Local band overzealous has just finished a new EP called “The Valley.” Overzealous will also be playing BOROSTOCK 2010 on August 19th at the Boro Bar and Grill (Greenland Ave) with other local bands The Avery Set and The Only Sons. The new EP “The Valley” is unique and special for overzealous because [...]
The Avery Set will perform at Borostock 2010 held at The Boro N. Greenland Ave. Aug 19th with Overzealous and The Only Sons. The Avery Set is a strong cocktail of sorts. Capable of seamlessly transcending genres such as rock, country and folk, Nashville-based The Avery Set will whisk you away in a time machine [...]
This Memorial Day weekend, the Murfreesboro Noon Exchange Club honored fallen American soldiers with the Club’s second annual Healing Field. Located on Medical Center Parkway in Murfreesboro, the Healing Field contained hundreds of three-by-five foot American flags standing proudly, eight feet high in perfect rows and columns. Located next to The Avenue shopping center, the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Smyrna metal/progressive band Romantic Destructo will be playing club 527 on Main Street tomorrow at 8:00. On their ReverbNation.com page, the band describes themselves as “combining everything from thrash and 80s speed metal to current hardcore and pure southern groove mixed with a live show to rattle any city or stage.” The band, which includes [...]
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 rooms, and will [...]
Following his recent campaign kickoff, Republican candidate Jim Tracy will have another event tomorrow for his campaign. Lane Agri-Park Community Center will play home to the event, and Craig Lynch and Jim Baker will provide “fried catfish and all the fixins [sic],” according to the announcement on Tracy’s website. Singer-songwriter Dean Alexander will provide music. [...]
Over 500 Sixth District residents showed up Tuesday night for Lou Ann Zelenik’s campaign kickoff barbeque dinner at Murfreesboro’s Barfield Crescent Park. Rick’s Barbecue catered, and half-way through the meal, people already were raving about the barbecue. By the time Zelenik was done with her stump speech, however, they were raving about the candidate. Zelenik [...]
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 [...]
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 year’s race [...]
For two hours tomorrow, May 18, Sixth District congressional candidate Lou Ann Zelenik will hold a barbeque supper at Barfield Crescent Park, starting at 5:30 PM, as the official kick-off for her campaign. Said the candidate, “this is the first of many events [her campaign is] holding all across the Sixth District to get the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
