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Bright & Early: Festivus For The Rest Of Us Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Spring Hill rejected the zoning request for Festival Tennessee, a proposed theme park that started arousing suspicion from the moment it was announced last month. Though developers promised roller coasters, a water park, the largest hotel complex in the world, a sportsplex, an NBA team and 15,000-20,000 jobs, digging into their past [...]
Happy Hour: Skate On By
The roads definitely cleared up a bit today, but they’re expected to re-freeze overnight. So be careful! [WKRN] Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford and Sumner County schools are all closed tomorrow along with most others in the midstate. [WSMV] People are predictably upset about how TDOT handled the situation, though TDOT maintains that they did their best. [...]
Happy Hour: Some Children Left Behind
Welp, the report cards are out and Metro failed to make Adequate Yearly Progress under No Child Left Behind. But! But. They were granted a special natural disaster waiver because of the flood and won’t face any major consequences. [City Paper] Williamson County Schools, however, did swimmingly as usual. [Tennessean] The other tidbit to come [...]
Bright & Early: Stirring The Pot Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We would be remiss if we didn’t mention all the storms headed our way, though we suspect you’ve already looked out the window this morning and seen for yourselves. As of 9:30am, all of Middle Tennessee was placed under a tornado watch until 5pm for a particularly nasty line of storms that’s [...]
Happy Hour: Let’s All Hug The Weekend
Williamson County Schools officials have gotten so many complaints from parents about excessive homework assignments that they’re considering putting some parameters on how much teachers are allowed to assign. [WSMV] A man who disappeared after kayaking on the Harpeth River was found safe and sound, though it sounds like he gave his wife quite a [...]
Bright & Early: The Only Thing To Fear Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Williamson County Schools have figured out at least one way to deal with the new law that allows guns in public parks starting September 1: Canceling the students’ field trips. When the law goes into effect next month, the school system will be canceling every educational trip and sporting event that takes [...]
Happy Hour: Stimulate This
Tennessee is getting a boatload of stimulus money to help repair and weatherize low-income homes in hopes of saving money on utilities. [Tennessean] Williamson County is putting the kibosh on the Young Adult Library Services Association’s 2009 list of Best Books for Young Adults because the list recommends some borderline-inappropriate reading materials. The books in [...]
Happy Hour: Case For Clones
Please bear with us over the next few days while we continue planning the Nashville Twestival! If we could multiply ourselves and post more often this week, we would. We promise it’ll be worth it, though. :) Stay tuned–Tickets will go on sale tonight as soon as we announce the time and place! [Twestival Nashville] [...]
Happy Hour: The Silver Lining
Were you one of the lucky folks whose vital information happened to be on the laptops stolen back in December 2007 from the Davidson County Election Commission? You may be happy to know that the guys who stole the laptops pleaded guilty today. [WSMV] The City of Franklin might be booing Noshville’s mascot Mr. Pickle [...]
Bright & Early: All Uphill From Here Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Changes are in store for the Davidson County Sheriff’s Department after some deputies kept an undocumented immigrant woman in handcuffs while she went into labor and delivered her baby earlier this summer. Known for his tough stance on illegal immigration, Sheriff Daron Hall says they were just trying to do their job [...]
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