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News
September 10, 8:30 A.M.: Wawa Finally Has a Date on Veterans Parkway — and Buc-ee’s Is Right Behind It
After breaking ground last year, Murfreesboro's first Wawa now has a firm opening: Thursday, September 10, at 5208 Veterans Parkway,…
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Community Resource
Thirty-One Augusts in the Same Chair: The Murfreesboro Barber Who Cuts Every Kid’s Hair for Free
For more than three decades, Shawn Moses has given free back-to-school haircuts to every K-12 student who sits in his…
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The Biscuit Place on Medical Center Parkway Is Changing Names — but Not, It Says, the Biscuits
Murfreesboro's Maple Street Biscuit Company on Medical Center Parkway will convert to Biscuit Belly in the fourth quarter of 2026,…
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Frozen Custard Is Not Ice Cream, and Murfreesboro Now Has a Place That Will Explain the Difference
Whit's Frozen Custard opened last month at 4310 Veterans Parkway, the Ohio-born chain's third Middle Tennessee store and its arrival…
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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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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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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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