New homes are rising like a phoenix on S. Bilbro and Minor St., replacing the old brick and cinder block buildings that for more than half a century housed low-income residents near Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. As elsewhere across the country, the need for affordable housing in Murfreesboro is a major priority. The…
The City of Murfreesboro took another step closer to the beginning of the Daylighting Town Creek project. The City project will unearth the creek that runs in a culvert from Murfree Springs wetlands at Discovery Center to Cannonsburgh Village along NW Broad Street. Engineers had discovered that a gas station operated on the property in…
City Hall and most other city offices will be closed Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 28, and Friday, Nov. 29, 2024, in observance of the Thanksgiving Day holiday. The Solid Waste Department will be closed Thursday, Nov. 28. There will be no garbage pick-up on Thanksgiving Day. Thursday’s garbage pick-up will be Wednesday, November 27, and…
Mayor Shane McFarland honored Public Works Technicians Miguel Morales and Stanley Dorelas as STARS during the Nov. 7, 2024, City Council meeting. After witnessing a two-vehicle crash, Morales and Dorelas immediately responded to help an injured driver until paramedics arrived on the scene. The City first hired Dominic “Miguel” Morales as a part-time Public Works…
The 2024 Fall Leaf Collection season begins October 14 and continues through January 31, 2025. During this peak season, Oct. 14 – Jan. 31, loose leaves can be piled curbside for collection. Residents can start making plans for sprucing up the yard amid cooler nights, football, pumpkin spice, and raking what mother nature leaves behind….
The City Schools Foundation will serve up a Doubles Tennis Tournament on November 8, 9 and 10 at Adams Tennis Complex in Murfreesboro. Players can compete in Men’s, Women’s, or High School level-based doubles divisions. This tournament is open all levels of experience with two guaranteed matches. Tournament registration is hosted through Universal Tennis (UTR)…
City Manager Darren Gore has approved the appointment of Assistant Murfreesboro Water Resources Director Valerie Smith to the promotion of director of the Murfreesboro Water Resources Department (MWRD), effective Sept. 8, 2024. Smith replaces Gore, who became City Manager, July 2, 2024. Personnel changes within MWRD come as the department relocates from administrative, customer service,…
Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) and Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department (MFRD) announce the expansion of its Public Safety Public Information Office with the recent hire of Assistant Public Information Officer for Public Safety, Dana J. Smith. Smith began her new position on September 9 and will report directly to Public Safety Public Information Director Larry Flowers….
Beasie Rd Extension (River Rock Blvd just north of Racquet Club Dr) Expected Lane Closures: Monday Through Friday: Riverrock Blvd will be reduced to one-lane flagging operation intermittently at Beasie Rd for roadway widening work. Road and bridge construction work over Stones River Greenway continues. The greenway trail will be closed around the existing…
Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Thomas Hickerson led his Lockheed Martin team into the burning Pentagon Sept. 11, 2001 to restore and maintain critical communications following the terrorists’ attacks. He earned the Nova award, Lockheed Martin’s highest award for his leadership on 9-11 and the following days. Hickerson will describe the response inside the Pentagon…