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Bright & Early: Dreary Friday Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Last night’s storm system dumped about 1-3 inches of rain on us here in Middle Tennessee, bringing some strong winds and tornado scares along with it. The Nashville Electric Service reported that there were an estimated 24,500 people without power last night, but had restored all but about 1,140 as of this morning. [...]
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 [...]
Happy Hour: Too Much, Too Far
Leave it to PETA to traumatize your children by sticking Ellie The Bloody Elephant outside of a local elementary school to teach them all about circus animal abuse. [Tennessean] Vince Young is the official starter for 2010, hooray! [City Paper] Our 2009 in Middle Tennessee was “wetter than usual” but didn’t break any significant records. [...]
Bright & Early: Left Or Right Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Some West Nashvillians are concerned about Metro’s pending decision to move the West Precinct from the Hillwood neighborhood on Charlotte Pike to a new location near Sylvan Park. The Metro Council announced a plan to buy up an old Ford dealership at 5520 Charlotte Pike and renovate the space to make more [...]
Bright & Early: Happy Birthday, Al Gore Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We were trying to ignore the whole Al Gore Earth Hour saga, but in honor of his birthday today, we’ll give you the rundown. In case you’ve missed it, Drew Johnson, head of libertarian thinktank Tennessee Center for Policy Research, went lurking around Al’s mansion in Bellevue Belle Meade during Earth Hour [...]
Bright & Early: Groundhog Day Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Looks like we’re in for six more weeks of winter (though you wouldn’t know it if you went outside yesterday) according to Punxsutawney Phil who saw his shadow this morning. We’d like to take a moment to pause and observe the above photograph of poor Punxsutawney Phil that accompanied the Tennessean’s Ground [...]
Bright & Early: Let Them Eat Cake Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Things look pretty grim for Metro Nashville Public Schools this morning since the state has published a new report taking them to task for failing yet again to follow orders that were intended to bring them up to federal standards. Problem is, they seem to be stuck between a rock and a [...]
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