WSMV] Speaking of St. Patty’s [...]
Happy Hour: Over The Brine
TDOT is trying to stay ahead of tomorrow’s snow by spraying salt brine on the roads before it actually starts snowing. We endorse this. [WKRN] We’d like to wish a very happy birthday to Ms. Dolly Parton, who turned 65 today! We can only hope we’re still going that strong at 65. [Tennessean] The Davidson County [...]
Bright & Early: The Way It Moves Edition
Good morning, Nashville. It’s one of those weird weather weeks again with blazing heat and pop-up storms–one of which actually peeled the roof clean off of a Smyrna gas station. One thing we shouldn’t have to worry about is a trend of heat-related power outages because NES insists they have it under control. In years [...]
Bright & Early: Movin’ & Shakin’ Edition
Good morning, Nashville. In a continuation of East Tennessee falling apart, a 3.3 magnitude earthquake struck near Maryville early this morning. Though no one was injured and no damages were reported, folks definitely felt it (and our favorite is the woman who assumed that her husband “had run into their house with his truck” because [...]
Happy Hour: It’s 4:20 Somewhere
A new bill is being introduced in the Tennessee legislature that would legalize medical marijuana for people with certain medical conditions for $60 per ounce. [WKRN] In the wake of announcing more than 1,000 layoffs in the state government, Governor Phil says he considered shutting state offices down every other Friday and furloughing employees instead. [...]
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