‘Murfreesboro Community’ Archives
Julie Anderson (Toot’s Restaurant) Earns “Best Bartender” Award Nomination: 16th Annual Ruthies
Every year, The Ruthies Awards hold county wide elections for the community's "Favorite" companies and professionals, from all around Middle Tennessee. However, for a few coveted award categories, The 2010 Ruthies have designated the definitive prefix of "Best", rather than the usual notion of "Favorite". These featured "Best of" categories are [...]
Stones River National Battlefield Tribute Honors Vets
The annual Memorial Day tribute at Stones River National Battlefield today honored living vetersns and remembered the fallen. Hundreds of lookers-on gathered at 1:30 P.M. for the pledge of allegiance, followed by “The Star Spangled Banner,” sung by students from Oakland High School. At the nearby cemetery, a small flag at the headstone of each [...]
Smyrna Theater Offers Kids Films Cheap; Murfreesboro Youth Welcome
Smyrna’s Malco Roxy Theater will be hosting a Kids Summer Film Fest starting June 1 and ending July 28.At 10:00 AM on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, the tape will roll for modern and classic films for kids, and for parents, the best part is the ticket price: $2.The schedule of movies is as follows.June 1 & 2: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, [...]
The Well Helps Flood Victims, Holds Fundraiser Concert
Have you ever been to The Well? Even if you’re not a religious person, you might care to stop by for a special event to benefit flood victims this Sunday. The benefit concert, which also will be a night of praise, will feature The Well’s praise team as well as special guest Jamie Harvill. The concert will raise money and materials to benefit [...]
Murfreesboro Electric Wants To Save You Money
Murfreesboro Electric Department wants to make sure you know how to conserve cash by conserving power. Organized in 1939 as a municipal, customer-owned utility, Murfreesboro Electric Department is one of 159 members and distributors of power from the Tennessee Valley Authority. While Murfreesboro Electric Department’s website looks like [...]
William Burton Serves Murfreesboro over Four Decades
In 1968, William Burton began practicing law. Still providing free initial consultations, his practice has grown to include a litany of services, including business and injury litigation, wrongful death, brain and spinal cord injury, and other civil and criminal cases. William Burton is a member and former president of the Exchange Club of [...]
Shores Road Now Lake, Residents Still Canoeing
With the flood-bringing rain almost three weeks past, most of life in Murfreesboro has returned to normal. Not so, however, for residents in the Shores Road area. Still dealing wednesday road cum lake, some homes on Shores Road still are accessible only by canoe. According to County Engineer Dale Corbitt, the water pooled in the area [...]
MTSU Hosts Campers for Basketball Event
MTSU’s coach Kermit Davis will coach three-day basketball camps this June and into July to teach game skills to the willing. Held at Middle Tennessee State University’s campus, the 2010 Kermit Davis Basketball Camps will offer 8–10 regulation games, camp and staff apparel, team film sessions in the newly-renovated Blue Raider locker [...]
Editorial: The History of the Contemporary Tea Party
During the 2007-2008 presidential primary season, the Libertarian Party went through a little schism. Two factions of the party vied for control: the Purists (as I’ll call them), who wanted to nominate a candidate who was an outspoken, “The Law” thumping, Jefferson-quoting — even if he was foaming at the mouth — Libertarian; and the [...]
Middle Tennessee State University Educates Thousands
Founded in 1911 as a state normal school for training educators, Middle Tennessee State University now is the largest educator in Tennessee, weighing in at over 25,000 enrollees annually.With 137 permanent buildings on 4.2 million sq. ft. (over 515 acres) of land located just a mile from the geographic center of the state, MTSU is the hub of [...]
General Mills’ Fifth Annual Doughboy Challenge Helps Non-profits
2010 Marks the fifth year of the Doughboy Challenge 5K walk, sponsored by General Mills Corporation to benefit not-for-profit charities in Rutherford County. There had been some speculation that the Challenge, which runs through downtown Murfreesboro, would be leaving the county, but according to General Mills, that will not be the case. This [...]
Discovery Center Offers Two Great Animal Events
Murfreesboro’s The Discovery Center at Murfree Spring will be hosting two events for children early this coming week. At 9 AM on Monday, The Discovery Center will host Parents & Tots: Animals on the Farm, an event for children five years and younger. Created by the National Wildlife Foundation, this event is part of the Parents & [...]
Murfreesboro City Schools Calendar Update
This marks the inaugural edition of the Murfreesboro News Press City Schools Calendar Update, which we will update at least weekly, with information on the coming weeks’ school activities. As will be the case from here on out, we will feature the coming week’s calendar in full, and highlights from the following week’s calendar. During [...]
Murfreesboro Planning Commission Meeting: May 19
The Murfreesboro City Planning Commission will be holding its regular meeting on Wednesday, May 19, at City Hall, Room 218, 111 West Vine Street, at 1:00 PM. After the usual parliamentary business (determining a quorum and approving the minutes of the previous meeting) is finished, the Commission will take up the following business: Villages of [...]
Registration Begins for Murfreesboro Half Marathon
October 16th of this year marks the fourth annual Murfreesboro Half Marathon and Kids Fun Run, and registration to participate is now open. From now until the end of the month, participants can register for the half marathon for $50, $55 through June 1, and $65 through August 1, or until the 2,250 participant limit is reached. Last year's [...]
