<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 9–> We weren’t surprised by the city’s recent announcement that the upgraded SportsCom outdoor pool has been a hit. The eye-popping numbers prove it. According to city numbers, revenues from the revamped pool and area, dubbed ‘Boro Beach, more than tripled from 2009 to 2011 and attendance at the entire community recreation [...]
The Tennessee Department of Revenue, Taxpayer and Vehicle Services Division rejected a PETA employee’s proposed personalized license plate — “ILVTOFU” — citing “vulgarity.” Whitney Calk, a PETA employee who recently moved to Murfreesboro, Tenn., from Virginia, wanted her license plate to “inspire conversation about the benefits of a vegan diet” and eating foods like tofu, [...]
MURFREESBORO, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–National Health Investors, Inc. (NYSE:NHI) announced today it has closed a $5.4 million purchase of a 60-unit assisted living community with four independent living cottages in Greensboro, Georgia known as Willow Run Retirement Center and has leased the facility to Senior Living Management. The purchase price was funded from NHI’s available cash. The [...]
<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 3–> MURFREESBORO—Heeding Grandma’s advice to eat your leafy greens, get more rest and do good for others will help MTSU “bleed blue” to beat Western Kentucky again this fall! The rivalry to replenish the American Red Cross’s local bank of blood products returns Oct. 3-5. The University is asking students, faculty, staff, [...]
Jefferson’s turns 20 Stick a $20 on the wall in honor of Jefferson’s 20th anniversary. The wings-burgers-oysters spot opened in Jacksonville on Sept. 19, 1991, the brainchild of Jeff (Jefferson) Webb, a JSU grad who decided the city needed a good college hangout. There are now franchises across the region, including new ones in Fort [...]
MURFREESBORO — Rutherford County Commissioner Robert Stevens hopes to convince the rest of the 21-member County Commission to eliminate seven districts and two committees to save about $75,000 annually. “The school board manages 75 percent of our budget with seven members, so why can’t the County Commission manage the other 25 percent with 14?” asked [...]
Mid-State Technical College has hired nine new employees: Mike Berry, Pauline Crane, Tammie Ellingson, Rob Girtz, Kelly Kaiser, Alec Linde, Steve Thayer, Sean Stilson and Kristine Weidman. Berry of Weston is the machine tool technician instructor at the Wisconsin Rapids campus. Previously, he was employed at Northcentral Technical College as a machine tool instructor and [...]
Last week, The New York Times dubbed Jim Cooper “the last moderate” on Capitol Hill. It’s a label the Nashville congressman wears proudly, remarking often that this country needs to pay “more attention to policy (and) less to partisan politics.” In July, for example, Cooper urged his colleagues at a congressional hearing to “resist the [...]
Michigan 35, Notre Dame 31 ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Denard Robinson stunned Notre Dame in the final minute again. He threw a 16-yard pass to Roy Roundtree with 2 seconds left, lifting Michigan to a 35-31 heart-pounding win over Notre Dame on Saturday night. Jay LaPrete/Associated Press Ohio State’s Verlon Reed stiff-arms his way past [...]
<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 9–> MURFREESBORO — Ten years later, retired Presbyterian minister Richard Paddon calls Sept. 11, 2001, “the longest morning of our lives.” His wife, Anna, was getting ready to take her morning walk while he was having breakfast with a Northminster Presbyterian men’s group at Shoney’s when they found out airplanes had crashed [...]
<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 3–> MURFREESBORO — The Blue Tie Centennial Celebration Gala brought MTSU alumni and supporters from all walks of life and areas of the country together Friday night to mark a milestone in the university’s legacy. The Mirabella ballroom of the Embassy Suites Hotel Convention Center was alight in royal blue and sparkling [...]
Nashville Newsmakers Updated 1:41PM Cordia Harrington and James W. (Jimmy) Spradley Jr., have joined The Bank of Nashville’s local Board of Directors. Harrington is owner founder of Tennessee Bun Company, which includes three plants and five product lines, serving customers in the United States, Caribbean and South America. Her other businesses include Bakery Express (trucking) [...]
<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 18–> NORMANDY — Troubled boys or boys from troubled homes, ages 10 to 16, are getting a taste of life on the ranch in Normandy. According to executive director Jeff Sweeney, a former CEO for a national homebuilding company, the young boys coming to Christian-based Arrowhead Ranch are starving for a sense [...]
<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 3–> Church to host health fair MURFREESBORO — Middle Tennessee Medical Center and Franklin Road Church of Christ will partner for a community health fair from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the church, 3700 Franklin Road. Free and open to the public, the fair will feature the hospital’s Mobile Health Unit [...]
Saint Thomas Health announced that it has named three new directors in its marketing and communications department. Angie Boyd-Chambers will serve as community relations and physician services director, Kristi Gooden as public relations and media relations director and Joe Hagan as marketing director. Boyd-Chambers will manage Saint Thomas Health sponsorships to ensure all relationships are in [...]
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