OPINION | As someone who’s also watched a new kid-on-the-block breeze into town and attempt to take what took me years to build — I have some thoughts about Sazerac’s offer for Brown-Forman. Because Lynchburg is not overhead.
THINGS TO DO | This Saturday’s Spring in the Hollow Festival is packed with cool events like a bird house auction, rubber duck race, and the best deal you’ll find on barrel planters anywhere. And it’s all for a great cause.
LOCAL NEWS | As the spirits industry contracts and two suitors compete for Jack Daniel’s parent company, the structure of each deal — not just the price — may be the most important factor for the community that built its economy around the distillery.
PUBLIC MEETINGS | Moore County’s planning office has long been able to notify violators — but notification alone doesn’t make them stop. Monday’s vote gives the county a formal cease and desist mechanism.
LOCAL SPORTS | The Moore County Middle School Raiderettes are finding their fifth gear at just the right time. They blasted the Lady Hornets at Huntland on Tuesday leading into the conference tournament.
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MUSIC, FILM, BOOKS | A film exploring the history and unexpected closure of Opryland USA will play for a limited time in September. It seeks to answer one question: Why was Opryland closed and replaced with a shopping mall?
It’s a law dating back to the earliest days of whiskey making in the state, and a Tennessee Congresswoman is pushing to lift the federal ban on home spirits distillation.
STATE NEWS | Tennessee loses roughly 10 acres of farmland an hour. The state just launched a new program aimed at placing agricultural land under a permanent conservation easement, taking it off the table for development.
MUSIC, FILM, & BOOKS | The Moore County Brown Bag Book Club will take on the classic novel, “Silas Marner” in September. It’s a book about the importance and power of community.
STATE NEWS | She’ll be laid to rest in Music City and as a fitting tribute to the iconic Tennessean, Governor Bill Lee and airport officials recently announced a plan to rename BNA in her honor.
THINGS TO DO | Just days after the death of Tim Curry seems like the perfect time to tell you about the screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show this October at The Caverns.
OUTDOOR NEWS | It’s one of Tennessee’s oldest hunting traditions. Squirrel season opened this weekend and extends through March 15.
PUBLIC MEETINGS | A shrunk-down Tanyard Hill rezoning passes on second attempt — clearing the way for a subdivision between Damron and Coffee Creek.
PUBLIC MEETINGS | Yurts and RVs could also speckle the hillside along Main Street if the BZA approves a special exception for the Retreat at Whiskey Creek on Tuesday.
LOCAL NEWS | The darkness of a new moon will set up perfect viewing for the Perseids meteor shower over Moore County Wednesday night — while the “big eclipse” everyone’s talking about happens 4,000 miles away.
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