• PSA: Tomorrow is the presidential preference primary and a few down-ballot races. Go vote! ?
• Pete Buttigieg will still be on the Democratic ballot, but has dropped out of the race less than 24 hours after a visit to Public Square Park in Nashville.
• The Metro Health Department has released guidance for handling the threat of the coronavirus (COVID-19) that’s been affecting international travel and conferences.
• Mayor Cooper’s administration has asked the state for greater regulatory authority for the “transpotainment” vehicles (party buses, pedal taverns, etc.) to address the traffic impact these slower-moving vehicles have. When reached for comment, Lower Broadway replied with a “Wooooo!”
• Speaking of Lower Broadway, a study by Vanderbilt University Medical Center says that the honky-tonks along Broadway are way too loud for safe listening. ?
• A naked man locked himself inside the tanning room at a Planet Fitness off Murfreesboro Pike, police say. ?
• Whole Foods opened Friday downtown at the Nashville Yards development in a rather large space at the bottom of the bottom of the building, but parking may be a challenge for a while.
• Students at Jere Baxter Middle School will have access to free feminine hygiene product dispensers as part of a partnership with the non-profit Community Achieves.
• VUMC announced seven births on February 29, or Leap Day, so those folks will have that “one birthday every four years” trick to talk about from here on out.
• The planned residential skyscraper off Church Street with its notable LEGO-like design will not have a parking garage.
• An 11 year-old boy was killed by a freight train Saturday morning near Antioch in what’s being ruled an accident.
• The Fifth + Broadway development hosted reporters last week to tour their soon to open space, six acres of retail and restaurants on the former site of the Nashville Convention Center.
• NPR has a feature story on a Nashville middle school that is seeing results from using yoga and meditation techniques to reduce anxiety. ?‍♀️
• Nashville SC (0-1-0) lost its inaugural season opener to Atlanta United (1-0-0) 2-1 in front of a record-breaking crowd at Nissan Stadium. Nashville will host Portland this Sunday (0-1-0).
• The Nashville Predators (32-24-8) comeback came up just short against the Colorado Avalanche (39-18-7), dropping the game 3-2 at home. The team closes out their five-game home-stand tonight against the Edmonton Oilers (34-23-8) and then head to Minnesota to face the Wild (32-25-7) Tuesday.
• These Brady-to-Tennessee rumors have become more ridiculous, now with an alleged video call between Tom Brady and Titans head coach Mike Vrabel.
• For the 12th straight year (so, since the advent of streaming), Metro IT will block all city employees from watching March Madness.
• Downtown could soon be the home of a Taco Bell Cantina concept, which is a slightly more upscale restaurant with booze, or at least that’s all we can tell from the article.
• Why open one restaurant in Germantown when you can open three at the same time?
• WPLN’s Curious Nashville segment has the story of how North Nashville’s Bordeaux neighborhood got its name.
• And finally, here is a bracket we can get behind: The Doughnut Bracket. ?

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