Tag Archives: franklin
Bright & Early: It All Falls Down Edition
Good morning, Nashville. By the time you read this, the demolition of the Nashville Autohaus and several other buildings near the 7th and Shirley intersection will probably be underway (but not Rocketown just yet!) Construction for the Music City Center is expected to break ground today meaning that all of the buildings that are currently [...]
Bright & Early: Cuddly As A Cactus Edition
Good morning, Nashville. It’s the holiday season and the sound of Christmas music fills the air downtown thanks to those giant speaker-boxes on every street corner. The extra dose of holiday flavor makes just about everyone a little more cheerful–everyone, that is, except for the state workers in the Rachel Jackson Building on Sixth and [...]
Happy Hour: Yes, We’re Still Giggling About The Tree
We asked our Twitter friends for some artistic renderings of the Great Christmas Tree Incident of ‘09 and they delivered. The above piece was submitted by Twitterers @the_beer_snob and @tndotcom, and you can see a few of our other favorites by @missbethd, @thomasruns, @justwinston, @tarajackson and @freakyweasel. Keep ‘em coming!
The Christmas tree wasn’t the only [...]
Bright & Early: What’s In A Name Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Last week, we had some fun with the news that the Sommet Center could soon be getting a new name… again. The Nashville Hockey Club had a falling out with the Sommet Group over Sommet’s alleged failure to make the payments that were part of the naming deal, but Sommet insisted that [...]
Happy Hour: #501broadway Edition
The Nashville Arena GEC Sommet Center will likely be getting yet another name change in the coming months. The Preds ended their naming deal with the Sommet Group by suing them this afternoon, then the Sommet Center issued an angry response, then Mayor Dean weighed in with some Preds love, and then we sat back [...]
Bright & Early: Every Vote Counts Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The District 5 recall election between Metro Councilwoman Pam Murray and rabble-rousing challenger Jamie Hollins was a little too close for comfort last night with the current tally at 541-538 in favor of Hollins. At least three provisional ballots still haven’t been counted, which means the race could tip in either direction. [...]
Happy Hour: Smooth Sailing
About 8,500 people were stuck without power in Franklin this afternoon after a bird got into a fight with a substation and lost. [WSMV]
Following some controversy about a certain per diem pay raise granted to our beloved state lawmakers, Rep. Judy Barker became the first one to actually turn it down. [WTVF]
Governor Phil got a [...]
Happy Hour: Life On The Edge
Some intense gang operation was busted up by the feds in Nashville and Murfreesboro with 64 counts of murder, attempted murder, drugs and kidnapping spread between the 9 members arrested. Three others are still at large. [Tennessean]
Volkswagen has received over 5,000 applications for the 1,200 available positions at the plant. We feel this is a [...]
Cool Springs Correspondent: Paccini’s Italian Caffe [Guest Posts]
Editor’s Note #1: Paccini’s has now been closed for several weeks, shortly after our guest contributor submitted this review. Below is the original guest post in its entirety.
Editor’s Note #2: Jeff Goins is a transplant Nashvillian working in nonprofit marketing; he loves reading, writing, and tinkering around on the guitar. You can find him [...]
Bright & Early: Stretching The Truth Edition
Good morning, Nashville. More information is coming forward about the new Kingston report by the TVA’s Office of Inspector General revealing that the TVA fudged some past reports about the Kingston ash spill to make themselves look less liable. The new report says that the spill could’ve been prevented had the TVA responded to documented [...]
Active Discussions