• About 35 businesses around Nashville are participating in the “Shot for a Beer or Coffee” program to promote vaccination, where patrons can show their CDC card to receive a free beer or cup or cup of coffee, through the end of May. Remember to tip your wait staff though!
• The Metro Health Department first said that it would keep its mask mandate in place, only to drop it a few hours later along with the remaining restrictions on indoor gathering.  The CDC still recommends un-vaccinated folks continue to wear masks until they reach full immunity.
• Nashville vaccinated about 1,000 adolescents on the first day the Pfizer vaccine was authorized for use in those 12 years and older.
• Many churches and businesses are not changing their mask requirements, citing the low vaccination rates in the city an inability for most children to be vaccinated.
• Three MNPD officers have been suspended for their role in a raid of an Edgehill apartment that their teenage suspect had moved out of months prior (and another family had moved in).
• Nashville SC (1-0-4) played Real Salt Lake (2-1-1) to a 0-0 draw on the road to remain undefeated on the season. They host Austin FC next Sunday.
• Check out our playoff guide for the first round match-up between the Nashville Predators and Carolina Hurricanes, with games tonight and Wednesday in Raleigh, NC.
• Metro Nashville Police padlocked a Nashville business after numerous calls to the location since September, declaring it a public nuisance and a drain on police resources. The business was not an eponymous bar on Lower Broadway, however.
• Whataburger Watch continues, with the Texas-based chain submitting a site plan for a new restaurant in Lebanon. They are also headed to Mount Juliet.
• Local music venues are still waiting on assistance from the federal government after going more than a year without regular shows.
• It’s shaping up to be a difficult market for home buyers this summer, with market prices and  competing offers continuing to rise.
• And finally, Nashville Zoo visitors will be greeted by a wandering flock of pink flamingos.

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