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The Weekendist: Running Like Chickens Edition
TGIF, Nashville. Your Nashvillest editors have big out of town plans tomorrow, so we hope you’ll forgive us for the abbreviated nature of today’s Weekendist. And though we may be going out of town tomorrow, we’ll be making up for it on Sunday by running around town in The Nashville Challenge: The Ultimate Urban Scavenger [...]
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 & (Not So) Early: Where There’s Smoke Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We’re running behind this morning, so you know the drill: A fuel tanker went up in flames this morning at a Raceway gas station in Donelson. The explosion,which left the 68-year old driver severely burned, sent flames shooting 30 feet into the air according to witnesses. [WSMV] The Tennessee Hospitality Association finally [...]
Happy Hour: Revenge Of The Tennessee State Fair
The Tennessee State Fair is back! We thought it was dead ‘n’ gone with the passing of the State Fairgrounds, but since the Fairgrounds have an extension, so does the Fair. More good news is that a private company will be running it so hopefully it won’t suck as much. [Tennessean] Nashville is safe. Nashville [...]
Happy Hour: Hot Diggity Dog
A Metro charter school bus driver accidentally left a 7-year old on the bus all day yesterday. The kid fell asleep, the driver didn’t notice, and then when the driver figured out what had happened, he tried to bribe the kid to keep quiet with a hot dog–a hot dog!–which is actually what tipped off the [...]
Bright & Early: All Is Fair Edition
Good morning, Nashville. There may be hope yet for the Tennessee State Fair thanks to some new proposals by everyone’s favorite Metro Councilman Eric Crafton. Councilman Crafton has drafted a resolution that would extend the life of the fair through 2010, giving advocates more time to come up with a way to save it. The [...]
Bright & Early: Take Us Out To The Fair Edition
Good morning, Nashville. As of last night, the Tennessee State Fair as we know it is no more. Mayor Dean penned a letter conveying the decision and handed it off to a board member to read to a crowd of 200 angry folks who booed the decision. Metro will be seizing control of the fairgrounds [...]
Happy Hour: Waterlogged
We thought we had a lot to complain about here in Nashville with our eight inches of rain, but then we saw Atlanta. [TwitPic] Two Metro schools went on lockdown today after a boy’s mother called up school officials and told them she was afraid he was toting a gun. Thankfully, no weapons were found. [...]
Bright & Early: Don’t Take Our Fair Edition
Good morning, Nashville. If you heard a strange noise last night, it might’ve been the death rattle of the Tennessee State Fair. After an impressive 103-year run, the fair was hoping to make a comeback this time around by going green, adding some newer attractions, stepping up security, and not having this on the menu [...]
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