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Bright & Early: Strike Three Edition
Good morning, Nashville. It was another rough night for us in the storm department, and more than 16,900 customers are still without power this morning according to NES. Yet another storm system plowed through the state overnight carrying some nasty straight line winds, a few tornado scares and a whole lot of lightning with it. [...]
Bright & Early: Carry On Edition
Good morning, Nashville. A Murfreesboro judge has dismissed most of the complaints in the long-running Murfreesboro mosque case, in which plaintiffs tried to prove that the construction of the mosque is a violation of residents’ constitutional rights. Plaintiffs argued that members of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro would be “compelled by their religion to subdue [...]
Bright & Early: Long Way Home Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The Musicians Hall of Fame (not to be confused with the Country Music Hall of Fame) could finally open its doors again–inside the Municipal Auditorium. The attraction shut down last year after a particularly nasty battle with the MDHA in which the city bought up and demolished that entire section of town [...]
Bright & Early: Buyer’s Remorse Edition
Good morning, Nashville. As of this month, Metro has closed on 41 properties as part of the flood buyout program, which is just a fancy name for buying up properties with too much flood damage that are likely to flood again so they can demolish the homes and create green space. So far, 81 homes [...]
Happy Hour: Lights, Camera, Action
Belmont’s discrimination debacle landed them front and center on the New York Times’ website today. [NYTimes] Vandy finally landed a new football coach today. Former Maryland offensive coordinator James Franklin hopes to turn the team around after the two straight seasons of a 2-10 record. [Tennessean] Meanwhile in Murfreesboro, mosque opponents plan to keep on [...]
Happy Hour: Head In The Game
The Murfreesboro mosque hearing is finally over and the judge has ruled that he won’t stop the construction at the request of its opponents. [WKRN] In an ongoing effort to extend to strengthen some tenuous relations with the neighborhood surrounding Rose Park, Belmont will be handing out two full scholarships for the university to neighboring [...]
Bright & Early: Two Cents Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Last night’s Metro Council meeting got a little, er, colorful when the subject of the proposed fairgrounds expo center came up. Dozens of Nashvillians (possibly including everyone’s favorite Protest Chicken) found their way into the meeting after protesting the proposal outside City Hall earlier in the evening. As a result, the Council voted 31-6 [...]
Happy Hour: All Good Things
Our beloved Davis-Kidd Booksellers location in Green Hills will be peacing out at the end of the year after its parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Kentucky. The store just passed its 30-year anniversary last month and will definitely missed by many of us. The only silver lining is the liquidation sale [...]
Bright & Early: See You At The Poll Edition
Good morning, Nashville. It’s Election Day! If you weren’t one of the hundreds of thousands of Tennesseans who voted early, be sure you take a few minutes to research the candidates and head to the polls today. You can find out where to vote at the Davidson County Election Commission, unless the site is down [...]
Happy Hour: Face Off
The ‘Dores will go head to head with the Northwestern Wild Cats, this time with Coach Robbie Caldwell at the helm. Good thing someone paid to have his face painted on the side of that building just in time, huh? Thanks, John Rich! [WTVF] The Feds have officially ruled out the possibility that the Murfreesboro [...]
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