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Technology and Business
Six Drones Became Eight, and the City Spent a Day Explaining What That Does Not Mean
Murfreesboro police say no Drones as First Responder program is being proposed — the contract item that started the confusion…
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Music
The Last Free Lunch of the Year Comes With a Songwriter Who Lives Here
The final Lunch on the Plaza of 2026 runs 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16 on the Civic…
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Nonprofit
Thirty Nonprofits Split $598,525. The Window to Ask Again Opens October 1.
Murfreesboro's Community Investment Trust opens FY27-28 grant applications on Oct. 1, with a hard 4:30 p.m. deadline on Oct. 31.…
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Family
11+ Family Things Around Murfreesboro This Week
Creek snorkeling, a night hike, an art festival on the greenway and a wildflower walk — here is what is…
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Construction
Seven Years, One Cancelled Hotel, and a Bell Tower That Outlasted Both
Renovation has finally begun on the 1888 First United Methodist sanctuary and bell tower at One East College in downtown…
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Family
Rutherford County Kids Have Watched the Mixers Roll Past for Years. Now There’s an Exhibit.
The Discovery Center at Murfree Spring cut the ribbon on the SRM Concrete Mixing Zone, a new addition to its…
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Construction
Sixteen Acres on Shelbyville Pike, and a Second Orange Box for the South Side
A 107,136-square-foot Lowe's is proposed on 16.78 acres off Shelbyville Pike, south of Joe B. Jackson Parkway. The planning commission…
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Construction
Four Point Three Miles, a New Bridge, and a Finish Line Somewhere in 2030
Construction on the North Thompson Lane widening begins this fall — 4.3 miles from Northwest Broad to Memorial Boulevard, widened…
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Community Resource
The Buses Are Full. Some Mornings, They Have to Drive Past You.
Murfreesboro Transit ridership climbed between 10 and 25 percent this summer, and some routes are now overflowing — meaning a…
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Community Resource
Twenty-Seven Departments, Eight Monday Nights, and Permission to Ask the Obvious Question
The second annual City of Murfreesboro Citizens Academy begins Monday, Sept. 14, meeting Mondays from 6 to 8 p.m. at…
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