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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 [...]
Happy Hour: Leave It To Beaver
A North Carolinian man stole a giant Statue of Liberty replica from the front yard of a Dickson County woman and it’s sort of a sad story. They caught the thief, but the statue is irreparable. [Tennessean] Another unfortunate story that leaves us with an, er, interesting headline is this one: “Baby Unhurt After Being [...]
Bright & (Not So) Early: Happy Groundhog Day Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Looking out the window, we’d say that Punxsutawney Phil is probably right this time: Six more weeks of winter it is. As sometimes happens here at Nashvillest, we’re off to a late start and must give you your abbreviated Bright & Early: Governor Phil delivered his fairly-depressing State of the State address [...]
Happy Hour: Down For The Count
Tennessee’s Golden Boy Vince Young was unable to finish practice today and left early to ice down that nasty-looking knee injury he sustained in Sunday’s bout with the Colts. Coach Fisher says he’s not extremely worried about Vince being ready to start by this weekend. [Tennessean] Oak Ridge’s geothermal technology demonstration tops the list of [...]
Happy Hour: Cleaning Up Messes
The state advisory board that was supposed to be looking more into last year’s TVA ash spill in Kingston released a 17-page report saying that we need tighter control over ash ponds and we’re not quite sure how this is information is new. [WSMV] It doesn’t look like we’re going to get any flurries this [...]
Bright & Early: Throwing The Book Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Metro Nashville Public Schools released enrollment data this week that demonstrated that their rezoning plan, which has drawn quite a bit of fire from civil rights groups like the NAACP, has actually reduced the number of single-minority schools in the system. The overarching complaint about the changes has been that it promoted [...]
Happy Hour: Don’t Talk To Strangers
Another day, another scam: Some folks are running around dressed as NES workers and asking for money in exchange for tree-cutting services. NES wants everyone to know that if the workers were legit, they wouldn’t be asking for money. [WSMV] Our friends over at Tennessee Bloggers for Education are making some great waves in East [...]
Happy Hour: Journalistic Integrity
You know, we always figured the huge Kingston TVA ash spill would eventually make the rounds to national news, but GQ wasn’t exactly the publication we had in mind. [GQ via Pith In The Wind] In other news, the TVA is appealing a federal ruling that they need find a way to stop pumping toxins [...]
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