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Bright & Early: Blast From The Past Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Everyone in Tennessee (and probably most people outside of Tennessee, by now) knows that there are some unfortunate things that go down at our state’s Legislative Plaza. However, we did not realize that the actual plaza and War Memorial Building aren’t even ADA-compliant. Despite completing some hefty renovations within the past five [...]
Happy Hour: It’s All A Blur
Students at Thurgood Marshall Middle, Andrew Jackson Elementary and AZ Kelley Elementary had a very hot first full day back after some pop-up storms took out their A/C overnight. [WKRN] The Davidson County Election Commission found another voting machine that hadn’t been tallied and now Douglas Henry only leads Jeff Yarbro by 11 votes. As [...]
Happy Hour: Drifting Along
The Metro Council is looking at some creative ways to help small businesses that were hurt by the flood, including car washes that had to close for nearly a month due to water restrictions. [WSMV] Congratulations to Mayor Dean for successfully completing his annual bus commute adventure today. But why the face? He’s got the [...]
Bright & Early: Tennessee Shuffle Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Last night brought some big news on the Tennessee political front with 30-year U.S. Rep. John Tanner deciding not to run for reelection in 2010. Within a matter of hours, Tennessee state senator Roy Herron dropped his bid for governor and announced that he’s running for Tanner’s congressional seat instead. Up until [...]
Happy Hour: Keep On Truckin’
We got our state report card today and there is some good news: Our high school graduation rate has gone up! The bad news is that our kids still can’t read good. [Tennessean] Some former Six Flags execs have purchased Nashville Shores, but don’t get your hopes up because they already said they’re not building [...]
Summer Theme Park Fun: What’s A (Poor) Nashvillian To Do?
Ever since the untimely demise of Opryland (RIP), Nashvillians looking for some summer theme park fun have had to haul themselves out of town, for the most part. Well, nothing has really changed, but we’re here to make hauling the family out of town just a little bit easier. With steep discounts, freebies and even [...]
The Weekendist: Remember The Days Edition
Happy Memorial Day weekend! Enjoy the long weekend stuffing yourself with barbeque and hanging out in the sun. Not that anyone needs our suggestions, but we’ve pulled together a list of our suggestions for the weekend. It’s the last weekend of this year’s Renaissance Festival, and it’s also the International Jousting Tourney weekend – our [...]
The Weekendist: So Many Crawfish, So Little Time Edition
FRIDAY Merrell Crawfish Boil, LP Field, 4 pm. Ticket prices are jacked up and you’ll have to sit through some pretty awful music to get to anything decent, but tonight’s lineup includes Here Come The Mummies, Candlebox, Souljaboy, Flyleaf, and Offspring. $29.50/single-day pass, $49.50/two-day pass. GWAR, Exit/In, 9 pm. If giant monster costumes, buckets of [...]
Bright & Early: Smaller World Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We were pretty intrigued when Mayor Dean mentioned a 28th Avenue connector road in his State of Metro address a few weeks back. Details are finally coming out about the new construction project which will connect 28th and 31st avenues over some railroad tracks just north of Centennial Park. The hope is [...]
Bright & Early: On The Ball Edition
Good morning, Nashville. As the first of the stimulus money starts flowing into Tennessee, the folks at Metro Nashville Public Schools are still waiting for their cut. At $15 million in the hole, they’ll be receiving almost $26 million in extra funding with one catch: It can only be used for Title I, or low-income, [...]
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