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Bright & Early: Is It Really May Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Brrr! We’re standing strong and repeating the mantra “we will not turn on the heat in May,” but we’re probably fighting a losing battle as temperatures won’t return to the 70′s until Thursday. The good news is that this chilly weather has been confusing the cicadas, silencing their noisy song at least [...]
Bright & Early: Out Of Our Shell Edition
Good morning, Nashville. While we’re busy wading knee-deep through cicada skeletons, Metro is ramping up its War on Mosquitoes by sending out the Health Department troops to look for properties with breeding grounds and set up traps to identify the ones that carry West Nile. Last year’s mosquito problem was pretty terrible with all the [...]
Bright & Early: Technicolor Dreams Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We’ve heard rumblings of some big changes in store for the heavenly patch of grass and flowers that houses our city’s true pride and joy–our full-scale replica of the Parthenon. Centennial Park (also home to some of our other favorite displays such as the half of a fishing boat, a plane, a [...]
Happy Hour: Hold On, Y’all. We Got This. [Flood 2010]
It’s been another long day for Music City, but the waters are receding and the real work is underway. Here’s some of the latest news from around the midstate: President Obama finally declared us a disaster area, meaning that flood victims are now eligible to receive FEMA aid. To apply, call (800) 621-FEMA. The rumors [...]
Bright & Early: Waterlogged Edition [Flood 2010]
Good morning, Nashville. With lots on our plate, we’re a little pressed for time. All the news is about flooding anyway, so here’s a quick roundup: All the flooding damaged 56 Nashville schools, the worst of which happened at Antioch Middle, Wright Middle, H.G. Hill Middle, Cameron Middle, Whites Creek Middle and the Academy at [...]
Happy Hour: Cold Snap
In case you didn’t read about it everywhere else on the internet, Arlington, TN Mayor Russell Wiseman was a little upset about missing out on the Charlie Brown Christmas special and had some choice things to say about President Obama, on Facebook. [Tennessean] Just a few days after Tennessee capped enrollment in the CoverKids program [...]
Happy Hour: And Tennessee’s Hottest Bachelor Is…
Take a number, ladies: Cosmopolitan magazine has picked Nashville’s own Beau Davidson to represent Tennessee in their 2009 Hottest Bachelors issue. [Tennessean] A Delta Airlines flight en route to Atlanta was diverted to Nashville after a passenger reportedly started getting a little too hands-on with some fellow passengers and quoting Bible verses all the while. [...]
Bright & Early: Puddle Jumping Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Thanks to a few solid days of rain, most of the state has either flooded or probably will flood within 24-48 hours. Cookeville saw six inches of rain yesterday, causing Putnam County Schools to close early, and we’re not sure how much rain we got here in Davidson County but we’re feeling [...]
Bright & Early: Things That Make Us Happy Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Our Hard Rock Cafe will be shutting down for a few weeks for a complete overhaul of the building’s interior, which is cool and all, but here’s the really neat part: While they’re closed, they’ll be putting their employees to good use by paying them to help the community. During this time, [...]
Happy Hour: Change We Need
Next Tuesday morning, President Obama will be addressing school-aged kids on C-SPAN and some parents in Sumner County aren’t real happy about it. The school system has decided to give parents the choice to opt their kids out of hearing the speech, which is supposed to be about staying in school and succeeding. No word [...]
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