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Happy Hour: Festival Tennessee
The big news today is the new theme park, Festival Tennessee, that will supposedly be opening in Spring Hill to include a water park, roller coasters, restaurants, hotels, movie studios, a sportsplex and also possibly an NBA team? Developers say it could also create 15,000-20,000 jobs. Well, okay. We’ll believe it when we see it. [...]
Bright & Early: Many Thanks Edition
Good morning, Nashville, and a special Veterans Day shout-out to our servicemen and women. Festivities will be underway in about an hour downtown with the annual Veterans Day parade down Broadway, stretching from 14th Ave. to 3rd Ave. So if you’re in the area, be aware of road closures and get out there and thank [...]
Bright & Early: Our Leaves Are On Fire Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The historic Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge is celebrating its 50th birthday this weekend! And despite News Channel 5′s best efforts to rain on everyone’s parade during this special week, they’ll be having a big ol’ blowout at the Ryman on Sunday night with Kris Kristofferson, Little Jimmy Dickens and Mel Tillis scheduled to [...]
Bright & Early: All Things Go Edition
Good morning, Nashville. A few months ago, Nashville unveiled a brand new bike sharing program downtown in hopes of encouraging us to drive less and bike more since parking is pretty scarce these days, it’s getting kind of smoggy in here and we’re a little fat. But only three of the 30 bikes are being [...]
Bright & Early: Look To The Sky Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Some Metro Schools officials aren’t feeling extremely hopeful about the No Child Left Behind results coming their way next month. Because the school system changed its standardized testing methods, resulting in lower scores, it could have a significant impact on their NCLB standings. Things have gotten dire enough in years past with NCLB [...]
Bright & Early: All We Need Is _____ Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We’re running behind this morning, so here is your abbreviated Bright & Early: All the changes to TCAP this year seem to have created a bit of a disaster. [WZTV] The State Fairgrounds will keep the doors open for events like the flea market until Hickory Hollow can get things together to [...]
Bright & Early: The Good Old Days Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Depending on how long you’ve lived here, you may or may not remember the glory days of the Starwood Amphitheater. Situated way out in Antioch, it certainly wasn’t perfect, but it was the primary venue for outdoor music here in Nashville until it closed down in 2007. Now Mayor Dean’s administration is [...]
Bright & Early: All Is Fair Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The Tennessee State Fair and Fairgrounds have been in constant limbo for the past year or so with Mayor Dean proposing to shut it down by the first of July, then extending the closing date to the end of the year with various groups fighting to keep it around as a 104-year [...]
Bright & Early: A Drop In The Bucket Edition
Good morning, Nashville. In the past we’ve often joked about the questionable state of the Cumberland River. Members of the Metro Council even swam across it once just to get us all to stop talking about how gross it is. Now residents of a neighborhood near Madison are complaining that some raw sewage from an [...]
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