First you’ll want this link to FILE A COMPLAINT with the state. This is why. Our neighbors on the south side of La Vergne are experiencing some major property damage due to nearby blasting. All blasting is regulated by the…
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November 2 – Food Giveaway at River of Life
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Hunger doesn’t happen just at Thanksgiving and Christmas when people are so generous with their food donations. Hunger is year round for many people in our community and one local church is actively helping to fill the need. TOMORROW (Friday, November…
He didn’t deserve our respect
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Several victims of domestic abuse have shared their stories with me, and with our readers here at This is LaVergne. But what about from the point of view of someone who sees it happening, but unable to do anything to…
“He’s mean to my mommy.â€
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As a child, Jacqueline would make up silly songs about things that scared her. That coping mechanism didn’t keep her safe as a young adult. Instead it was a burst of courage after years of emotional, verbal, and physical abuse…
She was Being Groomed by a Creep
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According to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, “Grooming is when someone builds an emotional connection with a child to gain their trust for the purposes of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation or trafficking. Children and young…
I Am Not a Victim. I Am a Champion.
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She excused herself to go outside and breathe before she shared her story. Then she opened up, though it caused her to reflect on the pain from the experience. But she shared because she wants others to know that they…
Compassionate, Interested Citizens of La Vergne
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The weirdest thing is happening in our city. People who used to pick sides and who have passionately campaigned and spoken against each other have become civil. More than that, they (WE) are working together again. Now they might not…
Stone Soup: We’ll Miss the Mayans
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A week after anthropologists managed to scare the beejeezies out of everyone thinking the world was ending, here we all are. But don’t despair all you stock-pilers who have your treasures hidden in secret rooms and bunkers… the “Prophet Gabriel 
Edward Ewing House Born Sep 9 1896 Died Sep 10 1896
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Edward Ewing House lived one day according to this headstone at what I am guessing is the “Mason Cemetery” at Lake Forest Park behind the police substation. Other graves show that a people who lived in LaVergne from years gone…
Box 100 Seeks Volunteers
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The volunteer organization Box 100 is seeking volunteer members to help provide support services to first responders. Box 100 members assist the city’s emergency departments with such duties such as crowd and traffic control, providing rehab to personnel on lengthy…