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Community Resource
The Teachers Went Back Today. The Kids Get One More Week — and Then a Five-Day October Break.
Rutherford County teachers reported back this morning. Students get a short orientation day Friday, August 7, and the first full…
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News
A Federal Alert Landed in Local Water Utilities’ Inboxes Last Week. Here Is What It Actually Said.
Water systems in at least seven states have reported intrusions to the FBI since July 27. Murfreesboro and Rutherford County…
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Food & Drink
A Whole Festival Built on a Brined Cucumber: The Pickle Festival Returns to Hop Springs on September 5
Saturday, September 5 at Hop Springs: more than 150 vendors from six states, 15-plus food trucks, eating and drinking competitions,…
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The Shelves Are Thinner This Year: MTSU’s Free Cycle Furnishes Dorm Rooms for Nothing, and It Is Running Short
MTSU's Free Cycle lets any student take donated bedding, storage bins and small appliances at no cost. It served more…
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Community Resource
Forty-Six Doors, Rebuilt in Place: Parkside Opens on East Castle Street With Its Green Facing Patterson Park
The Murfreesboro Housing Authority cut the ribbon Thursday on Parkside Apartments — 46 rebuilt units on the same 2.78 acres…
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Free
The Square Closes to Cars at 5, and the Music Starts at 6:30: Friday Night Live Returns August 7 With Third Party Thieves
Third Party Thieves play the west side of the Historic Downtown Square from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Friday, August…
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Community Resource
Starting Tomorrow, Rutherford County Stops Burying Mattresses — and Starts Taking Them Apart
Beginning August 1, mattresses and box springs go to recycling instead of the landfill at three Rutherford County convenience centers.…
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News
MTSU Took Delivery of Its 41st Diamond at Oshkosh — and the Aerospace Program Isn’t Done Growing
At the 73rd EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, MTSU accepted its 41st DA-40 trainer. Back home, the university's largest major is…
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News
A One-Dollar Deed: Murfreesboro Hands The Journey Home the Lot Next Door and Frees Up $180,000
The nonprofit had budgeted nearly $180,000 to buy the city-owned parcel beside its building. City Council voted unanimously to sell…
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News
A Murfreesboro Man Got a Recycled Phone Number. Then Chris Johnson Announced He Had ALS, and It Started Ringing.
William Ray of Murfreesboro was issued a recycled cellphone number that used to belong to former Titans running back Chris…
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